Category: women

• Aotearoa aroha Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Elixir & Star Press grief love Reuben Samuel Winter surgical mesh women women’s health

  May; the coexistence of grief and love

  It’s been a busy time: a massive move from one end of the South Island to the other, finishing my manuscript for A Counter of Moons, and opening for submissions with Elixir & Star Press (ESP*). If you’re a creative, located in Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re open for submissions until…

  May 13, 2023
• (a)version Aotearoa Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature mixed media Reflex Fiction women

  (a)version

  Despite COVID limitations, this week my good friend and collaborator Victoria McIntosh and I were able to have a middling event (rather than an opening or closing) for our mixed media exhibition (a)version. https://www.dunedinfringe.nz/white-box (a)version is a mixed media response to the way our world defines beauty, gender and ageing.…

  September 12, 2020
• Aotearoa Corpus New Zealand surgical mesh vaginal mesh women women’s health

  #vaginalmesh

  This Monday was momentous, in several ways. After almost a decade managing the negative effects of vaginal mesh, I saw a specialist who confirmed that this was exactly what I had been dealing with. No question. And the relief was surreal. But could I actually believe what she said? Or…

  July 23, 2020