The first time I had my armpits waxed, I was eleven-years-old. I hadn’t even started intermediate school. As an active kid, I loved the water and...
If you’re a woman who wants equality you best not have breasts.
Alright, you can have them, but they should be small, though not flat, and...
I was first cast out when I told my fellow students in primary school that my family sometimes ate...
Are you craving some bingeable TV shows with good LGBT+ representation? Are you...
Last year, I was asked to speak about medicine alongside two doctors at my old high school’s careers evening. Collectively, we touched on the...
When Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives, was asked about...
This month, Instagram are testing out a significant change to their app in certain countries, including New Zealand. You can no longer see the...
Sometimes, when the world seems a bit much, a feminist read is the perfect remedy. I did not expect Jane Eyre to provide that empowering read; it...
Dresses must be completely full length. This means below the ankle bone.
Dresses should not dip down between the cleavage area.
No...
Changing any aspect of your lifestyle can be difficult. For those transitioning to a more planet-conscious mode of living, there will be many...
With things like social media and online petitions helping to engage people in politics, more people than...
To go a day without hearing about Stranger Things this month is to go a day without leaving the...
A few years ago now, when ‘wellness’ was still a novel concept, I decided to quit sugar. I was sick of my relationship with the white stuff – and...
Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) was many things - feminist, activist, lesbian, icon. She was also an immensely talented and prolific writer who penned a...
For my money, the best piece of cinema to come out of 2018 was the opening minute of Beychella . My partner and I watched the Beyoncé Coachella...
Shortland Street , like most soap operas, has had its share of frustrating characters...
Would you look at that! Kim Kardashian West has, miraculously, found...
Romantic comedy is not a genre beloved by women. Go ahead, survey a bunch of women. If my guess is...
Today, I am 30. I’m not generally hugely reflective, but reaching such an, ahem, advanced age has made me look back over the last few years....
It’s coming up - that time of year when our evening hours have the potential to be a little bit sparklier (and full of screen-friendly snack...
An arts or humanities degree has been the butt of so many jokes in wider media and...
I was 16 when Lady Gaga unearthed me. I was out (to myself and my friends) as...
The one thought running through my mind every second of every day at the moment is, “I’m cold. I’m cold. I’m cold.” That’s it, on repeat, all day...
In certain circles, Laura Bates is considered a legend. She founded The Everyday Sexism Project in 2012– a website touted by some...
As sometimes happens, even if only by coincidence, two vastly similar films were released within months of each other last year. Beautiful Boy and...
When I watched the piece that won Ngā Hine Pūkōrero the Word - The Front Line competition (see attached video) I felt simultaneously hollowed out...
What do you do when your friend’s substance use (of alcohol or other drugs) starts affecting their relationships, work, finances, or ability to...
In 2016, Taylor Swift suffered from a particularly niggly run of bad press. She had a messy split from...
Recently, I had the privilege of hearing Dame Margaret Sparrow, pioneer in sexual health services, speak at the New Zealand Medical Student’s...
I used to be one of them.
Even though I would never say a word against a teen mother to...
It just makes me nervous, you know? What with Hannah Tamaki taking up the reins of the Destiny Church Party (sorry, Coalition New Zealand) and...
A 2019 kiwi remake of the 2004 American classic Wife Swap has arrived on our screens, you may have seen the giant digital billboards strewn across...
New Zealand is not the easiest place to be sober. But we are increasingly questioning our attitudes towards alcohol. The 2019 Global Drug Survey...
Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, violence
Whenever I feel overwhelmed – by a feeling, a situation, an issue...
Recently, on a Waiheke ferry trip, my partner who I will call M (Filipino) and myself (Pākehā) grabbed a couple of coffees. As we waited for our...
Techweek New Zealand is an annual event to celebrate the advancements within our...
Dear parents everywhere: no matter what you think, your child has probably secretly taken drugs. Maybe it’s not all the time, maybe it was just...
I want to write a letter to the women on the edges. The mothers who allowed me to drink in their garages, their daughters who held back my hair as...
I’m going to start with the obvious: the best approach to drug law reform will be one that most effectively minimises harm.
The approach...
People from just about everywhere have come to call New Zealand home. Adjusting to their new...
I read the comments.
Oh, God. I read the comments.
It doesn’t require any further context, does it? It doesn’t matter the subject...
This year’s Auckland Writer’s Festival brought some of the brightest and best creatives of both local and international literary scenes to our...
We all remember it, the all-encompassing dread and deep-seated boredom of a school assembly with a guest speaker. Pretending to pay attention to...
It was a rant that did it. I am grateful, now fuck off , wrote Emily Writes in 2015, catapulting herself into...
As the time for university and scholarship applications draws near, my peers are voicing...
Yes, that’s right. Please stop. You’re making women feel uncomfortable about a body part that is no different from any other. Women with boobs...
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. The customer is always right.
What a...
Like just about everyone else on planet Earth, I went along to see Avengers: Endgame recently...
Our planet is in trouble. We’ve known about the climate crisis for some time, and now more than ever is the time for collective action. But there’...
If you think you don’t know Nat Puff, aka Left at London, you’re probably mistaken.
She’s the internet...
The days following the Notre Dame cathedral fire were fraught with grief and shock as the world...
Flying across the world and finding yourself (or just drinking a lot of alcohol and eating your weight in croque monsieurs) is seen by many as a...
Did you know that doctors in the United States are executing babies after birth? That’s right. Look up ‘born alive’ on Twitter and you’ll discover...
The Madonna-whore dichotomy is the epitome of compartmentalisation. It describes the perception of...
The Mirena intrauterine system is one of the best forms of contraception in the world. Unfortunately, due to our country’s current funding...
“All I’m hoping for is that it starts big conversations,” Joni Nelson tells me about her first play, 8 Reasonable Demands . The young playwright...
“It’s her choice!” has been the online battle-cry of feminists for as long as I’ve been socially aware enough to know what a feminist is (which,...
Conferences. I don’t know if I’ve ever attended one that I loved. If there’s a choice between sharing an air-conditioned room with 200 strangers...
Tall poppy syndrome has been a part of New Zealand culture for nearly as long as we’ve been a country...
After some recent hoopla around the validity of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill (...
Over the years, I’ve attended numerous classes where university lecturers have passionately promoted the supposed value of mindfulness. Breathing...
