Hayley
@writagal.bsky.social
Forever learning, opinions mine. Generally annoyed about something.
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
Aotearoa.
https://whereyouare0.substack.com/
I keep coming back to these words by Nikita Gill lately, especially:
“Don't allow them to tell you that to win a little equality, the safety of the most vulnerable must be compromised.“
“Don't allow them to tell you that to win a little equality, the safety of the most vulnerable must be compromised.“
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I keep coming back to these words by Nikita Gill lately, especially:
“Don't allow them to tell you that to win a little equality, the safety of the most vulnerable must be compromised.“
“Don't allow them to tell you that to win a little equality, the safety of the most vulnerable must be compromised.“
There is tremendous power and integrity in understanding how much there is to lose, and, with the platform and capacity you have, voicing strong dissent.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There is tremendous power and integrity in understanding how much there is to lose, and, with the platform and capacity you have, voicing strong dissent.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
Great to see this from RANZCOG.
My bubble friend and I decided to do a lockdown project, and each bought a diorama to work on when we caught up.
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My bubble friend and I decided to do a lockdown project, and each bought a diorama to work on when we caught up.
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
I bought a bookstore kit - deeply frustrating to build at the time but it sits on my shelf now as a reminder that (very) tiny steps are still steps forward, especially with a friend.📚
“We can’t do everything and actually, people hate us doing too much” is definitely one way of approaching the next election.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“We can’t do everything and actually, people hate us doing too much” is definitely one way of approaching the next election.
Thanks @siouxsiew.bsky.social for a fantastic talk today.
PledgeMe link here for anyone at the Women in Public Sector Summit:
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
PledgeMe link here for anyone at the Women in Public Sector Summit:
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Thanks @siouxsiew.bsky.social for a fantastic talk today.
PledgeMe link here for anyone at the Women in Public Sector Summit:
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
PledgeMe link here for anyone at the Women in Public Sector Summit:
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Would add “or for someone who can’t make up their minds whether it’s politically convenient to officially support the communities they say they support.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Would add “or for someone who can’t make up their minds whether it’s politically convenient to officially support the communities they say they support.”
Great to see this official statement from NZ Greens 🏳️⚧️
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Great to see this official statement from NZ Greens 🏳️⚧️
Courtesy of @akwomenscentre.bsky.social 🙏🏳️⚧️
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Courtesy of @akwomenscentre.bsky.social 🙏🏳️⚧️
This kind of behaviour really makes me lose faith in politics and institutions as forces for progressive change.
I know Andrew Little didn’t run as a Labour candidate but was backed by Labour, and this week it really appears the T&Cs to “Women Are Worth It”* are *when it’s politically convenient.
I know Andrew Little didn’t run as a Labour candidate but was backed by Labour, and this week it really appears the T&Cs to “Women Are Worth It”* are *when it’s politically convenient.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This kind of behaviour really makes me lose faith in politics and institutions as forces for progressive change.
I know Andrew Little didn’t run as a Labour candidate but was backed by Labour, and this week it really appears the T&Cs to “Women Are Worth It”* are *when it’s politically convenient.
I know Andrew Little didn’t run as a Labour candidate but was backed by Labour, and this week it really appears the T&Cs to “Women Are Worth It”* are *when it’s politically convenient.
“Hey, did any deliberate policy changes happen this week targeting a vulnerable community that we might want to loudly show our support for?”
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
“Hey, did any deliberate policy changes happen this week targeting a vulnerable community that we might want to loudly show our support for?”
Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
The problem has never been trans people.
The problem has alway been men with power and privilege who think they have the right to systemically, deliberately dehumanise and oppress anyone who doesn’t look like them in every single sphere of life.
Violence in policy is still violence in practice.
The problem has alway been men with power and privilege who think they have the right to systemically, deliberately dehumanise and oppress anyone who doesn’t look like them in every single sphere of life.
Violence in policy is still violence in practice.
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The problem has never been trans people.
The problem has alway been men with power and privilege who think they have the right to systemically, deliberately dehumanise and oppress anyone who doesn’t look like them in every single sphere of life.
Violence in policy is still violence in practice.
The problem has alway been men with power and privilege who think they have the right to systemically, deliberately dehumanise and oppress anyone who doesn’t look like them in every single sphere of life.
Violence in policy is still violence in practice.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Apropos of everything. 🏳️⚧️
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Apropos of everything. 🏳️⚧️
I visited Tūranga Library (hello Ōtautahi) last week and thought it was the most delightful building I’d seen in a long time, centering creativity, community, creating spaces for connection and for quiet - and for kids!
Highly encourage a visit if you are in town, and lucky you if you’re a resident.
