To the arts elites

Don't give me lectures on financial management or appropriate behaviour: you waived those rights when you spent the last 4 years stalking me in my private life. I'm well within my rights to criticise both your funding sources and creative decisions. I want you to stop stalking me as I write: I'm blocked because I'm sick of being told what to do by people that have no financial stake in these projects, because they have absolutely refused to consider funding the projects that I'm keen on doing. They don't get to choose: it's 2030 Shipwrecked, Perfumed Garden and my short films. - And no, you can't buy me off with a pops evening gig. I actually refuse to perform for people that I felt weren't supportive of me becoming Amanda, that have never considered performing a piece of mine as is -- ie without their stamp of revisionism -- and actually can't do the thing that made me successful. I became successful because I grew a spine and stood up for something, and also because the drugs actually helped make me a better musician. I put years into all those funky rhythms that I use, and I put years into singing and playing simultaneously. Those are real skills, and I was smoking cannabis and taking LSD while developing those. They refuse to accept that, but compare Vanya (when I was 21 and mostly sober) to The Chamber of Colours or Hidden Emotions (after I became a druggie). And compare Pan's Preludes to Portrait of a Knight. - The drugs were very good for me, and they were only bad for the community because people kept on confiding their secret desires and sex/gender identities to me. Don't blame me for outing you; blame yourselves for being closet cases. - Here's what ChatGPT had to say about your coercive tactics: AMPP: Is it possible to make someone perform against their will in New Zealand? ChatGPT: No, it's not possible nor legal to make someone perform against their will in New Zealand. New Zealand, like many other countries, upholds the rights of individuals to autonomy and freedom of choice. Any form of coercion or forcing someone to perform against their will would be considered a violation of their rights and could lead to legal consequences. If you're dealing with a situation where someone is being coerced or forced to perform against their will, it's important to seek help from the appropriate authorities or support organizations. - Maybe somebody like Nicky Hager knows how to complain when spies break the rules, but I'm just a musician, and I wasn't expecting to get sucked into such a web of intrigue. 👋🏻