Amanda Riddell
To the 'professional' art world
Salina, there's no 'some owen' 'some man' 'be a girl on stage' answer. That attitude is why the NZSM lost. Jane too. I'm serious: Owen...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 191 min read
Nicola Willis
I barely know her, but I'm very sure she's why I'm still at Question Time. Luxon clearly despises me, and I swear he tried to make me...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 192 min read
Restoring my mana
There won't be a reclamation until the Wellington Greens apologise to my face. I'm serious: the words 'we thought you weren't really...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 191 min read
Hīkoi thoughts
Well, I genuinely enjoyed it. I thought that the organisation was really good, and that people seemed to be fairly calm. Dave Roil said...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 191 min read
Trans dignity
I'm dead serious, Marama: the party owes me an apology. All you've done is the same things that the state care people did: avoided...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 191 min read
I'm a journalist
That's something I've started saying after completing the Dakumentary. Before then, I felt rather whakamā about saying that, given that I...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 181 min read
My temper tantrums
I wasn't throwing stuff and destroying all my equipment until after The Big Smoke and the pressure that was applied to me to perform the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 181 min read
Wāhine toa
Now, this might get me lynched, but has it ever struck anyone else that a lot of these wāhine hide behind the imagery and symbolism of...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 171 min read
No transitions!
I refuse to make Tina as a form of transition. Like, 'make this so that you can be beautiful' is not an acceptable answer. It simply...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 171 min read
No way of persuading me
Tina can't exist. That is the only truth that matters. You can like my films; you can hate my films, but they're what I'm making at the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 171 min read
Re: the female leads
Stop asking me to portray them. If you think I should play Penelope, that's because you're sexualising me. If you think I should play...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 171 min read
Banya
Look, the Dakumentary was the dinner at Mendys. It may not have been the meal that you expected, but it ticked all the boxes. I consider...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 172 min read
Trans awareness week statement
I refuse to make the Tina movie, and I refuse to sing my original songs live. The reason is simple: I don't want to make a film with...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 171 min read
Why don't I like to photograph myself?
That's not true. I just don't do it as often as some would like. But essentially, it's because I'd rather people met me in real life...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 161 min read
Fantasy Parliament
Note for Eilish: if you're coming around on the idea, then I was thinking that we could write separate reviews with separate scores. I...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 151 min read
The occupation of Parliament
I didn't attend, and I thought it was a bad idea. My brother did attend, and he formed his own opinions (which are on the Riddell...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 152 min read
Re: Chloe
I was never banned from Question Time, but I was told that I wasn't to visit her electorate office if I was in Auckland following The Big...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 152 min read
Tell Me, Dear: lyrics and chords
This is another 4/4 piece. It's not all fancy metres! The opening riff is a B minor blues thing, but the key is largely F# minor. Verse...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 141 min read
The posts are still up
I never deleted the stuff I said about Chloe in early 2023. It's easily searchable. Look it up, and then tell me what you reckon.
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 141 min read
Re: VUW
They could simply and easily clarify that they understand that my copyrighted material isn't their property and that they're cancelling...
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