Category: Opinion
When it comes to dating, Dick Richard’s two biggest red flags are behaviours he himself is guilty of. So how do we avoid attachment issues, both in ourselves and others? When it comes to dating and relationships, I have found there are two common red flags that will put everything on pause and possibly ruin […]
Lesbian In The Wild, Jessie Lewthwaite, goes off the beaten gay path to find Auckland’s alternative queer scene. Inside a bar I would normally associate with hairy straight men who think basic hygiene is gay, I’m standing waiting for a drag show to start. The show is best described as androgyny fuelled with heavy metal. […]
The Human Rights Act (Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity, or Expression and Variations of Sex Characteristics) Amendment Bill is due for its first parliamentary reading. It is imperative that this legislation succeeds, given that trans people have only the ‘second class’ antidiscrimination status of inclusion within sex after the late […]
Dick Richards returns to Your Ex to extract the realities of relationships out of the heavily filtered lives of ‘happy’ Instagram couples. Whatever situation we’re in, whether it be single or in a relationship, we can always see the greener grass. But nowadays, people’s grass is severely filtered through social media or a bit tongue. […]
Jessie Lewthwaite dreads the inevitable question with an answer that just seems so obvious. I’m standing in a backyard, pretending to care about what genitals a baby has. As much as I enjoy enforcing gender stereotypes on a child before it’s even born, for some reason, this ‘gender reveal’ party hasn’t put me in the […]
James Wallace was the millionaire businessman fighting for name suppression and claiming his innocence. Despite his many contributions to the Arts, James Wallace will be remembered for his multiple assault convictions. He’s a nasty, entitled piece of work, and the men who took him to court deserve nothing but our admiration. It must have been […]
George Fowler, aka Drag King Hugo Grrrl, spots the transphobia at the centre of recent anti-drag sentiment and implores parents to take their kids to age-appropriate drag shows. Kids love drag. It’s glittery, cartoonish, colourful, and deeply silly. You couldn’t make an art form more perfect for young audiences if you tried. In fact, drag […]
A shocking encounter in a K Road nightclub leaves Jessie Lewthwaite optimistically reflecting on the boldness of ‘Zoomers.’ Some friends and I went out dancing at one of K Road’s queer nightclubs. I was pretty quickly approached by a cute girl who started dancing with me. I couldn’t help but think how young she looked. From […]