Hyperbole and So Much More
I recently got given the Hyperbole and a Half book. It is the best thing ever. Hyperbole and a Half is a blog and a book written by Allie Brosch. She Continue Reading →
Month: December 2013
Some thoughts on body shaming
I saw a tweet a couple weeks ago that has really stuck with me. I’ve thought about it and thought about it, and it’s still annoying me. Trigger warning: this Continue Reading →
Little steps forward, little steps back
Sometimes it feels like you get a tiny bit of good news and you feel a tiny bit hopeful and then things just fall down again. I’m on new medication Continue Reading →
The Curse of Poetry
We left the world behind and followed the poet through the rain To hunker in the concrete bunker beneath the vineyard And watch Bill read with water dripping off his Continue Reading →
Sterilised and silenced
I’m having a lot of thoughts about women’s rights to have or not have children – especially mentally ill and/or disabled women. 1 in 6 New Zealand women has a Continue Reading →
The Wreck of the Tek Sing
It was treasure That dive, that day May 12 1999 The True Star looming, listing on its side Barely recognisable, covered in the growing houses of fish The porcelain on Continue Reading →
Don’t call me crazy
I wanted to write a post about the way women are referred to as “crazy bitches” – often post-breakup – and all the things that are wrong with this. But Continue Reading →