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To the Press Gallery
Do you guys have all this shit that I've got re: back channels and staffers attempting to edit your stories as you cut them? If you do,...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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not autistic
A lot of my hurt feelings come from this consistent attitude that I was autistic that I've felt from the NZSM and the theatre dorks. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Messing with me
Well, today it got really bloody obvious. I was cutting the adjournment speeches, and there was a glitch, then there was a mask,...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Don't listen to Tory or Red Scare
Justin, I'm not doing Tina. Tina cannot legally exist. I'm not performing and Barbara has to accept that. 1. I don't need to level up....
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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snark
It says it all that even the implication that I was too into Chloe (again) was worth a phone call from the FTAC, but the actual statement...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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talking around the subject
Well, that's often been the way with me and VUW. Much like everyone apparently knew I was trans, but never had like a real discussion...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Re: my brother
Am I really to believe that he's such a pain in the arse that you'd rather watch him from a distance than attempt to treat him? Compared...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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Re: the hui
You're presuming that Lucinda reads my page constantly. Probably not. She likes my guitar videos and probably reads some of it, but...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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The cartoons
People do express concern about my mental health based on them - Gary did today - but I'm of the opinion that venting via those is...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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More trans bitching
I found that a lot of adult male students wouldn't study with me because they thought that I was coming onto them. See? That's what my...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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18 December 2024 - Question Time
Final session. Opened with a Government motion about Vanuatu. Can't write about it right now. Too paranoid. Had a cone. - Didn't enjoy...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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Me and my drinking
Well, I wasn't really a drinker until Covid. Before then, I drank occasionally, mostly as part of socialising with other musicians. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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Women's prison
Obviously. I thought I'd established that back in 2021. Most of my angry statements were after people accused me of exposing myself. - ...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Comedy biography
Amanda Michelina has Fred Dagg's improvisational Kiwi-ness, Billy T.'s cabaret skills, and all the random experimental crap that defines...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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To Tory, Nadine and Sarah
Well, I think it's fairly plain that you or your staffers are reading my blog. I emailed Tory about that rainbow crossing redesign, as...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 16, 20243 min read
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How does it feel to be the flavour of the month?
It felt like a bunch of people who had previously been avoiding me in the streets were pretending to like me because they thought my...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Building trust
Starts with my full legal rights being respected by my enemies. This means that they will accept that I wrote Weeded Out and all the...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Rating my tormentors
It's essentially this: no matter what you say or do now, the way that you conducted negotiations = no movie. That's what I'm trying to...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 14, 20242 min read
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Do I have a social responsibility to be Tina?
Absolutely not. If the only way I can be part of society is to pretend to be a more passable, more palatable trans person, then society...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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Re: Lauren
I miss working with her, but it's my fault that nothing ever happened between us. Lauren hasn't replied to my emails in 7 years. I gather...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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