Growing up, I understood the world in a black and white context. Things were right and wrong. Police officers were the goodest, most law-abiding...
Let me just address this from the jump: I certainly don’t want to move back into lockdown. For one thing, I’m not sure if New Zealanders could do...
I’m lucky to live near a fantastic West Auckland library. It’s one of the newer ones, with the high ceilings and glass walls. It’s not Devonport...
You probably don’t want to watch Normal People with your mum.
If possible,...
What a hand we’ve been dealt, huh?
I often get to thinking that, had I been born around a decade earlier, I would have hit the sweet spot...
It’s pretty rare for a female celebrity to be liked, universally.
I mean, no one...
Let me start by addressing that headline. This article is not...
Once upon a time, entering Auckland’s Academy Cinema was like entering a prohibition-era speakeasy. The first challenge was finding the door (and...
New Zealanders are social people. Even I, a card-carrying introvert, can attest to that.
It’s not just that we like to have a yarn – we...
So here we are – in the middle of history.
It’s strange feeling history moan from under us, isn’t it? Knowing that the actions we take...
I don’t know about you but for me, one hour’s worth of work is starting to feel like eight.
Turns out living through a pandemic is bloody...
Let me start by saying this: there’s nothing a feminist could do to halt my belief in the rights of women.
That being said, sometimes I...
The big fangled monster coming for grocery workers was supposed to be automation.
It hasn’t taken long, relatively speaking, for us to...
Is anyone else feeling nervous? As...
I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t read bell hooks’ Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center...
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...
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...
In a different world, we wouldn’t know where politicians stood on pregnancy termination.
Whenever the issue comes up in our parliament, I’...
It happens every time.
In 2017, when Harvey Weinstein was first embroiled in his numerous sexual assault charges, it was Lindsay Lohan of...
If the world never produced another Jane Austen adaptation, we’d be fine. There are at least 15...
The night before I spoke to Deborah Frances-White, known and beloved the world over as The Guilty Feminist , I watched her TED talk...
NOTE:...
For those of us who grew up on, in or around the internet, it’ll always be...
The following article contains details that may be considered spoilers for the Netflix docuseries...
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...
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.
I...
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 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 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 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 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 Thursday the 21 st of February, 2019, this piece comes in at number 24 in the...
First published on Tuesday the 2 nd of April, 2019, this piece comes in at number 26 in the top 30...
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....
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...
Last week, I published an article under the title Men are actually terrifying . And I was nervous about it. My editor Lizzie Marvelly rightly...
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-...
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 (...
The terrible things to come out of the Trump presidency are insurmountable...
Cameron Diaz, wearing a golden bikini and blue-tinted shades, steers a speedboat. She’s squinting...
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...
WARNING: Contains major Breaking...
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...
There’s a fantastic moment in the buoyant first hour of Hustlers, the stripper-heist...
Several years ago, when I was still a baby feminist, I was especially concerned with the number of women running Fortune 500 companies. The...
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...
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 a landscape of blonde actresses with chiseled jaws and pearly white teeth, there’s something...
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...
When I left university, the first time, I was lucky enough to receive an overseas internship. It was incredibly exciting – and tremendously scary...
He calls himself a feminist, but doesn’t do anything to support the claim. He expects a round of applause anyway.
He says he’s a ‘nice guy...
If you haven’t heard of The Worst Idea of All...
A former editor once told me ‘Clickbaity headlines are fine, so long as they’re backed up by quality content.’
I think she was right. As...
When Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives, was asked about...
Dresses must be completely full length. This means below the ankle bone.
Dresses should not dip down between the cleavage area.
No...
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...
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...
