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I’m Emily. I write a newsletter now instead of writing here! You can sign up for my Emily Writes Weekly below. Thanks so much for your support!! And you can buy my books Rants in the Dark, Is… Read More

The Just Fucking Doing It Tour

Rebecca Keil and I are coming to your city! Tickets are on sale Wednesday 5 May at Midday HERE for all cities except Auckland and Invercargill. Buy Auckland tickets here. Invercargill tickets are here. There are no door… Read More

All the shitty takes in one go

Tired of the shit emails and DMs and comments I’m getting so here I’ll answer your crap in one go. Not all men are violent you’re being sexist If I came to you crying and said – my… Read More

The hustle

Nobody wants to talk about money. It’s horrible talking about money. But I feel like I should. I’m 33 and my family and I live week to week. This is quite normal in our circle of friends. I… Read More

Rants in the Dark: The Play is NEXT WEEK!

Rants in the Dark The Play is NEXT WEEK OMG OMG   I have a double pass for you thanks to Circa Theatre and Good Times Company!   You can come on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday night… Read More

Who will you be?

One of my favourite things to do is imagine who my boys will grow up to be. Will they be bogans? Or hippies? Will they stay up late reading by torchlight like I did? Or will they ignore… Read More

The night I was an unlocked car

TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses sexual assault. *** I barely drink these days. With no sleep and breastfeeding around the clock it’s just not an option for me. I know few parents who drink heavily because really, who wants… Read More

We’re not competing

One thing I’ve tried to reject since the moment I became a parent three years ago, is the concept that I am in competition with any other mum or dad. This idea that there are perfect parents out… Read More

When time stands still

As I rocked (quite vigorously I must say) my baby to sleep and attempted again to get the dummy into his mouth I thought to myself “Ughh I can’t wait till he is older and we are through… Read More

This isn’t indulgent

My nanna was a smart woman. She raised seven children. And had 18 (or probably more – it’s hard to keep up) grandchildren. I adored her. She died before she could meet my children, which is heartbreaking in… Read More