Law report documents systemic WINZ breakdown
New Zealand’s social welfare system “dehumanises” people in need, with beneficiaries described as “scared stiff” of Work and Income case managers, new research says.
Why does Twitter matter?
I was part of an article by Naomi Arnold in the Sunday Star Times about the power of Twitter. I wanted to say a few more words about it.
Budgets for women’s support rapidly diminishing
“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 →
Things I am Unnecessarily Anxious About
This could be a long list.
Disability: advice and acceptance
Tomorrow, I have my fifth Humira injection. By the sixth shot I will have been on it for three months, which is when the cumulative effect should be evident. I’m Continue Reading →
#NZBookMonthMay
#NZBookMonthMay is a response to the indefinite postponement of NZ Book Month. The future of many local literary events is looking less than bright as commercial sponsors withdraw support. So Continue Reading →
Fight the fear and work out
Last week, I tweeted about going to the gym. Weirdly, I was pretty damn excited about it. I used to go a lot, but my health put paid to that. As Continue Reading →
“You look pretty healthy to me!”
GUEST POST: Please welcome Briar Lawry, Wellington writer and bookseller, invisible illness advocate, and voice in the Chrohns-Colitis community.
Managing meds, or “in which I am a lab rat.”
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 →
Clickbait and the duty of the Fourth Estate
It’s Canon Media Award time again, when we all get to pontificate on the role of the Fourth Estate and its grisly demise into advertising-sodden “digital content.” I’m being harsh. Continue Reading →