The School Social

A weird high school memory. A story about growing up. Maybe.Unpublished (For now...)Written 26 July 2021. Adapted from actual journal entries kept at the time of high school. Featured images are stills from the music video of 'Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus (c)2000 Sony Music Entertainment and 'Love Me Like You' by Little Mix (c)2015 Columbia, …

My Crush, The Far-Right Troll

The story of my first brush with university heartbreak and politics of the real world.Published in Clitbait Magazine's 'Transitions' Edition, September 2021: http://www.clitbait.co.uk/my-crush-the-far-right-troll/Unabridged version.Written 10 July 2021, adapted from March-May 2016 journal entries.Featured image is Pepe the Frog, comic book character appropriated into right-wing meme culture, sourced from KnowYourMeme. CW: Cyberbullying, violence against women, racial …

A Response to ‘Mufti Day aka Judgement Day’

My unpublished Q&A response to one of my most read articles.Part I available here: "'Mufti Day' aka Judgement Day". Unpublished (For now...)Written 3 July 2021Featured image sourced from Canada Times. CW: Bullying When I wrote ‘Mufti Day aka Judgement Day’, I wrote it at 2am when I couldn’t sleep, laughing and crying about weird memories …

‘Mufti Day’ aka Judgement Day

Why non-uniform days are (maybe) class conflict. Thank you to my friend Shaan for encouraging me to write on this topic after hearing me rant in the car.Part II available here, "A Response to 'Mufti Day' aka Judgement Day". Unpublished...for now. Featured image is a still from the pilot of 'Ugly Betty', sourced from independent.co.uk …

Job Interview Survival Guide

Originally published in Issue 4 of Verbatim Magazine, University of Auckland Law School, 2019. The physical copy of the article was published incorrectly and has since been uploaded on the AULSS Facebook group. As Verbatim Magazine was only a physical magazine at the time of printing, this is unpublished on internet channels.Illustrated by Lynn Choi …

Food Review: Māori Kitchen

Originally published in Issue 10 of Craccum Magazine (21 May, 2019): http://www.craccum.co.nz/?p=4082Featured image sourced from Pixabay, from pexels.com. Year 9, Ngaruawahia Marae. We were lining up to meet a wharekai filled with the toasty, brothy aroma of roasted vegetables and meat. I take another bite and get reminded of a smashed baby potato brunch. Time …