It's hard to know what to write. I still feel desperately sad and angry if I'm honest. I'm trying really to look for the good. I'm trying to think about how many hundreds of thousands of people mobilised for the first time
So, what is there to say? I was going to write to you tomorrow but here I am reaching out to you today because I figure you’re feeling the way I’m feeling. I am so fucking sad. I am so fucking angry. And I don’t want to
Some final election thoughts and lots of memes from the US midterms! I am allowing a safe space to lib out before we hate the Democrats again. Because the election is tomorrow, Friday Night Chats will be slightly different than usual. We will have a shorter FNC, and I have
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Who are you voting for? Over the last three years, I've written so many pieces talking to people whose lives this government has tried to destroy. Women workers, disabled children and adults and their families, trans people, Māori, parents struggling to feed their kids, queer folks, public servants,
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CW: Transphobia and homophobia. Sully never expected he’d have to leave his home. He loves Aotearoa. He loves the beaches, the forests, and his community. His family - chosen and blood - lives here and he’s close with them. His siblings are here… Still, there was no choice in leaving
Let's chat - but first: are you enrolled to vote? Sunday October 25 is the deadline!
Overseas voting begins today, and there are just four days left to enrol. So what better time to have a chat about how we are all feeling about the election?
I have been horrified by what families are going through with their children due to this government’s health care hiring and funding freezes. When I heard what was happening on Ward 27B, the children’s cancer ward at Starship, I was devastated. I have been in the healthcare system
I'm trying to stay positive. It's an uphill battle. Let's chat.
It’s no secret that I’m a Greens supporter. The Greens have the best policies to address the cost-of-living crisis and restore dignity and mana to our most vulnerable communities. As the parent of a disabled child and a medically fragile child, as someone who cares about
I don't know why, but people often ask me for advice. I get DMs all the time asking what I'd do in situations I hope I'll never find myself in and people ask me for tips about matters where I self-evidently have very
The school holidays are almost over! Let's chat!
I feel very grateful to share this short essay by a mum of a trans child. I think so many of us will relate to it. The piece is anonymous. I hope that it inspires you to think about what you can do to make the world safer for trans
It’s been six months since the last one, so we are due for a moral panic about children not being toilet trained when they reach school. These “articles” all follow a similar pattern. So let’s discuss it... Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this
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Content warning: Discussion of rape and misogyny *It’s important to name THAT but also this newsletter would be censored in your inbox if I did. Another day, another story about a group of young men gang-raping a young woman. But this time, the story is gaining traction. Cornell