The Do’s and Don’ts of dealing with blind people
GUEST POST: Pinky Fang is an illustrator and maker from Wellington, NZ. She has Retinitis Pigmentosa, a cat with a distinct lack of ears, and is about to get her very Continue Reading →
Welfare survey
I’ve been contacted by a Masters student who is researching the wellbeing of beneficiaries who have come off the benefit, temporarily or permanently, since the reforms in 2013.
Women do what? – The trouble with “girls”
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve heard about what Nobel prize-winner Tim Hunt said about women in science. I have a few things to say in response, and Continue Reading →
Compound Sentence Privilege
I finally got my copy of this year’s Sport. There’s a few things in it that left me gasping. Maria McMillan’s exploration of ‘consent, choice, and complexity’ is one of them.
GiggleTV – what’s next?
I’ve had quite a response to my posts about GiggleTV, which is awesome. I’ve been thinking about what to do next. What’s ethical? What’s effective? What won’t cost me a Continue Reading →
‘Giggle TV’ does it again
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how the advertising channel GiggleTV is sexist and offensive. Unfortunately, it has continued to spread, and has only gotten worse. GiggleTV is a Continue Reading →
‘I need help’ – AS update
Today I had my seventh Humira injection. By this point, it should have reached full cumulative effect. I feel… slightly better than three months ago.
F*cking Coat Hooks
This is going to seem like I’m making a big deal about a small thing. And yeah, it’s a small thing. It’s a tiny thing. Bu it’s a thing that Continue Reading →
Myths of modern medicine
My Nelson Mail column this week. The headline and lead got changed in the editing process, so here’s the original – pointing out the human fallibility of our health system.
WINZ breakdown – what happens now?
Yesterday I wrote about the CCL report into systemic breakdowns at Work and Income. Now I want to know – what’s going to be done about it?