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The boycott of Wellington

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Aug 29, 2025
  • 1 min read

This is fairly close to the one year anniversary. I've been very clear: it continues until apologies are made and mana is restored. There's no other option; people with more money punched down. They mocked me for reasons that were highly bigoted, and inexcusably so. Calling me a fetishist for being a non-passing crossdresser is plain bigotry. Accusing me of intentionally flashing people is closer to hate speech. Pushing me around for refusing to licence my IP was corruption. - There's nothing stopping me from going to a bar or having lunch with people. I've done that with a few people. You could be inviting me into your lives via these meetings, rather than attempting to bully me into working for you as a lower-status drone. - I expect meaningful apologies regarding the hate huis and the explicit attempt from the Weeded Out cabal to challenge my copyrights. VUW must desist as per the 2024 letters, as must the major classical music bodies. If you're worrying about my finances, then put money into my projects or AMPP. I'm financially stable, but only at this subsistence+drugs level. Travel etc. isn't part of my budget.

 
 
 

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