tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50221192722636267192024-02-19T20:02:31.191+13:00La Vita è BellaGive thanks and share it.
ablogofthanks@gmail.compadgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-41080103053680858932015-04-23T12:14:00.000+12:002015-04-23T12:14:21.418+12:00I'm back, and still thankfulIt's been a while eh? I keep forgetting you as life ticks along and shift and changes.<br />
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Current status: absolutely besotted, missing someone a great deal<br />
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About to eat some baked potatoes.<br />
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I've come a long way. Nice to see you again :)<br />
<br />padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-57653658378784220282012-12-04T19:30:00.000+13:002012-12-04T19:30:00.826+13:00Deuce!Two years with this wonderful chap. How lucky am I?!<br />
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Many congratulations to the very happy couple. It'll be a love that lasts a lifetime :)<br />
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<br />padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-50037427757402955902012-06-10T21:48:00.000+12:002012-06-10T21:48:04.978+12:00Thankful for a productive weekend<b>FINALLY </b>have a dining table, made some <a href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CF8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmondscooking.co.nz%2Frecipe-1%2Fbest-ever-scones&ei=LWnUT8egDJKeiQfuxIC3Aw&usg=AFQjCNHYkv0Hq5t9N5Je6SZBzlPSAl9JrA&sig2=_nNbL6zTAjpmsmW4B_unIQ" target="_blank">cheese scones</a> for lunch this week, <a href="http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CGsQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0Pm72gjMwdI&ei=7GjUT4ixEIjAiQfizI2bAw&usg=AFQjCNGKjMuEfHoRETtzUIs3OHjYjXeYoQ&sig2=1VVoEq0wg7IIrg4vXzNiAA" target="_blank">made my own paneer </a>(so easy and freaking delicious - so delicious in fact I just wanna eat it all sans curry), bought all our flour, sugar, vinegar, borax and baking soda in bulk (thanks <a href="http://www.bininn.co.nz/" target="_blank">Bin Inn</a>), made a delicious seafood chowder (made the recipe up myself) and had S's folks around for some earl grey tea and a <a href="http://nzfavouriterecipe.co.nz/recipes/desserts/434-mouth-watering-moist-apple-cake" target="_blank">moist apple upside down cake</a>.<br />
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I've been thinking a lot lately about my identification as a Catholic and as a feminist.<br />
Can the two co-exist or do you have to compromise some/all of your beliefs for them to fit?<br />
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It's been an age since I've practiced Catholicism but still identify with many of the core beliefs of the religion (compassion, mercy, loving one another) other parts unfortunately make my stomach churn (sexual assault committed by priests and covered up, original sin, the ban on gay marriage, the church's stance on abortion/contraception/sex before marriage.....) - at the end of the day though, I can't help but feel that being a Catholic has shaped me into the woman I am proud to be now. <br />
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This article was a challenging read - still mulling it over.<br />
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<i>"To me, viewing these texts as infallible guides to living a good life in the 21st century is lunacy. We have had the enlightenment since those texts were created. We’ve had the theory of evolution. We’ve had all the various new ideas and philosophies of the last 300 years which has shaped how we view ourselves and what makes for a good person and a good life. To say a dusty old Bronze/Iron/Dark Age book is morally superior to the wealth of secular, rational modern thought doesn’t make sense. Especially when that book goes out of its way to say women are inferior.</i><br />
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<i>And this is why I think religion and feminism are essentially opposing philosophies."</i><br />
