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Tag Archives: New Zealand

Budgets for women’s support rapidly diminishing

Posted on May 15, 2015 by writehanded — 1 Comment ↓

“New Zealand has a massive lack of understanding of the extent, and ongoing impact, of sexual offences against women.” This week’s column, published in The Nelson Mail on Wednesday 13 Continue Reading →

Posted in Feminism | Tagged Amanda Bailey, Domestic Violence, Feminism, John Key, New Zealand, politics, Sexism, Women's Refuge | 1 Comment ↓

Managing meds, or “in which I am a lab rat.”

Posted on April 14, 2015 by writehanded — 3 Comments ↓

When I first got sick, I used to make jokes about my extensive medicine cabinet, which, at that point, was a drawer with about three packages of pills in it. Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Poetry, Writing and books | Tagged ankylosing spondylitis, Arthritis, medication, My poems, New Zealand, writing | 3 Comments ↓

Supporting people with disabilities

Posted on April 10, 2015 by writehanded — 2 Comments ↓

This is an extremely generic headline and the following post will of course not be relevant to all disabilities or illnesses. I started making a list of practical items that Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Financial hardship, WINZ/IRD | Tagged ankylosing spondylitis, Arthritis, disability, fibromyalgia, gifts, health, help, Illness, New Zealand, support | 2 Comments ↓

Battling for the benefit: Why I became a sex worker

Posted on January 26, 2015 by writehanded

GUEST POST: I was a beneficiary for three years before I became a sex worker. It was a hard decision but not one I regret.

Posted in Feminism, Guest Post, Politics | Tagged MSD, New Zealand, sex work, WINZ

‘Writers have lives, not careers’

Posted on November 26, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

Here’s this week’s Nelson Mail column.

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged books, chronic pain, CreativeNZ, Literature, New Zealand, Stephanie De Montalk, writing | Leave a reply

No Way TPPA

Posted on November 10, 2014 by writehanded — 2 Comments ↓

I’ve avoided writing anything about TPPA up til now, because frankly it just seemed too big and scary and I didn’t get it at all. I have a natural aversion Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Politics | Tagged health, New Zealand, PHARMAC, politics, TPPA | 2 Comments ↓

Unlocked

Posted on March 7, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

The last tendrils of sun slide off the sand into the sea We pull in when the road gets rocky and watch the cold smudges of mountains fade in the Continue Reading →

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged my writing, New Zealand, poems, poetry, Wellington | Leave a reply

Fuck the fucking landscape

Posted on January 13, 2014 by writehanded — 1 Comment ↓

Considering the recent success of artists like Lorde and Eleanor Catton doing the exact thing I am about to criticise, – the exact thing I am guilty of myself and Continue Reading →

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged art, my writing, New Zealand, poems, poetry | 1 Comment ↓

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