GemmaTognini

13/01/2023

Hi everyone. I dont usually interact with or monitor this page but I've just been made aware of a fake account that looks exactly like this page. They are phishing and trolling followers of this page.
Its easy to tell they're fake.
1. I dont interact on this page (other than posts like this).
2. They have very few followers
3. They are commenting on posts and asking some of you to send them a DM. I will NEVER do that.

Please report and block this account and any others that may surface.
Thanks everyone, Gemma.

09/04/2022

Hello everyone. Just a quick note to say this page is not managed as such, but rather a reflection of the fact that FB and Instagram are essentially one platform now. I cant have a public Insta platform for work without a corresponding FB account.
I predominantly use Instagram and thats why this page is not especially active.
To be honest, there are only so many hours in the day & I share my columns on Instagram and Twitter, mostly.
Thanks for your interest & support & yes, for your measured disagreement as well. It is always welcome. Have a lovely day, cheers, Gemma.

28/09/2021

Play stupid games....
What a devastating but unsurprising decision. Do not blame Qantas one bit.

10/05/2021

Identity was never a sword to be drawn or a trap to be set, let alone a political weapon or tool of exclusion. These days, identity often takes centre stage in conversations that are framing our world and our public policy. Rarely for the better.

It feels as though there’s a wrestle, a tug of war between those who would seek to frame every aspect of relationships, both personal and professional, through the prism of either race, gender, ethnicity or sexuality; and the rest of us. The ones who, when it all boils down, just want to be confident that the people we live, work and spend our time with are fundamentally decent.

My column in the Weekend Australian.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/a-troubling-case-of-mistaking-identity/news-story/b60e17efe035a2c278e679c119e37879

Its an awful thing to lose your sense of identity. I remember what its like. It seems a lifetime ago now but the end of a marriage and all that goes with such a thing found me unsure of myself. Unable to recognise the person staring back at me in the mirror.

21/04/2021

My friend and colleague Gareth is, as usual, bang on. What utter hypocrisy.

Do we dare to question if we are ‘the envy of the world’ when our COVID-free life still shuts out some of our most sacred and meaningful rituals?

20/04/2021

Hello. I'm back.
:-)

20/02/2021

Hello everyone. Just a quick note to say I will be deactivating this page over the weekend. Tbh Ive been a bit slack with it, on account of having a pretty full real life, but sealer for me has been the behaviour of Facebook over the past week. So if you're interested in following my writing and other work you can find me on Instagram (i know, i know) on Twitter and of course on LinkedIn via GT Communications. And of course, buy the paper/s!!
Thank you for your interest and your kind words, always greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Gemma.