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The cops
Well, I certainly don't find the increased police presence comforting. Makes me feel very much like it's all about driving out the...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 31 min read
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Trade secrets
Well, they're pretty goddamn fucking important! My enemies never publish or send me draft scores or draft songs from their shows, so they...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 31 min read
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Bitching while stoned
I'm not just a muso. I've got a brain as well, and I think Barbara constantly belittles my intelligence cos she's a scientist as well as...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 11 min read
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Women in pants
Well, it's not the same as men in dresses or skirts. They can identify however they choose, with a decent expectation of that being met...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 11 min read
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The blacked-out speech bubbles
Well, it's actually a response to the AI misspelling things, but it definitely makes a point about why transparency is important. In the...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 11 min read
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A cartoon that tells the whole story
Yes, this is actually what the law states in Aotearoa: https://chatgpt.com/share/6774648f-2e60-8009-b420-9b72706d5606 See, all you cis...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20252 min read
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2025
This is to all the powerful Wellingtonians who can't accept my boycott as fair and valid. To a fault, you've all tried to alter my...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20254 min read
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Trans person sitting in a room
That's been most of the last few years. People who think that they were supporting me spent far too much time telling me they'd only have...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20243 min read
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So, I'm a masochist
The weirdest thing about this is that it's probably the reason that I got tagged as a potential 'threat', but yet they also didn't seem...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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A brief lesson in humanity
The Green Party needs to fess up to their transphobia. A cisgender man singing songs wouldn't have been called a freak; a pervert; the...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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The boycotts
The answer is really simple: if people don't apologise to me personally, then I'm unable to lift the boycotts, and I refuse to perform in...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20243 min read
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Talking around the subject
Of my dick. That's what's been happening for the last few years. There is absolutely nothing that you can say that makes the way you...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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Worst part
Was spending all of this week worrying that I was going to get another phone call. Combined with the jail threats that were being...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 29, 20241 min read
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hidden scandals
Well, you can choose not to believe me, but I've learned some interesting shit this year. What shits me about the Chloe scandal is they...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Being a sex symbol
Well, people might view me that way, but I have a full life beyond all that noise. All they see is the odd music video or the weed doco....
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Christchurch racism
Well, there were obviously racial tensions in ChCh when I was a kid. Generally, the vibe was that people thought that everyone gave as...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Why all the cartoons?
I totally think my banal habit of watching American cartoons (and sharing them) is probably one of those baffling things from the...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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'be happy and gay'
It's a bit difficult to do that when I literally don't have the same human rights protections or hate speech protections as most of...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 27, 20241 min read
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Glamour
I'm going for glamour, not cool. That's the Amanda vibe: glamorous, but cheap. The vintage clothes suit me, but I do feel like at the...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 27, 20241 min read
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2019-2020
It seems so long ago, now. It may seem weird, but I essentially got excommunicated after advocating for legalising weed and speaking out...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 27, 20241 min read
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