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To LA
If you've been watching my films and following my social media, then you'll know Wellywood is a bit different to Hollywood. For...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 82 min read
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Doxxing
Yeah, this isn't the first time. Dan McCaffrey doxxed Riddell Productions after we chucked him out of the flat for threatening to assault...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 71 min read
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Downsides of growing up
When you've made a few movies, then it's almost impossible to maintain that purity of fandom that one has in their teens. For various...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 71 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 50 min read
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Amanda vs. Wellington - 04 April 2025
I simply refuse to do 'once' - it's not the script I wrote and that script is the one that people read. You can't say 'thousands of...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 42 min read
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'but it sounds straight...'
Well, I wouldn't be much of a dramatic songwriter if I couldn't inhabit other characters. I had a bit of difficulty writing the tenor...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 21 min read
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The Hunger Games (in real life)
My experiences of being insulted, then practically forced to make a movie, have taught me that most people in power don't really care...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 12 min read
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Chloe vs. Golriz
Well, in my normal life I'm friends with both Amber and Lucinda, though they fell out. I think Chloe's just jealous, and honestly I'm...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 311 min read
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Preconceptions
This is the reason that I'm insisting on some form of compensation regarding the transphobia that I faced over the last several years. A...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 311 min read
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'the sky is a bright canary yellow'
It's an optical effect that happens when the sun sets behind a hill, like that photo I took from Mt. Victoria: the sky genuinely was...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 291 min read
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I Got Lost In Her Arms
How can I prove it wasn't about Chloe? Ask Michelle Cameron to dredge up the email that I sent her the day after Stephen's Bluegrass...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 291 min read
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'delusional'
Now that the dust has settled, I'm going to point out that while my feelings for Chloe were the subject of intense scrutiny, absolutely...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 281 min read
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The Perfumed Garden - mock-up
As the video demonstrates, I'm very happy with the demo. I think it'll work. However, I would be remiss not to mention that I've become...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 261 min read
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Coming to Parliament
I'm not entirely sick of it, but the more it seems that the Parliamentary precinct is the only place that I can be myself and do my job,...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 251 min read
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Shaming the guilty liberals
I'm good enough to go anywhere, but I'm stuck here because I don't want to. I like NZ, and the climate is going to be our key selling...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 241 min read
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AMPP - Season 2, Episode 6
Typed it in wrong, but the one that's about my experiences of discrimination. It's a great demo for both the documentary and the...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 231 min read
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How am I doing?
I'm fine, but right now there's a lot of stress. Am I going to get paid by MSD or Studylink? Am I going to be able to be trans in the...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 221 min read
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New Words
New words are invented every day; Who knows if anyone hears them. Amanda Riddell March 2025
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 191 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 180 min read
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Sympathetic faces
Doing their good deed for the day, Or grimacing behind the forced smile? Amanda Riddell March 2025
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 181 min read
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