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Check it <a href="http://www.msnaughty.com/blog/2012/02/22/on-religion-and-feminism/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a><i>. </i>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-84489689836065368492012-03-11T20:54:00.000+13:002012-03-11T20:54:03.439+13:00Late Post - International Women's DayHope you had a great day y'all! Here's a handy infogram from our friends at UN women - it shows the amount of female representation in politics across the globe. Any thoughts on NZ?<br />
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I won't link to it. It's triggering and full to the brim with victim blaming sentiment. Lots of eye gougingly terrible lines. <br />
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If anyone needs me I'll be in the bathroom, washing my eyes out with soap....padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-26131171942578239202012-01-30T19:00:00.003+13:002012-01-30T19:00:06.812+13:00Why we need to talk about rape.The other day, while at a meeting for one of the various projects that I do after work, myself and a group of very amazing women were talking about the Victims of Crime Reform Bill that is currently going through Parliament. We talked about retributive and restorative justice, we shared our thoughts and feelings. It was open and honest. It was heavy but very welcomed.<br />
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One woman talked about her own experiences, how at first she wanted to inflict suffering and pain on her attacker but as time passed she understood, how while she needed therapy, the sad reality was that her attacker did too.<br />
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She talked about her experience as a SURVIVOR of sexual assault. There was a hushed silence in the room. My mouth and throat were frozen, I wanted to say something, ANYTHING to show my solidarity, to lighten her load. Words failed me. The conversation moved on.<br />
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I thought about it for days afterwards, kicking myself for not being able to share, to support, to speak.<br />
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I read this article the other day. Like the above conversation, it has stuck with me for days.<br />
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We need to talk about rape.<br />
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http://m.xojane.com/issues/why-i-talk-about-rapepadgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-85725086383069589042012-01-29T10:45:00.001+13:002012-01-29T10:48:52.997+13:0010:31am - too early to cry todayIt's been a tough few months. After a barrage of very heavy triggers in the lead up to Slutwalk, I was left empty and broken. I felt like a shell of myself.<br />
I have been in therapy for about 6 months now. For the very first time in my life I am able to talk about rape. My experience with rape. Being raped. My rape.<br />
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It's very hard, some days are unbearable.<br />
I cry a lot, sometimes the sadness is so overwhelming I can't breathe.<br />
Sometimes I cry so much I can't function for the rest of the day.<br />
It's 10:37am now. Too early to cry.<br />
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I feel frustrated a lot. Frustrated that I can't just 'get on with life'<br />
Frustrated that I didn't do more. Frustrated that I wasn't protected. Frustrated that I live in a world where this happens. Not just to me, but to other women and men that I care about.<br />
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There are knots in my stomach. Lots of knots. They turn up unexpectedly. I am at work, I am alone, I am busy, I am with friends, I am sitting in the car, I am reading the newspaper, I am listen to the radio, I am walking to the bus stop, I am fine. THEN BAM. The knots.<br />
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These words seems so pale compared with how I actually feel. I want to share this story, my story. I want you all to know. It's taken me a very long time to come to terms with what happened TO me. I still can't say the word out loud. Somehow I hope that this helps. That someone reads this and feels their like their burden is a little lightened.<br />
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It's 10:44am. Too early to cry.padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-87926682035594660672012-01-29T10:30:00.000+13:002012-01-29T10:30:04.197+13:00If you only read one thing todayhttp://notbigondignity.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/all-our-lives/<br />
