Gemma Killen
@gemkillen.bsky.social
Queer, feminist, angry, etc.
She/they 🏳️🌈
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When I tell you I screamed in my kitchen this morning Elinor...
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When I tell you I screamed in my kitchen this morning Elinor...
Dedicated recruitment rounds are becoming more commonplace! For example, this story is from last week:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘We want women to have role models’: how Sydney University is enticing more female academics to engineering
A mass recruitment campaign with roles reserved solely for women has been launched at a faculty where fewer than one in five academics are female
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Dedicated recruitment rounds are becoming more commonplace! For example, this story is from last week:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
That definitely happens here too. Only 1 in 5 workers is in a gender-balanced occupation, and more than half of occupations are male dominated. Almost all (98%) of occupations in Australia have a pay gap in favour of men, even the ones that are predominately done by women.
August 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That definitely happens here too. Only 1 in 5 workers is in a gender-balanced occupation, and more than half of occupations are male dominated. Almost all (98%) of occupations in Australia have a pay gap in favour of men, even the ones that are predominately done by women.
The median income of a female pathologist is $71k. For a male pathologist, it is $275k. This is why I want to scream everytime someone tells me the pay gap is the result of individual career choices.
August 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The median income of a female pathologist is $71k. For a male pathologist, it is $275k. This is why I want to scream everytime someone tells me the pay gap is the result of individual career choices.
Female dental assistants work 15% more hours and get paid almost 24% less. Female law clerks work 7% more hours and get paid 16% less. Female miners work 3% more hours and get paid 20% less! I could go on and on.
August 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Female dental assistants work 15% more hours and get paid almost 24% less. Female law clerks work 7% more hours and get paid 16% less. Female miners work 3% more hours and get paid 20% less! I could go on and on.