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A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre — A Response
In an attempt to distil some of the expansiveness that is Nathan Joe’s new theatre work ‘A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre’, Sherry Zhang pens this self-reflective response essay.
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Local Immortals
Gay blackmail, bloodshed, and… art? Kate Wilkinson-Smith’s bad apple debut is a ghost story, not a love story.
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The Queen’s Wife by Joanne Drayton
Life took an unexpected turn for Joanne Drayton when a chance meeting with another woman turned into something much deeper. ‘The Queen’s Wife’ details the real life story of Joanne and Sue, with each move of the chess game. Frequent bad apple contributor harold considers the queen and her wife in this review.
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The Long History of Trans Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand
The protests held to oppose notorious anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s speaking tour are the latest in a long and proud history of trans activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Historian Will Hansen takes a look back at this past, tracking trans communities’ records of defiance as generations of trans people have worked together to demand change.
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those who made those who made me
Threads present, past, and fibre converge in order to state ownership of a culture colonised and Christianised, of takatāpui.
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I Miss You, I Will Never Meet You.
“Forming a relationship with a generation of people I will never meet.” Blaise Clotworthy explores their connection with our Queer forebears and the AIDS pandemic.