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"To be a woman in this society means being a warrior, not only do you have to be prepared to fight all of your life for your own safety and dignity but for other members of your gender. <em>And you have to learn this early.</em> <br />
These could be my stories, they could be yours or someone you know. Some of them, on their own, might seem innocuous enough, but they are never experienced in isolation. This is effectively, <em>systematic. </em>And these are just a few examples. I wonder if women reading this will be nodding along, able to relate to the stories as things they or someone they know has experienced. I wonder more, what men reading this will think."<br />
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Please read this. padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-41579802329851014962012-01-28T10:54:00.001+13:002012-01-28T10:56:33.764+13:00Saturday Morning Me, Steve and Apple in bed. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvCkAKNFSDRY4pjgMRD8fDnfdyEV6GrGhl6X1EcImgFeiqGYZdx_d6bea0aOVLwN-WHb0FLdbtFiBlIh828c3bhNTqdl_H_owmOTIeJg8sFSQpagkARf7SQI-_vD9oLkp3sY9XHb7ObU/s640/blogger-image--213501304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvCkAKNFSDRY4pjgMRD8fDnfdyEV6GrGhl6X1EcImgFeiqGYZdx_d6bea0aOVLwN-WHb0FLdbtFiBlIh828c3bhNTqdl_H_owmOTIeJg8sFSQpagkARf7SQI-_vD9oLkp3sY9XHb7ObU/s640/blogger-image--213501304.jpg" /></a></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-71066136892386776132012-01-23T10:01:00.001+13:002012-01-23T10:01:49.583+13:00It&apos;s a beautiful day!Looking forward to spending today with the people I love. Thankful for the simple pleasures of lying in bed with S, listening to tuis and feeling the sun on my face.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRtF_BYP_Iwg2ENV1ttCWAMUeR11e8UFIiPWYPPyIu19ErASacWcnonH_HBGWxw2rD4Wdh20orRkQVoDRsR8t9VJwp7daUh969-FuwRAuvga0AUqb0DOCWJ7Pd7yo8jPXlV45BOdvewI/s640/blogger-image-264404788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRtF_BYP_Iwg2ENV1ttCWAMUeR11e8UFIiPWYPPyIu19ErASacWcnonH_HBGWxw2rD4Wdh20orRkQVoDRsR8t9VJwp7daUh969-FuwRAuvga0AUqb0DOCWJ7Pd7yo8jPXlV45BOdvewI/s640/blogger-image-264404788.jpg" /></a></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-71579031834458494112012-01-21T17:38:00.001+13:002012-01-21T17:38:51.657+13:00Hiiiii-ya!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCfucGmBSnJ15kKB0Mqlt7bpPTMYYbhlEHiehufT1mKEV-r5fvNXn-A87H1L72PX1VIzx4QXIu7n4s2GVwDmDUMnKyRH2Rckbs9N1N4HypfElVlOWoJbnO0SqJUXJz83TCEeT4dOtBDc/s640/blogger-image-1831642546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCfucGmBSnJ15kKB0Mqlt7bpPTMYYbhlEHiehufT1mKEV-r5fvNXn-A87H1L72PX1VIzx4QXIu7n4s2GVwDmDUMnKyRH2Rckbs9N1N4HypfElVlOWoJbnO0SqJUXJz83TCEeT4dOtBDc/s640/blogger-image-1831642546.jpg" /></a></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-54954282842897065862012-01-21T17:36:00.001+13:002012-01-22T11:38:21.750+13:00As seen in Auckland<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-M_xCWXH0BmM8IjwN5DJrvq90TXFilrZU2DpgG7YXtqx9CBDtYEyr4eg0NbVqi5MVYOczLuSYlBF6c9Z1tEzYDMHQVs4N9U0Xe5VvgEf4YU8woQRDsorvm9mo8QhH12ZV0RMYSkNBcc/s640/blogger-image--2000316269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-M_xCWXH0BmM8IjwN5DJrvq90TXFilrZU2DpgG7YXtqx9CBDtYEyr4eg0NbVqi5MVYOczLuSYlBF6c9Z1tEzYDMHQVs4N9U0Xe5VvgEf4YU8woQRDsorvm9mo8QhH12ZV0RMYSkNBcc/s640/blogger-image--2000316269.jpg" /></a></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-77472158566145470792012-01-21T17:34:00.001+13:002012-01-21T17:34:34.910+13:00Winter has come!She's 14, from Cat Protection League and just so wonderful! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA16DTTyphA3EWVqXU2JXkCzCw_8XFtdizPKWZ54GJxF3c1pCCM2aLgrynjotpNZuCOksMXj8KPGIr5JAEtucq91XyTtyGWROV4R2yeHDQje7ekSbljzcawkh4nLlmR1lfmF0LCxdSeQ/s640/blogger-image--1940374559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRA16DTTyphA3EWVqXU2JXkCzCw_8XFtdizPKWZ54GJxF3c1pCCM2aLgrynjotpNZuCOksMXj8KPGIr5JAEtucq91XyTtyGWROV4R2yeHDQje7ekSbljzcawkh4nLlmR1lfmF0LCxdSeQ/s640/blogger-image--1940374559.jpg" /></a></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-80668561749059093312012-01-21T17:31:00.001+13:002012-01-21T17:31:03.760+13:00Apologies for 2012My laptop has decided to turn on but the Q, W, E, R buttons no longer work.<br />
