Sam Burrow
@samburrow.bsky.social
She/her, parent, outdoor enthusiast, UWA PhD student | Valuing families' voices & seeking change in child protection systems | living & learning on beautiful Noongar boodja
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Sam Burrow
@samburrow.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations
Indigenous children are 11 times more likely to be removed than non-Indigenous children. Babies under one are at greatest risk.
theconversation.com
On the anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology, The Conversation has published our brief article drawing on findings from our recent systematic review: Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations theconversation.com/removing-bab...
Can't even begin to comment on how scary the draconian US book bans are! "Classics like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye are among the “harmful” books being banned."
As executive orders ban teaching ‘gender ideology’ and ‘critical race theory’ and the Big Five publishers file a joint lawsuit against book bans, a new era begins.
Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump?
theconversation.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Can't even begin to comment on how scary the draconian US book bans are! "Classics like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye are among the “harmful” books being banned."
A great read about the courageous life of the Longs! We should all take a leaf from their book. "...Barbarism grows in the chasm between rich and poor. Decades of neoliberal capitalism have helped it germinate...fight the lurch to the authoritarian right."
"In a new Gilded Age where the rich get stratospherically richer and the rest get the picture, my father’s warning that inequality is fertile soil for fascism — a proposition backed by many scholars — looks like sage advice:" Stephen Long
thepolitics.com.au/trumps-toadi...
thepolitics.com.au/trumps-toadi...
When Right is wrong. Fighting the good fight - THE POLITICS
When good men and women do nothing, evil flourishes. Stephen Long's father Dan did his utmost to stop fascism thriving. It's up to others now.
thepolitics.com.au
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A great read about the courageous life of the Longs! We should all take a leaf from their book. "...Barbarism grows in the chasm between rich and poor. Decades of neoliberal capitalism have helped it germinate...fight the lurch to the authoritarian right."
On the anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology, The Conversation has published our brief article drawing on findings from our recent systematic review: Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations theconversation.com/removing-bab...
Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations
Indigenous children are 11 times more likely to be removed than non-Indigenous children. Babies under one are at greatest risk.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
On the anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology, The Conversation has published our brief article drawing on findings from our recent systematic review: Removing babies is still harming First Nations families, almost two decades after the apology to Stolen Generations theconversation.com/removing-bab...
Reposted by Sam Burrow
December 13, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Our systematic review of parents' experiences of child protection during & after pregnancy is freely available doi.org/10.1016/j.ch... Big thanks to contributors, original researchers, & participating parents! @emilyked.bsky.social @lisamorriss.bsky.social @karenb-2.bsky.social #academicsky
December 13, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Our systematic review of parents' experiences of child protection during & after pregnancy is freely available doi.org/10.1016/j.ch... Big thanks to contributors, original researchers, & participating parents! @emilyked.bsky.social @lisamorriss.bsky.social @karenb-2.bsky.social #academicsky