Content warning: themes of suicide, self-harm, death. No graphic descriptions. About the title: It’s a slight misquote from the play Angels in America, spoken by Prior when he believes he’s about to die. This speech remains one of my all-time favourite pieces of writing. I still want…My
Minor spoilers for Grey's Anatomy seasons 1-12. Even if you have never seen an episode of Grey's Anatomy, I personally (!) think this is still worth reading. The friendships in this show have had an unexpectedly wide impact on the way that many of us talk about
I wrote this in 2022 and it’s sat in my computer files ever since. It talks about a feeling I still have every now and then, and I wanted to share in case it resonates with anyone. My great-great-great-great grandfather’s name was Abel Barris. He was born in
You normally won't hear from me this often, but I felt I had something to add to the already rapid discourse amongst leftist circles about Mamdani's win - I'd love to kōrero with anyone who has a different perspective. In Zohran Mamdani’s winning
Participating in the boycott of brands linked to Israel over the past two years has made it increasingly clear to me that most major brands are complicit in some form of war, genocide, human exploitation or destruction of the environment. Sometimes I would feel momentary overwhelm when another go-to brand
Alternatively titled: learning to love animals, and why it’s a political issue Alternatively, alternatively titled: being existentially humbled by my cat It might seem hypocritical that I’ve been vegan for the best part of 12 years, and yet for a very long time I did not particularly like
It’s well-established lore amongst my loved ones that I have loved Pride in Prejudice since babyhood. When the 1995 BBC adaptation aired for the first time, I was 9 months old; over the next few years, my parents would plonk me happily in front of the TV to watch
Today, for the first time, I drove past the Hill Road exit to Manurewa and I knew that neither of my grandparents were there. My poppa (Leslie) died 11 years ago, and it’s been a couple of weeks since my nana (Joan) moved into a care home down in
It's taken me 15 years since my first ever published piece of writing (it was a review of the Christian music festival 'Parachute' for the New Zealand Herald, if you were wondering) to finally create a space for myself to write. I tried to write a