I feel very grateful to share this short essay by a mum of a trans child. I think so many of us will relate to it. The piece is anonymous. I hope that it inspires you to think about what you can do to make the world safer for trans
It’s been six months since the last one, so we are due for a moral panic about children not being toilet trained when they reach school. These “articles” all follow a similar pattern. So let’s discuss it... Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this
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Content warning: Discussion of rape and misogyny *It’s important to name THAT but also this newsletter would be censored in your inbox if I did. Another day, another story about a group of young men gang-raping a young woman. But this time, the story is gaining traction. Cornell
After nearly three years of genocide, children in Gaza have finally begun going back to school. Skip to the comments if you read this already in your email. Skip to comments Our correspondent in Gaza, Dr Jehad Malaka shares what it’s like for these children, including his own. ❗Emily
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Not too long ago I was discussing the government and their attacks on Te Tiriti with a group of people. One of them said I know there's been the Treaty Principles Bill, but has there really been much else? One of the things this Government does is '
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Dear ChatGPT, I am a representative from Food Stuffed, one of New Zealand's two most despised corporate monopolists (the other one is also a supermarket chain.) We have had a stranglehold on life's necessities for almost a century, and now that we've entered our
As you will have seen online, rapper Macklemore has been removed from Ed Sheeran's tour as a support act due to his support for Palestinians and his vocal demands that the genocide should end. Macklemore released a statement that is one of the best I've read
Swap your books for a backbone. 🚨Content warning: Transphobia. Please take care while reading this. Trans people have always existed and will always exist. You are loved and valued and I’m sorry you have to face any of this sh*t. Also, everything in this article is my honest
Whenever I see a new policy announced by ACT, NZ First, or National, I genuinely wonder who they're targeting. Call me a drooling woke snowflake, but I can't figure out how people go through life excited by policies that amount to 'we get to hit
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Five ways to cope with climate anxiety. Many of us have seen, and are still seeing, horrifying footage from Nepal of the deadly floodwaters. Thousands are missing; the economic cost is more than $5 billion; the human cost will likely never be fully known. This is climate change. It'
Hi! Josh here. Emily is sick this week; there's a lot of it going around. If you feel like wishing her well in the comments, I'm sure that would be appreciated! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email!
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I'm so happy you're here. How has your week been? What are your weekend plans? Let's chat! Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email! Skip to comments What a week! We
Dr Jehad Malaka is our reporter in Gaza. Your subscription and koha allow me to pay him to share stories from the genocide in Palestine. Thank you for your generosity and thank you Dr Malaka. This piece has a call to action for us and I hope you'll