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Neurodiversity and privilege
Something that struck me while reading Far From The Tree (ages ago) was that there's tension in America over palatable neurodiverse...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 62 min read
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Amanda Michelina Presents: Political Satire
This is all the fruit head AI skits and a few stand-up interviews altered with trippy VFX. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcRO8br...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 41 min read
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Titles based on song lyrics by other people
Yeah, I do that a bit. A Beauty Asleep, The Road You Didn't Take, Just Like Yesterday. Deconstructing hooks, though it's not like I ever...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 41 min read
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To Tory
I don't want to go over the events of the hui again - there's another post that captured most of those - but I'm going to bring up a...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 11 min read
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Building a career
For better or worse, one of the problems with building a career in NZ is that most art is heavily dependent on state subsidies, and the...
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Amanda Riddell
Mar 12 min read
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Wellington Fringe Festival: The Girmit
This was in Porirua, so it didn't affect my boycott to review this gig. Lucinda found it, so I was along for the ride. - This was a...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 281 min read
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Most embarrassing thing I've ever said
Well, there's two that stand out. The first, which ended a friendship, was when I was at uni and my mate Joseph was dating this...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 271 min read
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Why not just make a Tina film?
Main reason: I'm working (slowly) on a book based on the script, which also includes a number of other things, such as my comics and...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 271 min read
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AMPP - who is the team?
Depends on what you're asking: who are the contributors to the AMPP programmes, or who is involved in the political party? Currently,...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 241 min read
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Greens vs. Tikanga
Well, I pointed out clearly that Tory's hui didn't give me the opportunity to reply with a performance of my own. That's not tikanga:...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 241 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 230 min read
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my relationship with kink and kink world
Well, I've been around for long enough that my interest in such things is one of the things that makes people sketchy about working with...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 221 min read
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fun fact
I shave less frequently when I'm manic. End up cutting myself cos my hands shake.
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 201 min read
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Latin traits: a primer
Well, I speak Italian, but I also understand a bit of French and Spanish. Portuguese remains a mystery to me, other than the shared words....
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 192 min read
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Wellington Stories
Look, I'm willing to licence adaptations, but I have zero interest in participating. I will never change my mind. Barbara has to find...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 182 min read
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Question Time 18 February 2025
The galleries were booked out. Sitting at home with a beer. Mysteries of Lisbon is really cool. Probably read an article by David...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 185 min read
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Keeping a secret
Yeah, I know: totally unlike me. Golriz told me that in confidence. I blabbed in part because I was pissy that the party delayed...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 171 min read
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To Wellington
There is no way to mistake my intention, but this is intended to make the terms of surrender explicit. There is only one outcome that can...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 132 min read
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For Julia
Is who I am when I'm awake a dream, Or is facing death the real delusion? Some of us scream, While others seek seclusion. A lonely path...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 121 min read
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Question Time 12 February 2025
Sat right in the Prime Omelette's eyeline for the first four questions, then switched sides to see Tamatha deliver Question 7. - Why...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 124 min read
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