Highly encourage a visit if you are in town, and lucky you if you’re a resident.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I visited Tūranga Library (hello Ōtautahi) last week and thought it was the most delightful building I’d seen in a long time, centering creativity, community, creating spaces for connection and for quiet - and for kids!
Highly encourage a visit if you are in town, and lucky you if you’re a resident.
Highly encourage a visit if you are in town, and lucky you if you’re a resident.
About Espstein but relevant to NZ every time there’s a “revelation” about predatory behaviour that is systemic, enabled, and backed up by overwhelming and unacceptable statistics.
It has been fascinating to see the scramble to protect the status quo - and who is calling (or not calling) for change.
It has been fascinating to see the scramble to protect the status quo - and who is calling (or not calling) for change.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
About Espstein but relevant to NZ every time there’s a “revelation” about predatory behaviour that is systemic, enabled, and backed up by overwhelming and unacceptable statistics.
It has been fascinating to see the scramble to protect the status quo - and who is calling (or not calling) for change.
It has been fascinating to see the scramble to protect the status quo - and who is calling (or not calling) for change.
A resource that might be handy.
Artist credit: Lily O'Farrell
Words by Kristina Maione
Artist credit: Lily O'Farrell
Words by Kristina Maione
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A resource that might be handy.
Artist credit: Lily O'Farrell
Words by Kristina Maione
Artist credit: Lily O'Farrell
Words by Kristina Maione
To be honest until we stop being disappointed and start getting angry that men can act in appalling and unacceptable ways without consequences, like, say, appointing people who have a demonstrable track record of unacceptable behaviour to Chair positions, extreme disappointment doesn’t mean much.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
To be honest until we stop being disappointed and start getting angry that men can act in appalling and unacceptable ways without consequences, like, say, appointing people who have a demonstrable track record of unacceptable behaviour to Chair positions, extreme disappointment doesn’t mean much.
When you’re equating human beings who need wrap-around support in a situation that has been made vastly worse by deliberate reduction of access to services, with rubbish that just “needs to be tidied up”, our values of humanity have also shifted, and perhaps something needs to be done about that.
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When you’re equating human beings who need wrap-around support in a situation that has been made vastly worse by deliberate reduction of access to services, with rubbish that just “needs to be tidied up”, our values of humanity have also shifted, and perhaps something needs to be done about that.
Hopeful words from Nikita Gill.
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hopeful words from Nikita Gill.
Like clockwork! Someone anonymously posted about people setting them off at 2am (🫠), someone else replied in support and Some Guy™ sailed in, deeply upset at the audacity of asking for polite consideration and deeply unaware that the person was likely posting anonymously because of dudes like him.🙃
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Like clockwork! Someone anonymously posted about people setting them off at 2am (🫠), someone else replied in support and Some Guy™ sailed in, deeply upset at the audacity of asking for polite consideration and deeply unaware that the person was likely posting anonymously because of dudes like him.🙃
More than one in three women experience sexual abuse yet we never seem to be able to pinpoint who exactly is doing the perpetrating - why?
“Even in the phrase ‘violence against women’, this violence ‘just happens’, and the agents of this violence are invisible.”
research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-j...
“Even in the phrase ‘violence against women’, this violence ‘just happens’, and the agents of this violence are invisible.”
research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-j...
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
More than one in three women experience sexual abuse yet we never seem to be able to pinpoint who exactly is doing the perpetrating - why?
“Even in the phrase ‘violence against women’, this violence ‘just happens’, and the agents of this violence are invisible.”
research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-j...
“Even in the phrase ‘violence against women’, this violence ‘just happens’, and the agents of this violence are invisible.”
research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-j...
The most centrist, on the fence, punch-pulling, could-have-done-many-things-to-prevent-this-outcome-and-repeatedly-chose-not-to line ever, no notes.
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The most centrist, on the fence, punch-pulling, could-have-done-many-things-to-prevent-this-outcome-and-repeatedly-chose-not-to line ever, no notes.
“Rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it” is absolutely what is happening with the Regulatory Standards Bill and many others in New Zealand.
With a deliberately weakened media the sheer scale and extent of the damage is unreported, normalised - and because of this, mostly irrevocable.
With a deliberately weakened media the sheer scale and extent of the damage is unreported, normalised - and because of this, mostly irrevocable.
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it” is absolutely what is happening with the Regulatory Standards Bill and many others in New Zealand.
With a deliberately weakened media the sheer scale and extent of the damage is unreported, normalised - and because of this, mostly irrevocable.
With a deliberately weakened media the sheer scale and extent of the damage is unreported, normalised - and because of this, mostly irrevocable.