The Hand Mirror

There's been a lot of discussion lately on children being excluded from cafes because the noise they make disturbs other customers. I ha...

A few days ago, I spent the afternoon with a group of women. We had met, generally through online groups or professional contacts, and kept ...

The following is an edited version of a short talk I gave on disability and queer issues to a queer, mostly studenty, audience. It is limite...

At the beginning of the year, I was finally diagnosed as autistic. I’ve been struggling to blog since. This isn’t an apology for that, or ...

The following was recently published in 'Thinking Differently', the quarterly newsletter of Autism New Zealand Inc. 'Your Le...

30 November 2011 Dear Ms Mathers, I'd like to extend my congratulations to you, and welcome you into your new role as a member of parlia...

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

I feel a bit icky criticising a pro-choice article in the local media ; it's not like there's a lot of them and Richard Boock's ...

There have been a few things that have inspired this post. I've really appreciated the voices emerging from the fat positive/size acce...

Today I'll just be the grumpy feminist, sitting over here in the corner complaining about charity at Christmastime . How many times hav...

An acquaintance, someone I once knew well but have largely drifted apart from, posts about her son's screaming in response to various st...

[This post isn't in response to the recent discussion about the 'I would have got away with it...' cartoon - I've actually ...

"...and then if we want an abortion, we need to pretend to be crazy" ...