A Study of Resistance
@colourmefiji.bsky.social
Optimistic Indigenous Fijian artist-curator. Dreamtime n Recovery. Mother of Girl Child & Vunilagi Vou. Suva-born Tangata Tiriti in Aotearoa.
Pinned
A reminder that the brutal occupation of #WestPapua and the ongoing persecution of Indigenous Papuans is a horror that is largely undocumented & invisibilised. Like so much black suffering, furthest away in proximity to Whiteness, their revolution has NOT been televised.
#FREEWESTPAPUA #Oceania
#FREEWESTPAPUA #Oceania
To make people demonise their own bodies, sell them drugs that make them addicted to feeling socially acceptable, and then when they try and stop, up to 80% regain the weight…
Also, mention BMI one more time 🤬🤬🤯
Also, mention BMI one more time 🤬🤬🤯
What Happens When You Stop ‘Skinny Jabs’? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
To make people demonise their own bodies, sell them drugs that make them addicted to feeling socially acceptable, and then when they try and stop, up to 80% regain the weight…
Also, mention BMI one more time 🤬🤬🤯
Also, mention BMI one more time 🤬🤬🤯
I've smelled so many different BBQs today and the meat yearning is strong... *sigh*
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I've smelled so many different BBQs today and the meat yearning is strong... *sigh*
Thunder Tease.
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Thunder Tease.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
- Ketamine
- My womb
- Alcohol related blackouts
- Depression
- Ketamine
- My womb
- Alcohol related blackouts
- Depression
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Pulmonary Embolism (Blood clot extensively through my the lungs due to the pill I was on)
Pulmonary Embolism (Blood clot extensively through my the lungs due to the pill I was on)
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you (roughly in order):
- cord round the neck at birth
- glass shard
- van T-bone
- car vs bike
- twin engine failure (in a twin engine aircraft)
- Telikom PNG truck (drunk driver)
- malaria
- bike crash x2
- strep/sepsis x6
- random NZ electrical shit x3
- cord round the neck at birth
- glass shard
- van T-bone
- car vs bike
- twin engine failure (in a twin engine aircraft)
- Telikom PNG truck (drunk driver)
- malaria
- bike crash x2
- strep/sepsis x6
- random NZ electrical shit x3
January 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
- Ketamine
- My womb
- Alcohol related blackouts
- Depression
- Ketamine
- My womb
- Alcohol related blackouts
- Depression
I was car-less before Xmas & took the bus for a few days, which for a car-driving Aucklander was quite a novelty 😜 I always think of Richard Scarry books on the bus because bus life is such a cross-section of the society we live in. So I started following this IG & it’s the sweetest thing on my TL
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I was car-less before Xmas & took the bus for a few days, which for a car-driving Aucklander was quite a novelty 😜 I always think of Richard Scarry books on the bus because bus life is such a cross-section of the society we live in. So I started following this IG & it’s the sweetest thing on my TL
SOFT LIFE mini banner (2026)
SOFT LIFE mini banner (2026)
From a series of experimental statement mini banners made with revolution in mind. Perfectly imperfect, hand-cut, machine-sewn textile assemblages, proudly made in South Auckland.
vunilagivou.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 AM
SOFT LIFE mini banner (2026)
My gods, this is eye-wateringly hopeful, and visionary, and powerful. This voice, these words, are so much more powerful than anything a mediocre colonial beneficiary could even dream of…
Local, global, powerful, inspiring.
Local, global, powerful, inspiring.
‘I Will Not Abandon My Principles’: Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech
YouTube video by Zeteo
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
My gods, this is eye-wateringly hopeful, and visionary, and powerful. This voice, these words, are so much more powerful than anything a mediocre colonial beneficiary could even dream of…
Local, global, powerful, inspiring.
Local, global, powerful, inspiring.
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I love it when stuff I have been struggling to articulate is elegantly stated by someone so much better at this than me.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I love it when stuff I have been struggling to articulate is elegantly stated by someone so much better at this than me.
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2025 review: The year the West lost control - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0yk...
2025 review: The year the West lost control - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
YouTube video by UnHerd
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January 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
2025 review: The year the West lost control - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0yk...
