Last month, our friend Helen Gilby was diagnosed with cancer. She recently had surgery to begin her treatment. There were complications, and Helen updated us with the following dispatch from the hospital. Helen would like to thank you all for the outpouring of support and really tangible help you'
In Louis Theroux's 2025 documentary film The Settlers, Theroux does what he does best. He lets his grotesque subjects show their monstrous views simply by holding back and letting them feel safe enough to share them. In The Settlers, the mentality of Israeli men and women who believe
Welcome to Friday Night Chats! How are you? It's been A Week. Not helped by a ridiculous beat-up by a newspaper trying to get readers off the back of my writing. So let’s go there…This time we did a podcast AS WELL. Just for our paid
A few weeks ago, the greyhound racing lobby quietly began an advertising campaign to try to save their extremely profitable industry. This included posters so out of touch that they were almost laughable. They featured AI-generated images of sad-looking people (like 'Colin', who actually looked like your typical
Early Thursday, I began receiving the same screenshot over and over. It was from influencer chef Chelsea Winter's Instagram Stories, which described her morning routine. It was so relatable that about 150 mothers sent it to me. Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this
On Friday, all over Aotearoa, workers ranging from midwives to teachers to nurses wore purple to show their support for pay equity. Today is International Women's Day. We're going to see a lot of MPs who have destroyed the chance for so many women in this
Kia ora, today is International Women’s Day and while we rightly talk about pay equity and our government’s attack on women’s rights in Aotearoa - we must never forget the plight of our sisters in Palestine. I have gotten to know Yasmin over the last year and
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What would this country look like in a decade or so if we actually did what so desperately needs doing?
Israel and the United States have started another war. The propaganda is inescapable. And did you know? You're ruining it if you talk about the parents screaming in the street trying to find their babies. Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in
Kia ora, it's Friday Night Chats time! It's been a really long week. I am exhausted. How is it already almost March? I feel like 2026 is cursed?! I am clinging to my ridiculous gratitude journal like my life depends on it. Let's chat
The clip of the USA Men's hockey team yukking it up on the phone with a rapist perfectly encapsulates how men keep kneecapping themselves with toxic masculinity. The USA men's team had just won gold! Ice hockey has been gaining fans internationally! A huge, untapped audience
Kia ora! A few weeks ago, I said I'd do an Ask Me Anything post. Thank you for all of your questions, and I'm sorry I couldn't answer them all in this post. Feel free to ask questions in the comments, and I'
I wrote this piece about accepting, embracing and celebrating my sexuality three years after I came out in 2016. Because it's Pride month, I thought I'd share it. It's from my book, Needs Adult Supervision, available at all good bookstores. Subscribe to Emily Writes
This is a guest post by our dear friend Dr. Jehad Malaka in Gaza. I asked him if he could share with us what Ramadan is like in Gaza right now. His words are so beautiful and I know you’ll agree his photographer is equally moving and powerful. There
Kia ora! Welcome to Friday Night Chats! I'm so happy you're here. It's been a loooong week, with my child not at school much, which has made it hard to get mahi done. Also, the aftermath of the storm has been SUCH a hassle.
A friend and I were talking on the weekend, and she said to me: "I don't know what's going on, but I feel so much rage right now, and I don't know what to do with it". I think the rage we
I've got damage from the storm to deal with, and everything feels very difficult right now. So, let's have some meditations (a few you may or may not have read but should return to anyway!). Be kind to yourself. Stay safe x Subscribe to Emily Writes
Kia ora! It's Friday Night Chats time! It's Galentine's Day! It's been a week of real ups and downs so I'm happy to be here with you. I find so much joy in this community and I feel like a