Bianca Michelle Parker
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social
Auckland based writer. Trans, Ace, Autistic. She/Her. Fix your heart or die
My novel DIDO ON THE EDGE coming 2026. Pre-order RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: https://books2read.com/RainbowStars
My novel DIDO ON THE EDGE coming 2026. Pre-order RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: https://books2read.com/RainbowStars
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From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, to summer camp talks and magical girl battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerAnthology #ComingOutStories #QueerFantasy #QueerSciFi
From sleepover camps to city streets, from supernatural battles to silent car rides—this is the soundtrack of a queer heart finding its beat in Aotearoa. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this multi-genre queer anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerWriters
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
From sleepover camps to city streets, from supernatural battles to silent car rides—this is the soundtrack of a queer heart finding its beat in Aotearoa. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this multi-genre queer anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerWriters
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I feel so sick reading this. She dedicated her life to helping her immigrant trans siblings, finally got the medical care she sought her whole life, and then a year later ICE tricked her, kidnapped her and used her postoperative status as a weapon to destroy her health.
CW for basically everything
CW for basically everything
She Was Honored With A Human Rights Award. Then She Says ICE Tricked And Arrested Her.
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I feel so sick reading this. She dedicated her life to helping her immigrant trans siblings, finally got the medical care she sought her whole life, and then a year later ICE tricked her, kidnapped her and used her postoperative status as a weapon to destroy her health.
CW for basically everything
CW for basically everything
Could be wrong, but I imagine the kids spoken to here are white, cis and not at *too* much risk. They can keep their heads down, not criticise the government, avoid protests and expect to basically be fine. Others might not be so fortunate. No reflection in the article on this, though.
Kiwi students apply to US universities in record numbers
We don't attend protests and we carry our passports just in case, says Kiwi postgrad at Harvard. Tina Morrison reports.
newsroom.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Could be wrong, but I imagine the kids spoken to here are white, cis and not at *too* much risk. They can keep their heads down, not criticise the government, avoid protests and expect to basically be fine. Others might not be so fortunate. No reflection in the article on this, though.
This is just openly a huge scam, tricking customers into purchasing something that looks like a book but isn't, and which no one, not even the "author", thinks is worth reading. And this article just presents this as "controversial but you can't argue it isn't successful"
February 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
This is just openly a huge scam, tricking customers into purchasing something that looks like a book but isn't, and which no one, not even the "author", thinks is worth reading. And this article just presents this as "controversial but you can't argue it isn't successful"
This should be the sort of thing that brings down a government. The British press probably won't even cover it. You can kill as many kids as you like as long as they're trans.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This should be the sort of thing that brings down a government. The British press probably won't even cover it. You can kill as many kids as you like as long as they're trans.
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This sickens me so deeply because anyone who knew young people and their families within the trans community knew this was true. Could viscerally feel the damage that has been done to a whole generation. And the instinct from Labour was not to address the harm – it was to cover it up. Unforgivable.
What do you call someone whose instinct, confronted by evidence that their policies are contributing to a massive increase in deaths, is to cover it up? And should that person be a Labour Minister? Or in prison?
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This sickens me so deeply because anyone who knew young people and their families within the trans community knew this was true. Could viscerally feel the damage that has been done to a whole generation. And the instinct from Labour was not to address the harm – it was to cover it up. Unforgivable.
It's inevitably impactful. I don't usually set out to comment on any specific thing that's going on in my writing, but it still exists within the context of the world we live in. I can't write about a topic or type of character without reference to how those ideas are being discussed currently.
I'm breaking the rule of not bringing up politics, #pretendpanel! Still, I think it's important to think about it in our writing.
February 7th: How much has real world politics had an impact on your writing, or do you avoid that like the plague?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 7th: How much has real world politics had an impact on your writing, or do you avoid that like the plague?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 7, 2026 at 6:56 AM
It's inevitably impactful. I don't usually set out to comment on any specific thing that's going on in my writing, but it still exists within the context of the world we live in. I can't write about a topic or type of character without reference to how those ideas are being discussed currently.
Anything I write about trans people is automatically politicised by the cultural context in which it exists. Whether or not I am intentionally directly engaging with the political realities of being trans, they will in some way inform the experience of my characters.
Today is Waitangi Day here in Aotearoa, #pretendpanel, and it gets me thinking about the role of politics in the stories we tell.
