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Snark
It's easy to make 'Māori music' with some taonga pūoro and an expert practitioner that's been given lots of room to improvise over a bed...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 14, 20241 min read
Standing for mayor
I'd lose, strategists that are trying to work out the votes. That paedo bs is why. Even though my name is cleared, they'll dredge it up...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
To the trans people of NZ
We've tried it the gradual way: this political climate needs something else. I'm a good example: people love my work, but refuse to...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
To the NZSM
Why is the apology necessary? Because you went and told people I was a sicko in order to try and find people to testify against me in...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
NZ cultural cringe
My theory is that it seems to go in cycles. Like, when I grew up in the late 1990's and the 2000's, people were into NZ songs and...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Hana
I feel weird about watching Hana too closely. Like, it's her first year and she's incredibly young. Plus she's been thoroughly competent...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Revitalising Wellington
I think Gary mentioned this idea to me, but we should have live music at every bar. Like, I reckon people would go out more if there...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13, 20241 min read
petticoating and TG fiction
I found all the sissy stuff disgusting, but I loved Christeen and Petticoat Discipline Quarterly. I guess that I'm lucky: I've met women...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Question Time
Well, I did my little bit of theatrics, which worked quite well during Question 9. Gary was hoping that Nicola would see his Nicky No...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 12, 20243 min read
snark
It's baffling that people are saying 'what's the transphobic statement?' To them, being told to be a man at the office is perfectly...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Chloe and Marama
I refuse to join the party because I felt insulted by that drag hui. Like, I've never been keen, and that was basically the end of my...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 12, 20241 min read
internalised transphobia
One of the suckiest things is watching these videos since I grew the beard and seeing precisely why all those people were shielding their...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Palestine protests
I'm not intentionally avoiding them; I block my news feeds, so unless I'm plugged into a particular activist group, I don't really see...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 11, 20241 min read
'gay bars'
Much like with music, it's taken for granted that venues that explicitly service the rainbow community also sell alcohol. I think, in...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 11, 20242 min read
To Red Scare
There is only one option: CEASE AND DESIST. No Tina films. Red Scare's band simply isn't allowed to sing with me BECAUSE they tried to...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Surviving puberty
One of the things that helped was using online character creation tools, such as the South Park character creator and those various...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 11, 20241 min read
The Big Smoke
Well, as I said, bipolar is cyclical and that was probably an up phase. But, despite my embarrassment, I think that film actually does...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 10, 20243 min read
Going touring
I'm starting to change my mind now that my mood is up. Lots of questions. One of the key ones: how is my guitar is going to be...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 10, 20241 min read
Do I identify as gay?
I famously and defiantly don't, but it's slightly more complicated and nuanced in parlance. For me, I'd identify as gay if I thought...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 10, 20242 min read
boot her out of the party?
Well, as established, the hate hui took place when Tory was an independent. So, in a way, it's like she dragged that baggage with her...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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