Nikki’s Natter – Where are the Wheel Blacks…and all our other awesome athletes?

As I write this, the NZ Para Swimming Team have just returned from the Glasgow IPC Swimming World Championships. The team of eight elite athletes scored a total of 16 medals (eight gold, six silver and two bronze), making New Zealand the country with the highest per capita medal total at the games – and that’s without mentioning the personal bests and championship records (two by Mary Fisher, and one by Sophie Pascoe).

Making Peace : Days Like These

Rachel is a writer and ex-teacher. She is passionate about advocacy for people like herself, with rare, chronic or invisible disabilities. She has a neurological disorder called Pandysautonomia. She blogs about it (and other things) on The Chronic-ills of Rach.  In this weeks guest blog, she shares her thoughts on the importance of friendship –…

Speculative Relationships

This week we look at Speculative Relationships – a Sci Fi and Romance comic anthology. Creator Tyrell and Artist Isabella discuss putting together the anthology, the challenges, the lessons that can be learned from diverse storytelling, and diversity in comics. Check out their sites below: Tumblr: http://speculativerelationships.tumbl… Twitter: https://twitter.com/SciFiRomanceCom

Do rainbows make a difference?

Unless you’ve been tucked away under a rock somewhere, you likely would have seen the recent news that the US Supreme Court has ruled all 50 states in the nation must carry out and recognise marriages between people of the same sex.  This makes the US the 21st country or territory in the world to…