We don’t choose our names but if my surname was Slaughter… and worked with children… I might be doing a lot of reassuring…

This. This is disturbing.

There is a full page photo of Julia and I after she tattooed my hands, which is why I am fist bumping myself 😅🤪🤜🏽🤛🏽

I’m intrigued how Lars Krutak writes about this nuanced field of Melanesian female tattoo revival… 🧐

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There is SO MUCH information available ON THE INTERNET, to broaden your mind and understanding of racialised experiences of the world you share. Don't ask BIPOC people do more cultural labour to help YOU do the work you can do by yourself. This shit is DIY - I thought 'Kiwis' were good at that...

As a descendant of Pākehā ancestors, I'm doing my part. And I'm raising the next generation to be conscious, resilient and culturally literate. Our government is a fucking joke, and the education system is fighting for its life. This shit starts with YOU. At home, in what you consume + learn...

With years of therapy, I can detach these kinds of conversations from my actual lived reality and see them as an expression of Pākehā dominant culture, but this shit needs to be purged, man. When racism cannot be understood, it cannot be faced; our progress is dependent on Pākehā consciousness...