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.
Author Archives: writehanded
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?
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.