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Erica

@ericastretton.bsky.social

writer, reviewer, editor at Kete Books.

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛@ninjakitty.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NCEA gave us the ability and flexibility as teachers to assess out students outside the bullshit rigidity of exams. If you support this NACT bullshit but hated school, well done. You’ve made it go back 40 years

Sarah@nzclover.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’ve just had to pull my kid out of all NCEA external exams due to his anxiety around them. Not to mention all the other issues he has with being able to concentrate for that long during an exam. Thank fuck he’s not two years younger.

scilion.bsky.social@scilion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sigh as a parent of kids in that early teens age gap so much of their independence is via aps even at school. Communication from high schools, sports teams, queer kids, disabled kids, ND kids, all kind of minorities find friends there. Surely under 16 it's on us as parents to monitor & guide usage.

Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚@jennykaynz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Appalled to read @philtwyford.bsky.social and NZ Labour thinks it's a good idea to deny 15YOs access to friends and family on social media platforms. Since when has exclusion from public space and peer support helped teenagers? #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

@wwxwashere.bsky.social · 5mo ago

2 lines into a book: this is the worst. it’s so slow. i don’t know what any of these names mean. what’s going on? 20 chapters into a book: i don’t know how i’m going to continue living when this book ends

D Jukic She/her@dejanajuk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“But unlike 1979, we now have EVs. Except, well, actually you probably don’t. Because the Luxon/Peters/ Seymour Government spent the last two years systemically punching NZ’s car electrification movement in the face. Then, when it was out cold on the pavement, kicking it in the head.” #nzpol

This would be the week to drive an EV. Thanks for nothing, coalition

OPINION: Unlike the oil crisis in the 1980s, today we have EVs. Except, well, actually you probably don’t.

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Madam Snazzy@moatatamaira.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7). Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!

Tania Roxborogh@taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.

Erica@ericastretton.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Teens need to get home from exams at midday, half an hour bus ride, akl city. Y11 waits 15 mins and catches bus straight home that takes 40 mins. Y9 gets impatient, catches bus to another suburb, hops on train for one stop, then catches another bus home, taking the same amount of time.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11mo ago

That’s the kind of kneejerk dismissive advice that makes me violent. Telling people to just grow their own food is tantamount to telling them to eat cake.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 11mo ago

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through. Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!