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Re: the hui

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Dec 18, 2024
  • 1 min read

You're presuming that Lucinda reads my page constantly. Probably not. She likes my guitar videos and probably reads some of it, but nobody reads all of it unless they're gathering intelligence or secretly in love with me.


And even so, she's not going to hear the dog whistles coming from Green staffers who had almost certainly been following me very closely for those last six months or so before the hui. -


Justin, all I can say is I feel that it was targeted at me.

And it's not like they've ever reached out to say that it wasn't an intentional attack. I think they're embarrassed, much as they're embarrassed to find out the real reason I was thinking of Chloe again and feeling insecure in myself is that I got assaulted.


As far as I can tell, a few people in Wellington thought they could use my movie script for their gain, and hence spent years attempting to persuade me to do it.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Dec 18, 2024

Put it this way, 2022 was the year where I spent most of my nights drunk in the park, often making tapes to Jacinda or other politicians. That's going to attract a certain audience.

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