February 6th: Do you enjoy writing or reading political plotlines?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 6th: Do you enjoy writing or reading political plotlines?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Anything I write about trans people is automatically politicised by the cultural context in which it exists. Whether or not I am intentionally directly engaging with the political realities of being trans, they will in some way inform the experience of my characters.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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People were always asking "How did Savile get away with it for so long?" and I think part of the answer is found in how Andrew is treated. People with institutional power do not care about CSA even to the *very* basic degree of keeping an infamous pedophile away from children.
Misread this at first and thought it would be an old article about the films. But no Andrew Whatsit-Windsor was allowed on to the HBO show's set.
I get the sense that safeguarding isn't a priority here. It's not "a bit strange" that a pedophile turns up uninvited around kids, it's very alarming!
I get the sense that safeguarding isn't a priority here. It's not "a bit strange" that a pedophile turns up uninvited around kids, it's very alarming!
February 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
People were always asking "How did Savile get away with it for so long?" and I think part of the answer is found in how Andrew is treated. People with institutional power do not care about CSA even to the *very* basic degree of keeping an infamous pedophile away from children.
The Scream franchise has been pretty damn consistently good for six movies. Turns out seven is not a lucky number.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The Scream franchise has been pretty damn consistently good for six movies. Turns out seven is not a lucky number.
Deeply horrified to discover that because my Dad was born in Sheffield the UK government considers me automatically British citizen. No! I don't want it! Take it back! I don't want to be English! I don't want a stupid blue passport! TAKE IT BACK YOU TRANSPHOBIC BASTARDS
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Deeply horrified to discover that because my Dad was born in Sheffield the UK government considers me automatically British citizen. No! I don't want it! Take it back! I don't want to be English! I don't want a stupid blue passport! TAKE IT BACK YOU TRANSPHOBIC BASTARDS
Shakespeare wasn't the sole writer of Sir Thomas Moore - he was brought in as a kind of script doctor to make it more politically acceptable, since it dealt with recent history and could easily have caused upset. He failed and it was never performed.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Shakespeare wasn't the sole writer of Sir Thomas Moore - he was brought in as a kind of script doctor to make it more politically acceptable, since it dealt with recent history and could easily have caused upset. He failed and it was never performed.
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Today, the Court of Appeal has given clarity and confidence to medical professionals in Aotearoa to continue prescribing GnRH agonists/reversible pubertal suppression. You can read PATHA’s statement at patha.nz/news
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Today, the Court of Appeal has given clarity and confidence to medical professionals in Aotearoa to continue prescribing GnRH agonists/reversible pubertal suppression. You can read PATHA’s statement at patha.nz/news
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Magical girls, werewolf bars, space solitude, and the quiet revolution of coming out. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this genre-bending anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
#QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories
#MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
#QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories
#MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Magical girls, werewolf bars, space solitude, and the quiet revolution of coming out. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this genre-bending anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
#QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories
#MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
#QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories
#MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
Magical girls, werewolf bars, space solitude, and the quiet revolution of coming out. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this genre-bending anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories #MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Magical girls, werewolf bars, space solitude, and the quiet revolution of coming out. RAINBOW STARS UNITE is coming soon! Grab your copy of this genre-bending anthology here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerJoy #FoundFamily #ComingOutStories #MagicalRealism #QueerWriters #QueerFantasy
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We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
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this was done intentionally - multiple ministers including Willis & Seymour bragged about how many jobs they’d cut in the first 12 months of their government. the reserve bank literally said it wanted unemployment up to control inflation. as with so many other policies this term, it’s social murder
Nothing says we've tuned a corner like unemployment being the worst since 2017. 🙄
Unemployment rate highest in a decade as it rises to 5.4% www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Unemployment rate highest in a decade as it rises to 5.4% www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Unemployment rate highest in a decade as it rises to 5.4%
Worse than expected, the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since 2015.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
this was done intentionally - multiple ministers including Willis & Seymour bragged about how many jobs they’d cut in the first 12 months of their government. the reserve bank literally said it wanted unemployment up to control inflation. as with so many other policies this term, it’s social murder
Why do people think calling someone a Muppet is an insult? People love the Muppets. There's a new Muppet special coming out that people are genuinely excited for. We're so bad at jibes in this country, it's embarassing.
