Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, representing Te Pāti Māori, was appointed New Zealand's youngest MP at 21 (since James Stuart-Wortley, who was elected in the country's first general election in 1853 when he was aged 20 years and 7 months).
During her maiden speech in December 2023, Maipi-Clarke criticised the National-led coalition government, claiming that it had "attacked my whole world from every corner." She identified health, the environment, water, land, natural resources and children as key areas of disagreement with the Government. She performed a haka for said maiden speech :
Maipi-Clarke has ancestry in Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Awa, and Ngāi Tahu. The broadcaster Potaka Maipi is her father. She is the grand-niece of Māori language activist Hana Te Hemara. Taitimu Maipi, whose activism contributed to the removal of the Captain Hamilton statue in 2020, is her grandfather. Wi Katene, the first Māori MP to be appointed to the Executive Council, was her great-great-great-great-grandfather
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where are the real lesbians? this place is a sausage fest 😭
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To all the girlies who watched at least one of these shows when they were kids/teens,
how hard did your queer awakening hit you?
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Painting my jacket with all kinds of feminist shits was so worth it. I had another woman compliment me on it today, a young cashier and it made her open up about her abusive ex and visibly she really needed to talk and was still shaken up. I'm really glad if it's enough to be a beacon of safety for even only one or two women. And learning about their incredible lives and background and seeing how diverse we all are, yet experience the same sex-based violence.
And there's also something cool about smiling to all the women who cross my path when walking to places (yes even the ones who look mean. Especially them even, they likely had a shitty day or shitty years, they deserve some love). Creating a small solidarity with female strangers, making the streets just a little bit less hostile to women. And keeping the most unfriendly face possible I can summon when getting past men so the streets feel a little bit more hostile to them.
Anyway, simple things can make a difference. Purposely centering women is wholesome. I'm grateful for radical feminism for showing me that, while back in my libfem day it was perfectly accepted and even encouraged to pick on "terfs" and otherwise dissident women who didn't cater to males' feelings. I have more in common with women of any beliefs than with so called "feminist" and liberal males.
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Me and Sarah Rees Brennan's short comic "Witch House" for this year's Women of Marvel anthology (and both of our Marvel debuts!) is out in comic shops today~ ❤️ ✨ Here's the lines for a couple of my favorite panels.
You'll see that Sarah's descriptions were so lush and fun to play with! While I didn't get to zoom into those picture frames on the wall, I like to imagine they hold cute pix of Billy and Tommy. :)
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