Jack Kerouac went to Mexico and slept with lots of women. Yawn. He road tripped across the country; he did...
I kept diaries when I was younger. I leaned them against my knees and wrote in them nightly. When I was a child I wrote about my friends at school...
I feel so stupid when it happens. The ‘you’re-a-phony’ siren goes off at such a high screech inside my head; it almost surprises me the neighbours...
Social media is messing with young women. I’m not saying that as a baby boomer who thinks technology is evil. I’m saying that as a young woman...
As screen awards season continues, fans and those in the industry...
Hey, sister with a heavy heart.
I’m so sorry about the things you’ve been through.
Know that I feel you, and I hold you in my...
Find me a TV show that shows teenage girls in all their raucous yet insecure high-school glory. Go on, ya...
I’ve decided to cut the bullshit this year. Below are my own personal no filter 2019 resolutions. Feel free to steal them, adapt them, use them or...
It’s a slow Saturday morning and I pore over the newspaper with my newly-wed sister. Behind the bench our mother darts around the kitchen. Bacon...
I don’t think about my birth certificate much. It’s a struggle when I have to drag it out...
Films and novels are great at glamorising sadness, yet in reality it’s anything but glamorous. I remember one of the lowest moments in my life was...
Free education for everyone between the ages of five and nineteen. That’s the promise that the Ministry of Education makes to New Zealanders. But...
A new year, a new opportunity to smash the patriarchy.
Let’s be honest, while there were a few glimmering moments of feminist progress in...
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What a year. I don’t know anyone who isn’t staggering to the finish this December, counting down the days until they can finish work and fall face...
The 2019 Academy Awards show, due to take place on February 25 th , is just over two months away. Still a while away in the grand scheme things,...
I am angry. I am not only angry about the senseless deaths of women at the hands of men. I am angry about the bigger picture. I am angry that some...
Ah, Christmas. That time of year when the streets are full of drunken work parties, 90s holiday films are filling your screens and keto diets are...
New Zealand has a problem with violence against women. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has watched the news recently. New changes to...
Christmas + Netflix = trashy, feel-good, rom coms. The online streaming service has taken to releasing a few original Christmas movies each year...
Trans rights have been in the news a lot lately. The Auckland Pride Parade board’s recent decision to ask police not to march in the parade in...
I believe, as a culture, we’ve come a long way in terms of how we treat mental health. When Britney Spears...
New Zealand is not great in terms of mental health or support for those with mental illness. That’s putting it lightly. OECD statistics shows how...
Donna Brookbanks is a comedian, actor, improviser and writer based in Auckland. Just recently she...
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the weirdest social event of the year: the work Christmas function. No matter how nice the people...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, unless you have a bigoted uncle.
— Or aunt, grandpa, cousin, family friend, all of the above (if...
I’ll be honest, I have never read Clementine Ford’s first best seller, Fight Like A Girl (2016). In fact, my...
Rugby, beer, and “she’ll be right”. It’s not hard to define masculinity in New Zealand. A total stranger to our country, after watching about ten...
When I think of feminist films, I think of Thelma and Louise , The Colour Purple , and the...
Earlier this year, I did some research for Tonic on the use of cannabis to treat symptoms of PMS, namely period pain. Since then, I’ve started...
A girls’ night is not complete without the perfect movie. There’s nothing quite like a glass of wine...
I try to keep things in perspective. I live in New Zealand – the 15 th country in the world to legalise gay marriage. I can walk down the street...
