Here at Emily Writes Weekly, we often do ‘Explainers’ on important issues that can be hard to get your head around. We bring in an expert (or experts) and ask the basic questions so we can educate ourselves and work out what’s going on across the motu. I’m
“Speak to your children! They will have seen That Video”. I've seen variations on this statement on every social media app, every few minutes, since white supremacist YouTuber Charlie Kirk was shot dead. It's been on the news too. There has been so much handwringing. If
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! We all made it through another week. I'm proud of us. We're here. We are ready to chat about as much inane BS as we can handle. Let's absolutely go! As a reminder, only paid subscribers get Friday Night
Well, it's Monday. I don't love Mondays. The work week ahead is daunting, there's too many meetings, appointments, errands...But, that's life I guess. I feel like the best way to start the week is to do something small for your community.
It's Friday Night Chats time! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I am so happy to have you here. It's been a fairly rubbish week for me with my car's bumper just falling off (I swear it just fell off), and Pipi, my puppy, was
As I started up the car, Duncan Garner's voice boomed out. In his shrill 'trying to be one of the boys but failing' shout, he raged about how 'we were all locked down' and 'Jacinda needs to front up!*' over Aotearoa'
Introducing a special collaboration between Aotearoa + Gaza. Aotearoa was once a place renowned for its courage. Despite a dark colonial history that still causes significant harm today, as a country, we have fought to do better. Our history reveals what used to matter to our country, the 1893 fight for
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Hello! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! We are here at Ghost! It's been chaotic trying to get here, but we got here.
It makes a lot of sense to me that the first post in the new home of Emily Writes Weekly is a post about some small things you can do this week to help your community. Leave a comment Without my community, I don't think I would have
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Justice for Genocide Gerry
On the many voices that cry freedom
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Little steps toward more connection 🫶
Tips for growing compassionate, community-minded tamariki
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And how you can support our health workers ✊