It's been ages since I posted in here. But I just finished Feed by Mira Grant, which reminded me of my neglected livejournal. Hopefully I'll keep it up for the next couple of weeks at least - looks like my hours at work are going to plummet soon, so I won't really have any excuse. I guess being impoverished but prolific wouldn't be so terrible ( Read more... )

As a nation, New Zealand hardly treats its children well. Earlier this year, the UN slammed our staggering child mortality rates; stories of child abuse occur with depressing regularity in newspapers; and child poverty here is the higher than in any other OECD country. But this mistreatment of children is not confined to individual parents. For ( Read more... )