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Feminism 101

09/07/15 / Charlie / 1 Comment / ALL
Feminism 101 - Anti-feminist cartoon

The more I write on this blog, surf the internet, absorb media and talk to people, the more I realise that many people don’t actually know what the hell feminism even is! Or will deny being feminist because of the way they perceive it. There are plenty of people who

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CVID #2 – Optimism, grief, energy, rebellion & panic attacks

09/03/15 / Charlie / 1 Comment / ALL, HEALTH

This is CVID post #2, following on from my last (pretty long) CVID post #1 where I talked about dealing with life before and after being diagnosed with Common Variable Immunodeficiency and my first treatment. The post finished on the day after my first infusion and I was dizzy, exhausted, nervous,

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Shit people say to chronically ill people

08/25/15 / Charlie / 2 Comments / ALL, HEALTH
Shit people say to chronically ill people

I have been wanting to write this list for a while now, but I never felt like “coughing for 3 years and regularly sick” was a strong enough podium to write from. However, with my nice new title of Person with a Primary Immune Deficiency, I’m totally allowed to write

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Charlie’s Very Irritating Disease (CVID)

08/16/15 / Charlie / 17 Comments / ALL, HEALTH

This is the first of 2 (so far) posts about my diagnosis with a primary immune deficiency (Common Variable Immunodeficiency) and my first treatments. This one is the lead up to, and including my first treatment. The second post follows on from this one up to my second treatment. About a

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I love sluts.

07/27/15 / Charlie / 1 Comment / ALL
Phone message "slut"

I first wrote this for State.com and have copied it to my blog. You can see the original post here. I love sluts. I really do. I would though, because I am one. Well, I guess I am judging by the number of times I’ve been called one. The first

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The beauty of not giving a fuck

07/26/15 / Charlie / 2 Comments / ALL

If you’ve grown up in the Western world like me that probably means you’re scared of squat toilets and can’t imagine having to search for clean water. It also means that you’ve grown up with the unwritten beauty norms that are the Western Standards of Beauty. Everyone, well, most people,

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When things aren’t the way they seem

07/09/15 / Charlie / 2 Comments / ALL
Happy face with thumbs up

Edit: Somehow I didn’t realise how intense this post was until I saw comments/PMs/shares insinuating that it was. I guess that’s the nature of the beast. So I think I should add… Content Warning: Intimate partner violence It’s strangely easy to find yourself in an abusive relationship. While mine was short

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Driving while brown in NZ

06/19/15 / Charlie / ALL

If you have a Facebook or keep an eye on the news at all, you will have heard about police being told not to ticket unlicenced Maori drivers in South Auckland with some not-at-all questionable Facebook click-bait and comment fodder. Firstly, on top of prompting racist comments (which is exactly what

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Why we should love those who can’t help who they love

06/14/15 / Charlie / ALL
Cupid

I first wrote this for State.com and have copied it to my blog. You can see the original post here.   I think it’s time to be a little less mean and start giving a little more love to paedophiles. It’s time to re-evaluate why we hate who I think

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Your key is not the master

06/14/15 / Charlie / 1 Comment / ALL

Firstly, this post may be a little NSFP (Not Safe For Parents – read at your peril), and content warning: Rape. I’m going to start this with the worst sex analogy in the history of sex analogies. “A key that can open many locks is called a master key, but

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