Emily Writes

I was parenting a daughter without knowing it

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

Simply tell your child to stop sh*tting their pants at school

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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A free Friday Night Chats

How to talk to your sons about THAT*

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

Where is the school?

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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Baby planet, baby

A list of (almost) every government attack on Māori and Te Tiriti

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 '

Food, stuffed

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

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You are going to pay either way

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

Yes it’s time to give up Harry Potter (it was time 10 years ago)

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