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Credit where credit is due It’s pointless. It’s negative. Why does this exist? This is worse than country. It’s bad for the children, where is the artistic value? Over the years many people have used broad, misinformed statements like this to try and demean and write hip hop off as an inferior genre. Supposedly only consisting of talentless ignorants yelling … Continue reading

Who are you? Caterpillar: Who… are… you? Alice: I- I hardly know, sir. I’ve changed so many times since this morning, you see… Caterpillar: No, I do not ‘C.’ Explain yourself. Alice: I’m afraid I can’t explain myself sir, because I’m not myself, you know. Caterpillar: I do not know. Alice: Well, I can’t put it any more … Continue reading

Stolen identities Who could play a trans role in a movie better than a trans? Well according to some directors there are a fair few. For starters, there’s Elle Fanning, Eddie Redmayne, Jeffrey Tambor and Jared Leto. These actors and actresses have been lead to believe that what they’re doing is alright because they’re getting the message … Continue reading

Athletics day-itis The news of athletics day passed through the school like an epidemic, it spread slowly until we were all infected. The victims all had a different reaction to the disease. My reaction when the news of this event reached me were breaking out in hives and thoughts that went something along the lines of, “not … Continue reading

Bloody outrage I’m bloody outraged that the government charges me a 15% tax on my tampons which will cost me $18.72 a year! Sure, to some of you, this is still somewhat of a shruggable number. Or is it? There are 551 of us menstruating marvels here at WHS. And it is estimated that we will have … Continue reading

Sex + highschool = ??? Sex. Probably one of the most thought about and talked about subjects in high school. You’d think that everyone who has some form of understanding about what it is would be chill about it, but sadly this isn’t true. Sex in high school seems to be the biggest platform for shame, blame and judgement. Wellington … Continue reading

Draw more than a dick on your voting paper It doesn’t matter who’s on the student council, they don’t do anything. I’m sick of the stupid flag debate, we don’t even get a vote. My vote wouldn’t make a difference anyway. As a 17 year old, I have identified with all of these statements at some point in my life. That’s atrocious. We’ve … Continue reading

Got milk? – an examination of dairy farming In November 2015, animal welfare organisations SAFE and Farmwatch called on New Zealand and international consumers to ditch milk consumption, following their investigation into animal cruelty in the New Zealand dairy industry. The investigation revealed what they saw to be inherent cruelty and showed clear, deliberate abuse of baby calves. The SAFE footage revealed “cows … Continue reading

Shrinking women Living in liberal city, in a liberal(ish) country, Wellington girls often talk about gender imbalance when we see it. Yet still, many of us have internalised an array of coded, gendered values that permeate our day-to-day behaviour and attitudes. We are a generation of girls who have found ourselves at a crossroad in the midst … Continue reading