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hey ladies! we gotta stick together

It was recently the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day and there have been some brilliant essays and discussions going on to commemorate this. Naturally enough some of this discussion touches on the issue of the objectification of women, which … Continue reading

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how cookies for chch = love (oodles of it)

a couple of days ago, some christchurch kids now going to school at wanaka primary bypassed the little brown house on an ‘amazing race’ they were doing. and, boy, were they glad they did when they found out they were … Continue reading

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love letters for christchurch: please help us do the little things

wow. everything about the last couple of weeks has been big. In Christchurch there were big shakes (many of them) and big shocks, we saw big buildings crumble and big cracks open in the streets. big and little people throughout … Continue reading

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a special offer for our special friends

as christmas nears, we feel ourselves filling up with the desire to spread love and do good deeds. (we’re only partially driven by the desire to hear people tell us how wonderful and virtuous we are.) so we are dishing … Continue reading

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my mistress’s sparrow is dead

a collection of love stories edited by jeffrey eugenides. reviewed by kimberley. don’t be fooled by this book. yes, it is a collection of love stories but not in the sense you might immediately imagine. absent are the happy ever … Continue reading

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