To Ms. Whanau

Tory, the answer is that I was absolutely right to call you out.

You had absolutely no business trying to force me to produce a picture.

Even Dave Armstrong said you were useless as a mayor, and he's a greenie. -

No second chances because you'd actually be on your fourth chance by now, assorted Wellingtonians that keep pretending to be my friends, but then ignoring any ideas that aren't returning to VUW to be Tina.

The second chance was when you believed Jake, VUW.

The third chance was when I was in ED after being suicidal because the funds that I could unlock were more important than my personal belief that the screen test wasn't pointing towards being an actress.

The fourth chance was when I asked for cessation.

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Stephen said all that stuff in his NZFC essay 4 years ago during the 2020 election when he was angry, so that's why you and your mediocre pro mates need to back off. You have no faith in us, but we're what makes this city great! Crazy artists doing crazy things!

Have the courage to tell your own stories. That's what made Riddell Productions different: we told stories about ourselves and our world, not some fantasy world, or some snarky commentary on the majority of the population (that's M'Lady). Tina cannot exist because I am writing a book, and that is 100% legal and valid.

That's what happened this year: this year, I'm using the Copyright Act to defend myself. VUW should've paid for script development, rather than insulting me by stalking me. Same goes for the Film Commission. Perhaps if you'd realised that I wasn't some spoiled rich kid, you might have simply paid me to develop a draft that was more to your liking. But now, it's too late. Let me say no and let me pitch the other two features: the fables and my trans documentary.