I can remember being asked by one patronising bitch who thought she was being funny, ‘who’s gonna wear the dress’ when she heard I was getting married. This was over ten years ago, when civil unions were just a twinkle in a politician’s eye and gay union ceremonies were not commonplace at all. But for … Continue reading »
Oh, let us bow down before the prince of peace and wisdom. He whose country was violently wrested from him by the evil Chinese (those people who make our iPhones) and has been forced to live in exile ever since. Thing is, exile has worked out quite well for the Asian Pope. He lives in … Continue reading »
If you thought that aggravated homosexuality was some queen getting upset because Mannhaus ran out of Nasty Pig underwear, think again. From December, it could be an official crime on the books of Uganda, a nation best described as a haemorrhoid on the world’s arsehole. The beautiful man in the picture above, defiantly marching in … Continue reading »
One of the most intriguing cultural shifts of the last few decades is that churches have become more like corporations, and corporations have become more like religions: complete with their own ideological brand values, whimsical narratives tinged with divinity and hubris, and the automatic assumption that their very existence is a good thing. My friend … Continue reading »
For me, “A Day At The Races” used to be a Queen album title by way of a Marx Brothers movie. From now on, it will make me think of the hat women and all they represent. Yesterday in Melbourne saw trains full of women doing their best to look like shop windows, often accompanied … Continue reading »
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman, Tammy Wynette once sung. She followed it up with, “saving all your love for just one man” – mind you, she was singing a song called “Stand By Your Man”. If the song had been called “Deep Fry Your Man”, the lyrical content may have been somewhat different. … Continue reading »
One of the joys of being in a new place for a writer is having new media to absorb. Whenever I’ve visited London, I enjoy getting newspapers to read on the train. I think that’s where they’re supposed to be read, actually – none of this breakfast table pish. I’ll always go for the tabloid … Continue reading »
Welcome this week, as we travel back in NZWW time, to the wonderful world of weaving. It’s a two-page feature article that goes into quite technical detail about how our erstwhile subject Mrs Nan Gaze makes scarves and – judging from the photographs taken – piles of patterned cloth, with dyes out of old leaves … Continue reading »
Apparently, Mr Rooklyn “can do some amazing things to a set of ordinary billiard-type balls”. I know several men who can boast the same feat, although I doubt they’d be willing to talk about it in the Woman’s Weekly. Yes, it’s retro Friday, and this week we’re delving into the art of magic of the … Continue reading »
