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Lessons from almost being hit by a bus.

If you died tomorrow, what advice would you leave your kids? It's school holidays and my son's birthday so I'm giving myself a day off and I'm sharing something I wrote a few years ago. I hope you like it. Arohanui x

FNC: Happy Bogan Christmas to all who celebrate

Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! My LORD what a week. I seem to always bite off more than I can chew, and the Tents 4 Gaza campaign took up every second of my time and every inch of my brain space this week. BUT - we helped a

If only Beethoven’s mother had avoided Tylenol

What a strange few days it has been. I didn’t want to talk about it but I’ve had many DMs so I figured I may as well toss my 2 cents into the fetid well. Skip to comments if you read this in your email! Heres how it

Fundraise like their lives depend on it because they do

Two weeks ago, more than 20,000 people marched for humanity in Tāmaki Makaurau. Last week, we saw clergy escorted from the offices of MPs who refused to speak to them. Nicola Willis called the religious leaders 'intimidating' as they led a hunger strike and sang waiata. It

FNC - Stomp, clap, hey!

Kia ora, It's Friday Night Chats time! We're here! It's school holidays time! We made it through another term somehow. Let's chat. Subscribe to Emily Writes WeeklySkip to comments if you read this in your email! I'm having a bit

Time to be an intimidating protestor, AKA a singing deacon

Well, it sure has been a busy week at the posting factory. We have brand new troll tees up - supporting our hard-working teachers and nurses. Plus new ways to wear your support for Palestine. Let's go girls (gender neutral). It's been an awful week for

Explainer: Māori wards. What am I voting for and why?

Here at Emily Writes Weekly, we often do ‘Explainers’ on important issues that can be hard to get your head around. We bring in an expert (or experts) and ask the basic questions so we can educate ourselves and work out what’s going on across the motu. I’m

Your children will have seen more than That Video

“Speak to your children! They will have seen That Video”. I've seen variations on this statement on every social media app, every few minutes, since white supremacist YouTuber Charlie Kirk was shot dead. It's been on the news too. There has been so much handwringing. If

FNC - Men who can dish it but can never take it

Welcome to Friday Night Chats! We all made it through another week. I'm proud of us. We're here. We are ready to chat about as much inane BS as we can handle. Let's absolutely go! As a reminder, only paid subscribers get Friday Night

We are showing up! Let's go!

Well, it's Monday. I don't love Mondays. The work week ahead is daunting, there's too many meetings, appointments, errands...But, that's life I guess. I feel like the best way to start the week is to do something small for your community.

FNC - If it licks its stitches, it gets the avocado!

It's Friday Night Chats time! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I am so happy to have you here. It's been a fairly rubbish week for me with my car's bumper just falling off (I swear it just fell off), and Pipi, my puppy, was

Why are people lying about Covid-19 lockdowns?

As I started up the car, Duncan Garner's voice boomed out. In his shrill 'trying to be one of the boys but failing' shout, he raged about how 'we were all locked down' and 'Jacinda needs to front up!*' over Aotearoa'

What happened to our country?

Introducing a special collaboration between Aotearoa + Gaza. Aotearoa was once a place renowned for its courage. Despite a dark colonial history that still causes significant harm today, as a country, we have fought to do better. Our history reveals what used to matter to our country, the 1893 fight for

FNC - We got here

Hello! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! We are here at Ghost! It's been chaotic trying to get here, but we got here.

OK we gotta do the thing! The things!!

It makes a lot of sense to me that the first post in the new home of Emily Writes Weekly is a post about some small things you can do this week to help your community. Leave a comment Without my community, I don't think I would have

Substack to Ghost 👻

You're here! You're in Emily Writes Weekly and Emily Writes Weekly is in her new home in Ghost. Does that make sense? It doesn't have to, it's fine. Do you have some questions? Also fine! Here's my attempt at answering