Author Archives: Maia

Secrets

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Maia

This Post Secret movie, is beautiful: My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it’s not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Whatever | 6 Comments

Anyone want a slightly used politician?

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Maia

I’ve decided New Zealand needs to export Maurice Williamson, one of our opposition politicians. Maurice Williamson recently joined the debate on the ‘obesity epidemic’: If some people can’t lose weight no matter what. how come there were not fat people … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat | 11 Comments

Review: The Chain, Buffy Season 8 SPOILERS

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Maia

Wow. This was what I was waiting for. This is a story of scope and shape that you couldn’t tell on TV, and it’s a story worth telling. The Chain is the story of the slayer who is working as … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc. | 2 Comments

Point of View

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Maia

Byron at proletblog has always been a fan of wikipedia, an enthusiasm I don’t really share. I’ve written a bit about this before. But since he’s started writing about wikipedia and history: As of yesterday I’m back at university, had … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 10 Comments

Who do you want to win?

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Maia

My favourite blog at the moment is Lenin’s Tomb. Lenin has a great breadth of coverage – I’m always marking his posts saying to myself “I should write about strikes in South Africa” and then I never do. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in International issues, Iraq | 26 Comments

Stand Down Margaret

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Maia

I sleep walk. I don’t actually sleep walk – I sleep run. I have these dreams where a bomb is about to go off in my flat and I have to get out now. So I get out of bed … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like | 10 Comments

We will have pride in how we live

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Maia

I have a new favourite Christmas song. I’m not sure what my old favourite Christmas song was, but there’s no way it can be as awesome as Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher from Billy Elliot: The Musical. This is the chorus: … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 29 Comments

Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows SPOILERS

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Maia

I wasn’t going to buy Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows. I could have scraped together the money, but at the moment if I have a spare $35 sitting around it should go to the lock-out fund. But I remembered that … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture | 42 Comments

Collecting for Women's refuge

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Maia

This week is the annual women’s refuge appeal week. Women’s refuges are desperately under-funded, the Wellington refuge gets less than half its money from government (and the amount they get is less than what Clint Rickards got paid for doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 8 Comments

Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Movie

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Maia

When I was walking to the movie theatre we were talking about what they would include and one of my friend’s said ‘don’t spoil me’ (and then claimed he was too busy to read the books, but apparently has plenty … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 54 Comments