The Hand Mirror

Part of the series Nominate 2016 , hoping to open up local government a bit so y'all will at least think about running in 2016.   Fai...

One of the issues I've written a lot about, and done some basic analysis on, is women's political representation in Aotearoa New Ze...

(Apologies for the lateness of this being posted, I've been sick.) I left Louisa Wall’s talk at the University of Auckland with some...

Many thanks to Sara for sending through the blurb used in Salient to promote this.   Facebook event here. The VUWSA Women’s Group will be...

something tonight (which i don't want to explain) caused me to think about when i first became politically aware and motivated to be pol...

In Councillese the term "officer" actually means "a staff member of the Council".  We democratically elected people (g...

A few years ago, I sought counselling from a feminist organisation. I had effectively untreated and quite serious PTSD from events earlier ...

Trigger warnings for rape, sexual abuse, violence, exploitation of power: The other day Stef and I were having a chat about the Omar Hame...

Although as AnneE points out some people seem to have neglected to remember what today means , I've been heartened by the tweets a...

When I was 16 I worked in a take-away store that sold fried chicken, and on Saturdays things were invariably slow and quiet during the day....

Lately there's been a daily misunderstanding I've been striving to overcome.  Most days someone will assume I am in the NZ Labour Pa...

This summer I had the opportunity to see the Top Twins live at Womad. Their music set was fabulous and had me and all the rest of the crowd ...

got this via email about developments in saudi arabia: As election centers across Saudi Arabia opened on April 23 for voters to register f...

a quick post to direct you to the " we care campaign ", who are directing their efforts towards advocacy for carers in the health ...

it's late & i should be getting to bed, but i had to share this - which no doubt many of you will have read already. it's sady ...

i attended a meeting in hamilton this evening, which was to start some movement on the campaign to keep MMP. it's a crucial issue in te...

i was one of the people at the "fairness at work" rally in hamilton today. it was incredibly well-attended & the first time i...

a couple of weeks ago, peter dunne announced a review into the child support scheme: "The reality is that family life in New Zealand h...

Please find below (indeed below the Read More) the presentation I gave today on why abortion needs to be legal, and why we need a pro-choice...

i was at an interesting talk on sunday by a manager of mental health services*. he talked about social connectedness and it's effect on ...