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It’s hard to know how to describe 2017. The year of female anger? The year when shitty things that have been happening to women for time...
It’s been a long time since I wrote a letter to Santa. Now I think back, letters to the North Pole are somewhat wasted on the young. I’m quite...
Bold take: The Last Jedi is the most feminist blockbuster film of 2017....
It’s that time of the year. The time when families and friends are finishing up their end-of-year workload, wrapping the last of the gifts, and...
It’s been a big year for feminism. We’ve had a series of triumphs – but we also know we...
Sex on the beach. It’s either AMAZING, or the most horrendous experience ever. Opinion at Villainesse is passionately divided. So we came up with...
Imagine this: you’re alone, somewhere along a remote stretch of coastline where the air is so cold you can see your breath, and living out of your...
School’s out for summer. Or, if you’re at a certain life stage, FOREVER. Thank God, right?
Maybe you’re so thrilled you could pass out...
Ah, Christmas. The season for giving. After all, what greater joy is there than making other people happy?
But making others happy isn’t...
I really think Don Brash might be Australian.
It’s just a feeling I’m getting in my waters, and I have good...
Christmas songs hold a special place in my heart. I’m one of those strange people who start listening to them well before it is decent to do so,...
Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. Or not. After all, while most of us like giving other people presents, it’s the act of buying...
With Weinstein, #MeToo, Al Franken, Roy Moore and more, sexual harassment has been in the news a lot lately. But how do you report sexual...
We’re quite familiar with how women’s genitals are often depicted in porn and other media (when they’re depicted at all). Smooth. Hairless. Petite...
Podcasts.
Maybe you love them, maybe you hate them – or maybe you’ve never listened to one. But if you are a fan, you know how hard it can...
Wanted: A woman to be...
The 2017-18 Women’s World...
With the ongoing naming-and-shaming of alleged sexual predators in Hollywood (think Spacey/ Weinstein/ Ratner/ Louis CK et al), and productions...
Here’s an experiment: visit Google. Click on “images.” Type the word “woman.” Hit “enter.”
Just make sure you do this when you’re sitting...
The new Minister for Women, Julie Anne Genter, is a full-time feminist. “Every day of the week, 24/7. And I just think we need to keep reiterating...
HIV.
It has historically been known as a “death sentence”, helped in no small part by campaigns of old that have featured Grim Reapers and...
Apple’s Siri. Microsoft’s Cortana. Amazon’s Alexa.
Such “personal assistant” artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used by millions...
Dear Rangitoto College rule-setters,
Thank you for reminding us of the serious issue of girls wearing makeup.
While some might...
Aaaah .. parents. You can’t choose ‘em. You can’t blame them for everything. You can’t dump them.
Or can you?
If the relationship...
Film, as Rose McGowan said recently, “is the messaging system for your mind”. Whether we like it or...
Halloween costumes.
It’s Rule 34 in real life: think of it, and there’s a “sexy” version of it.
Now, you do you. But remember:...
The dreaded F word. Feminism. The term has a visceral effect on people, especially those...
Every year, usually around September, there is a marked change in the air. ‘Is it spring?’ you think to yourself. Maybe. Possibly.
All...
1. OMGYES
Who likes orgasms? OMGYES is basically the Oprah of sexual pleasure. You get an orgasm! You get an orgasm! You get an orgasm!...
All the cool girls have anxiety. Heck, not just the cool girls – everyone is stressed out to the point of breakdown.
It’s the hot new...
An astounding thing happened last night. Jacinda Ardern became the Prime Minister Elect...
#MeToo .
#BelieveWomen .
#WomenBoycottTwitter .
Most of us know what these hashtags are, and the unspeakable vileness...
What have you done in the past year?
Finished a huge project? Sat your final exams? Got a new job, or started at a new school? Started...
Few things on this Earth are as frightening as… a supermarket. Or at least as bamboozling. They’re just confusing. Like, more mystifying that...
It’s been an interesting evolution of the demise of Hollywood producer and studio head, Harvey Weinstein. In case you’ve been living under a rock...
How many New Zealand artists can you name?
It’s a confronting question, sure....
What springs to mind when you think about seeking mental health support? Is it an image of lying on an old-fashioned couch with an elderly,...
Boobs. There are few symbols of femininity more obvious. So what is it like to have a double mastectomy, and suddenly be without them?
There comes a time in every year when I want to crawl into bed with a bottle of wine, a full season of my current Netflix addiction, a tub of ice...
Sometimes, a text of encouragement is all you need. Even when you’re creating a brand new show that is due to go on stage in less than a week. No...
I may be well into my twenties, but I will shamelessly admit I love Harry Potter . Ever since I first read The Sorcerer’s Stone (I’m from the US;...
Ah, Tinder. We love you. We hate you. Our lives just wouldn’t be the same without you.
But you could be improved. Because let’s be honest...
Thank f*ck it’s finally finished. It’s been a dirty, long-winded, teeth-grinding, soul-destroying few months, but...
Societally, there’s a huge push to reach a masculine ideal of power. Hard hitting, direct and unwavering. Success is ultimately codified as...
Tomorrow, the 19 th of September...
This year, on September 23, New Zealand will vote on who gets to lead the country for the next three years. Over the past few months, Villainesse...
If there’s one New Zealander who needs no introduction, it’s Kate Sheppard. But let’s be honest about something: she’s so...
Māori Language Week fills me with all kinds of emotions. As a Māori woman who is now learning her language in her...