Thus I am blogging from my iPhone. Fiddly joy! Enjoy your long weekend peeps, I'll be back online soon!padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-13396697668430649882012-01-21T17:11:00.000+13:002012-01-21T17:23:52.887+13:00My first A&P show <div style="padding: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius:5px; width:550; margin:0px auto; font-size:18px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial"> </p> <div style='margin:0px auto; width: 480px; text-align:center'> <img style='margin-bottom: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888;' src="http://distilleryimage3.instagram.com/f004c21e43e511e180c9123138016265_6.jpg"/><br />
<a style="color:#2f79c2; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic; font-size:0.6em" href="http://instagr.am/p/jDJSH/">view full image</a> <p style="font-size:0.8em">"Oink" <br />
(taken at Levin)</p> </div> padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-88587083119749111732012-01-01T13:10:00.001+13:002012-01-21T17:27:21.226+13:00Introducing Apple <div style="padding: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius:5px; width:550; margin:0px auto; font-size:18px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial">:</p> <div style='margin:0px auto; width: 480px; text-align:center'> <img style='margin-bottom: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888;' src="http://distilleryimage1.instagram.com/f0f50636340c11e1abb01231381b65e3_6.jpg"/><br />
<a style="color:#2f79c2; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic; font-size:0.6em" href="http://instagr.am/p/dVaAt/">view full image</a> <p style="font-size:0.8em">"CAT OF THE YEAR" <br />
</p> </div> padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-4344904064105696242012-01-01T13:05:00.000+13:002012-01-21T17:28:59.353+13:00Brunch at Shaky Isles, Kingsland <div style="padding: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; border-radius:5px; width:550; margin:0px auto; font-size:18px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial"></p> <div style='margin:0px auto; width: 480px; text-align:center'> <img style='margin-bottom: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888;' src="http://distilleryimage1.instagram.com/a49ce768340c11e1a87612313804ec91_6.jpg"/><br />
<a style="color:#2f79c2; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic; font-size:0.6em" href="http://instagr.am/p/dVXPV/">view full image</a> <p style="font-size:0.8em">(taken at Shaky Isles)</p> </div> padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-21256246054726608082011-08-23T23:35:00.000+12:002011-08-23T23:35:13.029+12:00The Sexual Wilderness"<i>New Zealand men still treated women as if they were an inferior and menial sex and mistook their male privileges and advantages for natural rights. This was why, although New Zealand had led the world in granting women the vote in 1893, ninety years later women still lagged behind men in every respect</i>..."<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sue Kedgeley</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Sexual Wilderness</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1985</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This was written over 25 years ago. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Preach.</div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022119272263626719.post-3250455655229139112011-07-24T15:18:00.002+12:002011-07-24T16:53:03.156+12:00Yum<div style="-moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 20px; width: 550;"><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto; text-align: center; width: 480px;"><img src="http://images.instagram.com/media/2011/07/23/6a68be2402914968bc7d679519cd8332_6.jpg" style="-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; box-shadow: 0 0 10px #888; margin-bottom: 0.4em;" /><br />
<a href="http://instagr.am/p/IX0EQ/" style="color: #2f79c2; font-size: 0.6em; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;">view full image</a> <br />
<div style="font-size: 0.8em;">"High Tea with the Girls" <br />
(taken at Hippopotamus Restaurant & Bar)</div></div></div>padgphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11012939618565347195noreply@blogger.com0