Gemma Lucy Smart
Disability advocate. PhD historian / philosopher. Research and Evaluation nerd. Passionate about justice and solidarity ❤️ Sometimes I make music & write poetry. Rebel 🍄🫶🏻🫖
- Absolutely gobsmacked to have opened my email to find that I have been have been awarded the University of Sydney Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Thanks Hans Pols, Paul Rhodes and Dominic Murphy for being excellent supervisors!
- Proud to see AAHPSSS adopt the Equity & Diversity Principles I drafted as VP. Great collaboration with our executive team and membership to get this across the line. Now for the implementation work! Policy available on our website. #Leadership #EquityAndDiversity
- Quoted once again on matters relating to entry in the USA, and the effect of restricted travel on academia. The lead story is terrifying. I really wish things had gotten better, not worse! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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- Just uploaded for #WorldVoiceDay! Living with spasmodic dysphonia, I explain why voice disorders need disability recognition. When your career depends on voice, losing it changes everything. #disability #auspol #SpasmodicDysphonia youtu.be/U1sKi2dcOiI
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- Thanks to @abcnewsnetau.bsky.social for having me along to speak on this issue #highered #DEI #DEIA #disability #histmed
- Shout to my amazing friend and colleague @gemmalucysmart.bsky.social for speaking out on the condition facing Australian academics working or studying in the US. #hps #sts
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- I'm possibly on some watch lists now but I honestly believe this is an issue that we need to speak out on, especially in the context of an election with one party endorsing these sorts of views. Academic freedom without diverse views is not free. Thanks to The Guardian #auspol #histmed #disability
- The intellectual isolation of the US is a serious problem for all of us. The article features a couple of our outspoken Sydney HPS grad students. Obstacles to the brilliant trans student doing a PhD in the US are very disturbing. #STS @4sonline.bsky.social @hpspodcast.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
- Creating a more welcoming environment for people with disabilities would help Australia compete globally, fulfill human rights obligations, and enrich campuses with diverse perspectives currently lost to discrimination. #disability #highered #equity #internationalstudents #auspol bit.ly/4ikCida
- In my first Disability Honi Soit piece of 2025, I examine a concerning shift at USyd: Anton Martino-Truswell, the Dean of St. Paul's College Graduate House, is stepping down. What will this mean for diversity in Sydney's college community? #disabliity #carers #highered honisoit.com/2025/04/a-co...
- Changing references from APA to Chicago is the least fun.
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- CW: SA and courts (thread) At around this time of day 5 years ago, I got a call from my barrister while sitting on my backyard lawn. Not Guilty of aggravated sexual assault. Not Guilty of sexual assault. But he believed justice had not been served, and reassured me of this. 1/ #sexualassault #metoo
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- Reposted by Gemma Lucy Smart2nd Royal Society fellow resigns over Musk’s membership, citing the Council’s “inability to take proportionate action on Musk’s promotion of disinformation and attacks on evidence-based policies and science advice”. FRS Andrew Millar, prof of engineering bio at Uni of Edinburgh, confirmed to me.
- Cat to stop your doomscroll. #academicswithcats
- Yesterday tinder popped up with a warning that my match 'might not like' me saying to them that I wouldn't meet for a *guaranteed* hook up because of safety concerns. It suggested I rethink sending the message. I can't find tinder here on bluesky, but I'd suggest that's something they need to fix!
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- Defend academic freedom chng.it/Rr46HjtK7b
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- It’s clear why Trump blames DEI for everything | Judith Levine www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #disability #crip
- I have thought about this, having Spasmodic Dysphonia myself AND being told by academic colleagues that I may not able to have a career in academia because of it. One of then even pointed to RFK and said I can use him as a career 'inspiration' for alt-ac. Weird world we live in. #disability
- It's been a year since the band I was in played our last ever show. I didn't know it would be our last, but it was. I am working with a dear friend on a new musical project and it feels exciting and creatively quirky and exactly what my soul needs in these uneasy times.
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- While I'm teaching less at USyd this semester, I'm excited to share I've picked up another new Research Officer role. Working with Dr Tamra Lysaght on ethics and regulation of human embryo research & stem cell models. Living the research dream alongside my other projects & thesis 🥰
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- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartMassive rally in Berlin against against far-right fascism. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇
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- Renewed my membership with The Greens today. It's honestly terrifying watching the USA right now, but we have time to fight back before our Federal Election in Australia. Let's do this. Egalitarianism, mateship and community are the heart of our country. Not oligarchs. #auspol
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- I met with Mehreen's office yesterday to discuss adding the removal of the tax on Part Time RTPs to The Greens HDR policy. I hope they take it up! #Disabled #firstnations #women and #carers are most affected by this unfair tax. #education #auspol
- My voice has been so great after botox, but 6 weeks later and I can feel it going again 🫠 the pain is returning too. Guess I need a bigger dose. #disability #voicedisorder #spasmodicdysphonia #laryngealdystonia
- Started the week neurodivergent strong by heading back to campus (2hrs away), without my keys or ID 😂 Headed to the library!
- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartNo exceptions. No excuses. Disability rights are human rights. ⚖️🌍💙
- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartTrump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
- gratitude for what is without toxic positivity ❤️ this is worth a read
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- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartIf you are disabled and affected by the California fires, I would love to speak to you for an article. I'm a disabled journalist committed to shouting about shortcomings in our nation's emergency response systems — help me do it! My email is in my bio. RTs appreciated.
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- This piece by Anana Sen is doing the rounds and rightly so. Honestly, this is one of the most important conversations we need to have nationally in Higher Ed. Assuming everyone will or can finish to a specific schedule is discriminatory in so many ways...
- Wonderful to return to my desk after a couple of weeks recovering from hand surgery and find that the rad AF Robert Chapman is both a) on Blue Sky, and b) has shared my recent chapter. :D
- Reposted by Gemma Lucy Smart“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…” www.nber.org/papers/w28494
- Ending the yr strong with a ch in. the Palgrave Encylopedia of Disability! I give a brief overview of the Mad Pride, Disability Pride and Neurodiversity/Neurodivergent Movements, and suggest more solidarity. link.springer.com/referencewor... #disability #madpride #disabilitypride #neurodiversity
- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartPeople sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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- Pre and post botox into my vocal chords. Please contact me via text only for the next 7-10 days. It was... not pleasant 😂 But even so I feel like a have hit the jackpot of neuros with this one. Bulk billed, friendly, kind, and an expert in my rare disorder. I'm grateful. #disability #medicare
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- Yesterday I MC'd my first event since developing spasmodic (laryngeal) dysphonia. It's quite difficult to physically speak- actively controlling my vocal chords, pitch and volume is a lot. I'm grateful to the organisers for letting my voice be heard, literally. #disability #idpwd #speechdisorders
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- "We may face an uncertain policy landscape, but our commitment to disability justice, informed by lived experience and strengthened through community organising, remains absolute." Something I wrote for IDPwD. supra.net.au/internationa... #disability #idpwd
- Some of the worst abelism I have experienced in academia has come from other women. It's not just about fixing the women, it's about fixing the culture... and fixing it not just for the 'right kind' of women.
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- I saw Wicked Part 1 today and yes it's long but gosh it's glorious. Bring on the open discussions about abelism and racism! So well done. Also I thought I wouldn't like Ariana Grande but she's an absolute delight.
- Reposted by Gemma Lucy SmartWe had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
