This week, guest blogger Thane Pullan muses on masculinity and femininity in the queer community. As a neither particularly masculine nor feminine gay man (I prefer to identify as “nerdy”) I have observed that some gay men can be quite hostile towards other gay men, whom they perceive as being more “feminine”. I wonder why this…
Some time ago I took part in some market research, where I was asked to go online each day and answer questions about my attitudes towards technology. One of the questions asked about Facebook. I said I thought it was great, I loved staying connected with people, sharing interesting info or links, and seeing photo’s…
Last week, on Tuesday 5th of March, the nation of New Zealand took part in the 2013 Census . I noticed that the question ‘why’ was repeatedly asked by the general population. There was also a prolific television campaign encouraging people to fill out the forms and explaining why the census is important.
I recently spent a weekend away in Whitianga, where I got a pedicure at a local spa (very luxurious of me). The young woman painting my toenails mentioned that she was thinking of moving to Auckland and wanted to know what it was like living here – she had seen my address on the spa…
