Posts by Megan Wegan
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nowhere else in New Zealand have I encountered the sheer casual racism and homophobia of Christchurch
My experience differs. Enormously. Have you ever been in a rural service town?
Then you are not hanging out with my family. Which I think you should be thankful for.
I need several carefully arranged dormant volcanoes, two harbours and a western range of hills to work out where the fuck I am.
I'm completely the opposite. I can navigate my way around Chch, almost to the street, based on where the Port Hills are. The hills in Wellington throw me, and I can never make the Harbour make sense.
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The old boys would have you believe it's theirs but I can tell you there is a strong current for social good (yes they are mutually exclusive) in Christchurch.
Oh, yes, I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
I just despair of the city, and many of the people I know in it, who cling to this vision of Christchurch as "the English City".
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Dangerous ground Joanna! I am not sure that a women is wise to comment on the subject on male facial hair, unless invited to do so...
Ok, then. Can I just say though, that 'moustachioed' is one of the cooler words in the English language.
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There are times when I miss the place. The resurgence of Messrs Chapman and friends quite cures that.
Last weekend, quite a number of my friends were in Christchurch, and were tweeting all kinds of fun things. Museum! Arts Centre! Gallery! Sun! It made me rather homesick. But then I forced myself to remember that, despite spending all my time in those places, that's not my city.
I grew up in Linwood, and used to bike to New Brighton in my school holidays. Well, that's how I remember it, but I doubt it is true, cos I'm pretty sure my mum would never have let me actually do that. I remember paddling in the little pool with the whale in it as a child, and eating fish and chips in the carpark before basketball games.
But when I was last there - about a year ago - it was almost deserted. School holidays, sunny day, and there was one guy with a toddler.
I always liken Christchurch as a small town that got big. It's a city, but it has never gotten used to it, and it still has all the prejudices and 'old boys' club' mentality of small towns.
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For much the same reason, I would expect a mens' version of the roller derby to be called mens' roller derby without the womens' version having to change its name.
It's not renaming it. It's calling it what it is.
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Come on now, the Mens' World Cup has been around for a few decades longer and the women's side of the sport hasn't developed (yet) in a way that makes the two versions of the sport remotely comparable
And yet, I'm pretty sure there is still a world cup for the ladeez. And they might rightly think their tournament deseves to have a name. Or at least be differentiated from the boys.
I was actually sitting here thinking, 'maybe for once I won't harp on about equality in sport, cos it actually doesn't bother me that much'. But y'all annoyed me.
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I dunno. Sport's much more fun to watch when you have something riding on it, and much more interesting when there's a rivalry. Even if you have to temporarily manufacture one.
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I am not disputing that, in any way. Jethro would be a cruel, selfish bastard.
And yet....
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I have been, with 3 close friends, for 2 years, trying to find a "universally attractive" man.
Four heterosexual women of similar age, and we are yet to find one we all think is incredibly attractive. (Apparently one of them just doesn't get the Kahui thing.)
We've found a lot of "wouldn't kick out of bed" though...
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Just occasionally drift on to the track and hit someone. Then call them for the foul.
We could probably arrange for someone in the crowd to get unruly?