Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”

We like stone butts

Baby yatchs heading in, New Plymouth

Delightful to be in Petone pal n save on a weekday. Chilled out with lots of smiley babies and chatty pensioners.

Te Awa-kairangi Pride

New job!!! ❤️🎉👽

Interview went well… the only feedback so far is that they thought I was ‘cool’ 😬

Job interview in half an hour. Freaking out in the wharepaku. They might love me at my best, but eventually my worst will emerge. 👽

Just grabbed tickets for Split Enz in May. Happy happy! I’ve been revisiting their discography lately and it’s just so solid musically, with all the zany energy I remember.

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating." www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...

We have a tiny window of opportunity to lead the world out of a political right wing fascist nightmare. 2026 is that opportunity. We are one of the first countries voting in this new right wing AI disinformation hellscape. I really don’t think left wing political parties are ready? #nzpol 😖😰

Gender affirming nail care

This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...

Damn you my nemesis!!

#teatoweloftheweek no. 2 Can’t remember where I got this one… probably a thrift store in Oz. I adore their faces.

I am feeling good and positive (about myself, not the state of the world) for the first time in the longest time and I am terrified that it’s just hypomania and I’m going to slide back into major depression any minute now. #bipolarsky

Art happens

Taranaki Maunga shows his face this morning

Taranaki sky

#teatoweloftheweek no.1 Gift from my sister, Christmas 24.

With the help of some dowel, magnets and string I can now display my precious tea towels. Drum roll please.

Just picked up my new bicycle. Her name is Grace. She is sexy af

Back in Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Notable fruity breakfast of my homeland

Notable fauna of my homeland

Notable sister’s dog who ate 80 g of dark chocolate last night (after dragging it, wrapped, from my suitcase) and freaked us tf out

Notable giant sheep of my homeland

Friends wherever I go

Notable rocks of my homeland

Today is Transgender Day Of Remembrance. Last night the New Zealand government chose to announce that they are blocking access to puberty blockers for trans youth.

Mandarin as a snack 👎 Mandarin as a multisensory stim activity 🫶

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Everybody's favourite tipsy Aunty at a BBQ. Friendly, not the best singer, and with a tendency to bang into stuff before falling asleep on your porch. Vote Kererū! #birdoftheyear

Picked up some secondhand ‘Guccis’. $45!

So when did the penny drop exactly?

Today is Mabo Day. We remember and honour Eddie Koiki Mabo — a proud Mer Island man who took on the lie of terra nullius and won. In 1992, the High Court finally recognised what we’ve always known: this land was never empty.

After finally realising that ‘Vladimir’ (my perpetually infected left upper premolar) is likely causing the severe joint pain I’ve been experiencing for most of this year, I have made an emergency dentist appointment for tomorrow. Now I’m in the office bathroom trying to suppress a panic attack.

Alphabet #filmchallenge - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. #filmsky Y is for ‘Young Frankenstein’

Ezapope Ezapope Ezawokemarxistpope

Alphabet #filmchallenge - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. #filmsky X is for ‘Xanadu’

Rainbow crossing case update - Wellington City Council have received costs in this case, by agreement, of $77, 140.26

Alphabet #filmchallenge - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. #filmsky W is for ‘Wag the dog’

New poster from yeehawtheboys on Insta is 🔥... #NZPol #AoNZ #PayEquity #1TermGovt