Posts by Joanna
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?, in reply to B Jones,
Dance marathons and the like were huge in the 20s and 30s, and they’re not that different to modern game/talent shows.
I had never thought about that, but you're totally right. Thank you!
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If I was in court at the trial of someone who allegedly murdered a member of my family, you know what I would be focused on? The verdict. Not what anyone was wearing.
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I looked at all those pretty pastel pills and thought they were crying out to be arranged in an hombre order and instagramed.
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Hard News: Free the Street, in reply to Russell Brown,
I was about to call her Tze Ming even for some reason. Whoops!
What never made sense about Tania is that I'm pretty sure that the woman who plays her is looks at least half Maori, yet Tania's parents on the show are both white, and there was never a suggestion she was adopted or anything.
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In case it’s not very obvious, this post is so right up my street. I remember back in 1998 writing essays on how Shortland Street not only mirrors but creates society in New Zealand. (Now I’m feeling deja vuy. Have we talked about this before on here? ) A lot of it was me being, y’know, a first year media student, but I definitely think it helps society to see minorities being depicted as actual human beings. Although there were still lots of comments on Stuff (never read the comments!) about how Lana should get back together with Dan because being a lesbian is so immoral. Oh, and @deepred - no, there haven't been any Asian characters since Li Ming died, apart from Shanti, who was Indian, and who also died.
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Hard News: Free the Street, in reply to Islander,
Gerald (who is currently undergoing a heart transplant) is the asexual character. But they also made him kinda anal and OCDish in his need to be clean, which is probably not a great portrayal of your average asexual person.
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Hard News: Free the Street, in reply to Russell Brown,
Dude, if Jay was back, that’d be a whole kinda crazy show, given that she was Joey’s second (?) victim in his serial-killing spree. I'm thinking you meant Maia, who Jay civil-unioned on Valentine's Day with a whole bunch of Serenity/Destiny protestors around.
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Hard News: Free the Street, in reply to Craig Young,
Maia's back, so there's one lesbian, one affirmed bisexual in the form of Nicole, and one girl Lana who is in love with Nicole, whose sexuality I do not care to label.
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If you're a soda stream family, Russell, next time you're in Welly we gotta take you to Six Barrel Soda Co - here's the writeup I did on the 'Ista - you can buy their syrups to take home with you.
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Hard News: Time to move on, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
If it's also okay for me to love Tāme Iti's court wardrobe.