Most of the time, when we think of the world of TV, movies or fashion, we think of impossible beauty standards, mass-produced people who fit into a particular mold of looks that 99.9% of the rest of us simply don’t fit into to. But not model Madeline Stuart.
Every second month Anna shares her musings, personal insights, and observations of our diverse lives. Can having an impairment be compared to managing a team? I don’t know what it is like to be a manager. However, I can tell you what it can be like to have an impairment. So, here are the…
This is a video blog about some of the LGBTIA/Rainbow NZSL signs. I’m no expert, so sorry if there are some mistakes in here (please let me know if there are and I’ll fix them!) – and if you know of any other NZSL ones, let me know too! Check out these videos for ASL…
In this months guest blog, Philip Patston shares part one of a four part series on the diversity dilemmas that New Zealanders face in 2015. Disability awareness is slowly becoming more commonplace in workplaces around New Zealand, though it hasn’t really taken off like other diversity issues. You find it sometimes in community organisations, particularly disability…
Over the past few months I’ve been thinking a lot about social media and how we use it. I’ve written recently about the power of social media in outright challenging outdated stereotypes, as well as how it can re-create social norms in more subtle ways. In fact, I often dismiss nay-sayers who argue that social…