Nats got their incel AI art bros working overtime... #nzpol
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Why do people think calling someone a Muppet is an insult? People love the Muppets. There's a new Muppet special coming out that people are genuinely excited for. We're so bad at jibes in this country, it's embarassing.
All anyone in the cast of this is gonna be doing for the next eight or however many years is justifying to people why it was okay for them to do it. That doesn't seem all that fun to me! Seems to kinda make the whole thing a bit of a slog!
Keep reading them for filth. They're nervous
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John Lithgow insists J.K. Rowling is 'not really involved' in 'Harry Potter' series
John Lithgow stands by his decision to star in HBO's 'Harry Potter' series amid backlash to J.K. Rowling's anti-trans views: 'It made me very uncomfortable and unhappy that people were actively insist...
ew.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
All anyone in the cast of this is gonna be doing for the next eight or however many years is justifying to people why it was okay for them to do it. That doesn't seem all that fun to me! Seems to kinda make the whole thing a bit of a slog!
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From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, from summer camp talks to magical girl
battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your
copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your
copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, from summer camp talks to magical girl
battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your
copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your
copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars
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A woman gave a cop a thumbs down (wow, so rude 🙄) so he followed her home, assaulted her, tore her clothing, and tried to force his way into her home. It seems he used his authority as a cop as a bad faith pretence for why he was retaliating to her gesture
But NZ Police says they think it was okay
But NZ Police says they think it was okay
This is the problem with our police oversight mechanism. Police reject IPCA finding that their officer broke the law and that's the end of the story.
If Police think giving a thumbs down is grounds for a traffic stop, then giving the middle finger to the IPCA should be grounds for prosecution.
If Police think giving a thumbs down is grounds for a traffic stop, then giving the middle finger to the IPCA should be grounds for prosecution.
Police push back after watchdog slams ‘thumbs down’ stop
The incident occurred on December 22, 2022, after the officer pulled alongside the woman and later signalled her to stop, claiming he believed she may have been impaired by drugs or alcohol.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A woman gave a cop a thumbs down (wow, so rude 🙄) so he followed her home, assaulted her, tore her clothing, and tried to force his way into her home. It seems he used his authority as a cop as a bad faith pretence for why he was retaliating to her gesture
But NZ Police says they think it was okay
But NZ Police says they think it was okay
From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, to summer camp talks and magical girl battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerAnthology #ComingOutStories #QueerFantasy #QueerSciFi
February 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, to summer camp talks and magical girl battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerAnthology #ComingOutStories #QueerFantasy #QueerSciFi
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If a union affiliated with NZ Labour (or the CTU, which National and ACT lie about being Labour affiliates) was hosting a high-profile Epstein associate on a speaking tour of NZ it would be the only story for weeks
Remember their reaction to Benjamin Doyle having a slightly naughty Instagram handle
Remember their reaction to Benjamin Doyle having a slightly naughty Instagram handle
It’s clear since the Tim Jago ACT President was charged & convicted of multiple counts of child abuse, that the money behind ACT protects Seymour, the Party & astroturf organisations from proper scrutiny in the media. Can you imagine if a Labour Leader had run interference for a paedophile?
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 AM
If a union affiliated with NZ Labour (or the CTU, which National and ACT lie about being Labour affiliates) was hosting a high-profile Epstein associate on a speaking tour of NZ it would be the only story for weeks
Remember their reaction to Benjamin Doyle having a slightly naughty Instagram handle
Remember their reaction to Benjamin Doyle having a slightly naughty Instagram handle
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There's always a "Hollywood Screenwriting Problem Du Jour" and lately I noticed a trend of movies and shows with a lot of static conflict.
This provided a fun opportunity to dive into more nuts and bolts writing thoughts for a weekend column. Enjoy!
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This provided a fun opportunity to dive into more nuts and bolts writing thoughts for a weekend column. Enjoy!
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Writers, Change Your Conflict! | Film Crit Hulk
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January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
There's always a "Hollywood Screenwriting Problem Du Jour" and lately I noticed a trend of movies and shows with a lot of static conflict.
This provided a fun opportunity to dive into more nuts and bolts writing thoughts for a weekend column. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/149545...
This provided a fun opportunity to dive into more nuts and bolts writing thoughts for a weekend column. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/149545...