Posts by Jackie Clark
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This old saw.
I have taught in low socioeconomic areas for 20 years.
I am the donations coordinator at the Mangere Women’s Refuge and I’m with the women and their kids quite a bit.
The solutions to these problems are not as simple as some commenters may have suggested. Neither do the solutions presented seem to work. For a very simple reason.
Not all people are the same, and you cannot target specific portions of the community and expect things to change.
If we are really interested in slowing down all the sugary food intake, a multi pronged approach is required.
Not all people struggling financially eat junk food.
Not all Maori/Pasifika people are obese.
Not all people who earn enough to live on eat healthily.
And on we go.
If we could stop with the judgements, and actually think properly about what’s causing the problems, we may get somewhere, -
Loss.
How to deal with it.
Compassion.
How to have more of it.
These are the things I learn as I age.
In my forties (late late forties), I lost my world. I found renewed passion and vigour and a new purpose in other people.
It's okay. -
I am incredibly proud to out Dita as part of my #kapawhaea for the refuge. She is a kind, compassionate woman and I have always enjoyed her columns. Her words, this morning, hit me right in the heart, and it saddens me to know that her voice, and that of others like her, is on the wane.
Newspapers are an important platform because, whether we like it or not, people seem to form opinions based on those they find in their daily rag. Those of us who don't read the paper are not the ones who are damaging this country - it's the voters who are swayed by what they read/see who are.
Having strong voices in the MSM, in opposition to this government, is a vital component of the sea change that is necessary in this country. Sadly, they are few and far between, and so the rest of us will need to speak up louder. -
Hello, my friends.
Things at Auntie Central are getting busy (well, it’s always busy to be honest).
I wanted to say thank you for everything the PAS readership and community have done for the refuge, and keep you up to date a bit.
I’ve done a weeny bit of media sort of stuff in the last few months.
Here’s my blog post which tells you all about who the Twitter Aunties are.An interview I did with Vaughan Davis on RadioLive
A wee article in the Manukau Courier.And an interview I did with Bryan Crump on National Radio.
So that tells you more about what this has turned into since my very first post on this about 9 months ago.
Thanks for everything you do, and are.
I couldn’t have done any of this without your support. -
I just wanted to pop in and say thank you to everyone from PAS who has supported the refuge in the last 18 months. And I have exciting news. We have a givealittle - after a lot of consideration, and it being a dream of mine to feed the families at refuge, I have partnered with a dear friend of mine. We have a bank account and a givealittle page solely designed to feed the families. The givealittle page is here.. If you wish to contribute on a regular basis, our account number is : 12-3069-0308648-01
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I don't understand this Ben. I'm not sure what you mean.
To me, personally, rape culture means this: that I feel (felt) responsible, that society makes me feel responsible, for my own safety.
That if I step outside the bounds of what is deemed "safe", then it's my fault, whatever happens to me.
That the perpetrator is seen as someone who cannot be changed, and therefore the victim is always at fault.
At age 50, I always have to be aware of walking alone.
After a lifetime of this shit, yes, I am not happy about it. And something needs to change.
Rape culture is really about entitlement, in my view. This is my space, I am in this space, if you are in my space and you get hurt, more fool you.
Except that often we are in our own spaces.
Clarification would be good, on what you mean. -
Speaker: Not even a statistic, in reply to Emma Hart,
If I could like this a million times I would. I would. I very would.
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It wasn't until I met Emma that I started to rethink my own rape. It was in the early 80's, I eventually gave in, I never thought of it as rape.
The framing is not important, what is important is that we continue to try to change this culture in whatever ways we can.
And Katrina, you have my love. Thank you for telling this part of your story. You never know where words will land, and on whom they will have an impact. I trust that your words will have impact on many. -
What I found, going to the gym, is that you start to feel really connected with your body, figuring out which bits do what things, stuff like that. Enjoy!
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Moz, you weren't to know the relationship, you are correct.
However, you will be aware of my postings. And I think I would be correct in saying I have never threatened sexual violence before.
I can't control what you read into things, but I would have happily explained to you, had you asked.