Posts by Joanna
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Hard News: Fix up, young men, in reply to Alfie,
All the reports you have read except for oh, I dunno, essentially every single woman who has taken the time to be ignored on this sausage party of a thread?
The idea of apps to report abuse is laughable. Gosh I have no idea why women would be offended at being asked to provide proof.
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How many times can I say this? IT IS NOT JUST THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO DO NOT RESPECT WOMEN. But sure if that helps you sleep better at night...
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Notice how quickly this thread became men talking to other men (there was even a #notallcamerapeople guy) and ignoring women's voices saying THIS IS NOT A NEW THING? Or even ignoring Lilian's suggestion of how things could be improved? The problem is not just at gigs. THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT HERE TOO
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It is not just young men who act this way and it is not just the young who need to take responsibility for it. When apparently liberal men feel totally happy referring to women as 'chicks' or 'cunts', how are they helping to create a safe world for women? It is absolutely not a new phenomenon for women to be harassed at gigs or to speak up about it. I'd like to think that maybe people are finally starting to listen. The question is - what are you going to do about it now?
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My father used to be in Foreign Affairs, so the longest I have ever lived in one place at a time was three years. But in between postings, we always came home to our house in Ngaio, high on a hill top.
Over the years that house has changed - terrifying orange & green and brown chelsea bun carpet ripped out, along with the orange curtains and the mustard shag pile in my bedroom. My older sisters flatted in the house while I lived with my parents in Japan and it was always so strange to visit it in the holidays and find it stripped of most of the things I found familiar. My mother built a pottery studio in the backyard, and after I moved to Auckland for university, they cut down the great big macracarpa I used to climb in order to put in a cable car. Even though the three daughters have all moved out, my parents continue to expand the house as they gather more and more stuff. Having observed the process of disposing of an entire house of books (no lie, my grandparents built another Lockwood onto their house to act as my Opa's study) after Opa died, I'm already worried about how I will deal with all the stuff when my parents die. Hopefully that won't be for a long long time.
Ngaio has always been there for me, and I love the house with its views over the harbour and its quirks like the couch my father refused to get rid of so my mother carried it outside and dumped concrete and mosaic tiles all over it. I hope it will always be in our family, but given that none of us are likely to have kids, once my parents are gone, we really should sell it so that other kids can grow up in the bush reserve down the back bank.
Meanwhile due to the generousity and financial restraint my parents had when they were younger, I'm building a new home for myself (and my cats) in my wee half cottage in Thorndon. Without kids, I hope it's a place that my friends feel like they can call home as well whenever they need. The spare bed is always made and I have clean towels.
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Speaker: Are there opportunities within…, in reply to Katharine Moody,
I don’t think you need to spend as much thought on deconstructing things – in many ways, life is pretty simple and thoughts are straight-forward with no malice, prejudice or deep-meaning intended.
Could I suggest instead perhaps more thought could be used here? Your experiences are not the experiences of many others. Like, you've just said you're a fanatic in the kitchen, and that is fantastic - for you. There are many people for whom that is not the case, who don't have the skills or the money or the grandparents teaching their children to bake, or the easy access to supermarkets for ingredients, or the money to pay for them or the time - or possibly even the will. Why care about what you're putting into your body if society keeps telling you that you're a waste of too much space and not really a human, just a burden on the health and/or welfare system anyway, something to be pitied and mocked?.
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I find Rachel Glucina as reprehensible as the next person, but I do think everyone here should watch Anne Helen Peterson's excellent Webstock talk What we talk about when we talk about Brangelina
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Busytown: Tell You What: A Nonfiction Giveaway!, in reply to Joanna,
Like, look at this thoughtful analysis of Xmas number one hits by Popbitch. They really are the best.
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Now to lower the tone dreadfully and disclose my very lowbrow tastes, I have loved the shit out of Popbitch ’s magazine and annual. I love their dedication to taking silly things very very seriously and also smartly.
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Hard News: 2014: The Meth Election, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
Vote early, vote often?