First published on Wednesday the 24th of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 27 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Saturday the 10 th of August, 2019, this piece comes in at number 28 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Saturday the 4 th of May, 2019, this piece comes in at number 29 in the top 30 most read...
First published on Tuesday the 17 th of September, 2019, this piece comes in at number 30 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
This time of year makes me feel somewhat reflective. While most Decembers I’m generally too busy to be able to breathe during the day, I find...
2019 was, quite notably, the year that the climate crisis leapt to the forefront of almost all conversations, both public and private. And it was...
Nikki Kennedy (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Mahaki and Te Whakatōhea) needed to do something to ensure the survival of Te Reo. This, combined with...
She’s the woman who glazes the ham. She puts decorations around the house and sets the tunes to festive. When you were little she bought you toys...
Trigger warning: this piece features discussion of violence and rape.
Have you ever thought about who cleans up the aftermath of...
As a society, we are (slowly) becoming more and more sustainably aware. Most people I know bring a reusable cup along when they want a takeaway...
Last week, I published an article under the title Men are actually terrifying . And I was nervous about it. My editor Lizzie Marvelly rightly...
For all the stay at home dads (but specifically my own),
I’m glad you were my first...
Joy to the world, Netflix has released another set of Christmas movies. This year, they’ve branched out. There’s only one movie with Vanessa...
Feeling like you’ve had a productive day can be pretty great. However, I’ve noticed over the last few years is that getting that same sense of...
It’s feminism 101, right? Disney princesses are terrible role models that teach young girls to yearn for romantic approval from men over all else...
It’s official — Taylor Swift is the Artist of the Decade! After her recent wins at the...
Somewhere between the G-rated Christmas dinner you’ll be spending with family and the strictly-professional work do, lies the no holds barred end-...
November has been a pretty amazing month for New Zealand’s literary scene. With two launches of highly anticipated books and the announcement of...
You might have seen the memes going around – it’s almost 2020, what have you achieved this decade?
I’m sure it’s meant good-naturedly (...
I recently talked to a living, breathing human person in the year 2019, who told me “women...
I once heard someone say that hormonal contraception is so effective because after taking it women don’t...
The terrible things to come out of the Trump presidency are insurmountable...
Earlier this year, The New Yorker published a piece that heralded luxury paint company Farrow & Ball as the arbiters of modern taste in...
Cameron Diaz, wearing a golden bikini and blue-tinted shades, steers a speedboat. She’s squinting...
This year, more than ever before, it’s crucial that we make Kirihimete one that is better for our people and our planet. Because the holiday...
We’ve all done it. We’ve all heard our female friends do it. The urge to qualify the fact that you’re a feminist with “But I don’t hate men! I’m...
I didn’t think I would need to say this. Hell, I didn’t think I would need to be told this.
I’m...
Protest Tautohetohe is exciting. To be honest, I didn’t expect that from a book which was produced by museum curators and focuses on objects. I...
You’ve probably heard of the Satisfyer Pro 2 by now. It’s that rose-gold airpod-looking device that’s got folks calling in sick. Users have...
I was on the edge of my seat for most of the duration of Girls of the Sun , a French film by Eva Husson....
There’s nothing more popular than hating things that are popular, and there’s nothing more mainstream than to look at the mainstream with general...
WARNING: Contains major Breaking...
A comprehensive guide to those responsible decisions that we know deep down we should be making already. How many of these planet-friendly habits...
Hashtag Girl Boss spends most of her time in front of a computer. She has a dangerous hunch in her shoulders, a crick in her neck, and a sharp...
Even if you feel like you are. The term ‘impostor syndrome’ is increasingly used to describe a situation where despite someone’s achievements,...
Ellen DeGeneres has walked herself into a bit of controversy lately, after being caught on...
One day my then-boyfriend of two years climbed onto the roof of the school library and...
Calamity of calamities… the world is changing, and sexual harassment is no longer okay. Not that it was ever really okay, but it was undoubtedly “...
Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a world where conversations about women’s bodies didn’t revolve around: making unsolicited comments about our...
There’s a fantastic moment in the buoyant first hour of Hustlers, the stripper-heist...
In my 23 years on this planet, I have consumed a lot of pop culture. Particularly pop culture that focuses on love and romance. I’ve watched every...
Parris Goebel is the freakiest thing to come out of New Zealand — and I say this with all the love and...
Several years ago, when I was still a baby feminist, I was especially concerned with the number of women running Fortune 500 companies. The...
If you’ve ever done a trash audit, you’ll know that the bathroom is an area of the home that can regularly generate a lot of waste. But that needn...
The way I see it, we’re living in a time that will be remembered as history’s tipping point. We either do something or we don’t. The planet, and...
I’ve only ever had serious relationships with women. As a queer woman my experience with men is limited to a few young “relationships” extending...
Let Southside rise, not...
Possum Plows has had enough. As the lead singer of Openside, New Zealand’s premier pop-punk collective, they’ve gifted us countless awesome tunes...
I have always liked shoes. Shoes help you do things and go places. Though my zest for shoes will never rival that of Carrie Bradshaw’s (and I have...
Binge-drinking. It’s as Kiwi as pav, and as common as a gusty day in Wellington. Last week, it was announced that NZ Police are cracking down on ‘...
In what may be one of the better news stories we’ve heard this year, the government has...
If you’re not living under a rock, you’ve...
When I was younger, I wanted to be a cyclist. Specifically, I wanted to be like those sunkissed, helmetless Europeans that you see in the movies...
Since about the age of 15, when I started to learn the basic principles of feminism from extensive amounts of time spent on Tumblr, I have been...
In a landscape of blonde actresses with chiseled jaws and pearly white teeth, there’s something...
Chanel Miller, for years after the Stanford...
I’m 10 years old and the chattering of teeth is audible in the 9am mist. Teachers warm their hands with their breath as kids spread out before...
To whom it may concern,
As students of Takapuna Grammar...
The recent surge in media coverage of the burning of the Amazon aggravated many people’s eco-anxiety. You don’t need to be a climate scientist or...
Whether you love them or not, it’s safe to say that nearly everyone has heard of BTS.
...
I’ve only been working full time for four months, so I give everyone who’s been working their whole life full permission to roll their eyes and...
