Living at work
I’m no stranger to working from home. That was the only option for me for a long time – and it can do serious damage. We should not romanticise it.
Category Archives: About illness
Bennett is gone – but what would it have been like if she’d never been?
As the National Party implodes and MPs are dropping like flies, I’m celebrating one retirement in particular. Paula Bennett. Her announcement fell at the same time the Greens releasing their Continue Reading →
Head Injury Part 1: The Cat Bowl
On the 5th of November last year, I hit my head while feeding my very demanding cat/demon. She, of course, has offered no apology. And though I fell backwards and Continue Reading →
WINZ’s relationship rules are breaking people
Hi all! I have to make this quick because I’m currently recovering from a head injury, which means extremely limited screentime. I’ve been pretty quiet lately, even before the injury. Continue Reading →
On anger
I remember vividly the episode of The Simpsons where Homer, attempting to suppress his rage, causes golf ball-sized lumps to erupt under the surface of his skin. Like a fury-fuelled Continue Reading →
“Not having access [to medicinal cannabis] is ‘barbaric.'”
By the time I finish writing this, Part Two of Patrick Gower’s documentary On Weed will have aired. I have watched Part One, which focuses on medicinal cannabis, about five Continue Reading →
Balancing on a thimble holding water balloons
“Everything Happens So Much” was one of the best tweets to survive from the infamous horse e-books, a parody account that was always too smart to be fake. Everything does Continue Reading →
A love letter to my doctor
Grief can hit in all sorts of weird ways. This week, I cried convulsively when I received the news that my GP of seven years is moving on. Then I Continue Reading →
My hot best friend
I’m not in the habit of looking at my own back. So it was a shock to get a glimpse in the bathroom mirror and see a flush of rash-like Continue Reading →
Please help BUWT help our most vulnerable
BUWT – the Beneficiary and Unwaged Workers Trust – are a vital intermediary between vulnerable people and failing systems. Myself and thousands of other beneficiaries have relied on them at crucial Continue Reading →