Is anyone else feeling nervous? As...
At the end of this month, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle will renounce their titles in favour of...
I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t read bell hooks’ Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center...
It’s difficult for people to fathom the idea that a first world country like Aotearoa is affected by an issue like period poverty. The co-founder...
Every woman likely remembers the first time she was sexualised.
Maybe you were...
People talk about #MeToo incidents as if they are binary. This type of behaviour makes for a #MeToo. This type of behaviour doesn’t . That’s just...
Janet Frame was a “rebel, a seeker of freedom and a passionate champion of the imagination”, according to the theatremakers who adapted her...
S-heroes. Aotearoa is abundant with them. But how is International Women’s Day looking through the eyes of our legendary wāhine? I caught up with...
When Donald Trump won the 2016 US election, my reaction was visceral. I cried. I stayed in...
In a different world, we wouldn’t know where politicians stood on pregnancy termination.
Whenever the issue comes up in our parliament, I’...
I have a feeling no-one really knows how they felt at 18 until they’re not 18 anymore.
And it’s only a...
It happens every time.
In 2017, when Harvey Weinstein was first embroiled in his numerous sexual assault charges, it was Lindsay Lohan of...
One of my favourite brick-and-mortar stores in Auckland can be found on Karangahape Road. Crushes has been my default go-to for picking up gifts...
New Zealand has been sinophobic for long enough that many of us have forgotten that we are.
The...
If the world never produced another Jane Austen adaptation, we’d be fine. There are at least 15...
This week, I watched in fascinated horror as the online world decided, by comparing a few interview clips...
The night before I spoke to Deborah Frances-White, known and beloved the world over as The Guilty Feminist , I watched her TED talk...
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” That’s the central question in Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical, Hamilton . But for women in history, the...
Sometime over the summer, an Anime House opened up at my local Westfield Mall. I wandered in one day to peruse the merchandise, and came face to...
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I’ve been on Instagram for over three years now. In that time, there have been multiple digital decluttering outbursts involving mass unfollowing...
Asking for help isn’t the easiest thing in the world… but here I am, asking you for your support. If you love reading Villainesse, would you...
In my short lifetime, the way we think of gender and the way we rely on gender roles in everyday life has changed tremendously.
When I was...
For those of us who grew up on, in or around the internet, it’ll always be...
Thirty years ago the Māori flag was launched at Hikoi ki Waitangi 1990 .
1990 was also...
I was nineteen years old when I first noticed a vertical line starting to appear between my...
Disclaimer: I am not a personal financial or investment advisor. The advice in this article does not constitute financial, accounting, or legal...
The following article contains details that may be considered spoilers for the Netflix docuseries...
NikkieTutorials has been in my periphery for several years as a super-reliable source of...
If the start of a new year is synonymous with setting resolutions, the start of the new decade multiplies the notion by a thousand (or at the very...
Kia ora and welcome to 2020, which I’ve hopefully dubbed “Year of Dreams (or at least please-not-Year of Screams)”. To be honest, given that this...
First published on Friday the 26 th of April, 2019, this was the most read Villainesse story of...
First published on Thursday the 4 th of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 3 in the top 30 most read...
First published on Tuesday the 28 th of May, 2019, this piece comes in at number 4 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
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First published on Friday the 29 th of March, 2019, this piece comes in at number 5 in the top 30 most read...
First published on Saturday the 23 rd of March, 2019, this piece comes in at number 6 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Friday the 5 th of July, 2019, this piece comes in at number 7 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
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First published on Sunday the 12 th of May, 2019, this piece comes in at number 8 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
First published on Wednesday the 20 th of March, 2019, this piece comes in at number 9 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Thursday the 21 st of March, 2019, this piece comes in at number 10 in the top 30 most read...
First published on Thursday the 16 th of May, 2019, this piece comes in at number 11 in the top 30 most read...
First published on Sunday the 9 th of June, 2019, this piece comes in at number 12 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
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First published on Saturday the 5 th of October, 2019, this piece comes in...
First published on Sunday the 3rd of March, 2019, this piece comes in at number 14 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
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First published on Monday the 1 st of July, 2019, this piece comes in at number 16 in...
First published on Monday the 3 rd of June, 2019, this piece comes in at number 17 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019.
First published on Tuesday the 9 th of July, 2019, this piece comes...
First published on Saturday the 20 th of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 19 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Wednesday the 4 th of December, 2019, this piece comes in at number 20 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Tuesday the 19 th of February, 2019, this piece comes in at number 21 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Thursday the 8 th of August, 2019, this piece comes in at number 22 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Friday the 12 th of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 23 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Thursday the 21 st of February, 2019, this piece comes in at number 24 in the...
First published on Saturday the 23rd of February, 2019, this piece comes in at number 25 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2019....
First published on Tuesday the 2 nd of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 26 in the top 30...
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...