This is so sad. Every domestic violence tragedy is deeply sad.
Fiji community mourns after Sydney stabbing leaves two people dead
Two Fijian nationals have died, with a former partner charged with murder as police investigate what they believe was a domestic violence incident.
pmn.co.nz
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is so sad. Every domestic violence tragedy is deeply sad.
This is so wild.
Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare
More than 20 million Americans are preparing for steeper healthcare costs in the New Year because of expiring subsidies.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This is so wild.
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Very pleased that New York City will have an inaugural poet and such a fine one in the great Cornelius Eady. Poet Elizabeth Alexander of the Mamdani arts and culture transition committee doing good work: “Poets and artists…can say things that politicians can’t say.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
‘This Is Our Time’: Acclaimed Poet to Honor Mamdani With Inaugural Poem
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Very pleased that New York City will have an inaugural poet and such a fine one in the great Cornelius Eady. Poet Elizabeth Alexander of the Mamdani arts and culture transition committee doing good work: “Poets and artists…can say things that politicians can’t say.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Someone told Central Labour in Aotearoa this is how you do shit?
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
Mamdani: "The cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few"
January 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Someone told Central Labour in Aotearoa this is how you do shit?
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
None of this insipid Centralism Incrementalism Bollocks like GST off fruit, and loans to GPs
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I hope Hipkins is listening #nzpol
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I hope Hipkins is listening #nzpol
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) joined a public swearing-in ceremony for Zohran Mamdani.
“We will govern expansively and audaciously ... never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani said.
“We will govern expansively and audaciously ... never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani said.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sworn in at public ceremony
Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, was sworn in Thursday, marking a generational shift in the city’s leadership with his promises to address affordability.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) joined a public swearing-in ceremony for Zohran Mamdani.
“We will govern expansively and audaciously ... never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani said.
“We will govern expansively and audaciously ... never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani said.
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Israel has carried out attacks in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Qatar and Yemen, as well as in maritime waters https://aje.io/b18296
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Israel has carried out attacks in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Qatar and Yemen, as well as in maritime waters https://aje.io/b18296
I’ve been flying the Morning Star flag since 1 December for a #FreeWestPapua but tonight we returned to flying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag for a liberated and free Aotearoa in 2026. Feels good to see this small expression of solidarity with Tangata Whenua alive in the elements every day.
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I’ve been flying the Morning Star flag since 1 December for a #FreeWestPapua but tonight we returned to flying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag for a liberated and free Aotearoa in 2026. Feels good to see this small expression of solidarity with Tangata Whenua alive in the elements every day.
Without alcohol, drugs, drinkers and drink-ups in my life... I listen to the songs I've listened to, pined over, my whole adult life, with such clarity. Eddie Lovette boiii... 🥰
Just One Look - Eddie Lovette
YouTube video by keeligirl1
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Without alcohol, drugs, drinkers and drink-ups in my life... I listen to the songs I've listened to, pined over, my whole adult life, with such clarity. Eddie Lovette boiii... 🥰
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Siren Remix
YouTube video by CEELA
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
In #NewZealand, white supremacy is alive and kicking, all the time.
Police get ten extremist tip-offs a week, most white supremacy-related
New Zealand Police director of national security spoke exclusively to 1News following the sentencing of a radicalised Hawke's Bay man this week.
www.1news.co.nz
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
In #NewZealand, white supremacy is alive and kicking, all the time.
Watching “Naked Attraction” for the first time and omfg
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Watching “Naked Attraction” for the first time and omfg
Thoroughly eaten out.
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Thoroughly eaten out.
A gentle sunrise in the East over the Tāmaki Strait. Kiddo and I jumped in for a first swim of the year. So quiet 🙏🏽
The summer period at the bays from Maraetai to Umupuia is such a beautiful expression of #SouthAuckland’s rich and dynamic cultural make-up.
The summer period at the bays from Maraetai to Umupuia is such a beautiful expression of #SouthAuckland’s rich and dynamic cultural make-up.
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A gentle sunrise in the East over the Tāmaki Strait. Kiddo and I jumped in for a first swim of the year. So quiet 🙏🏽
The summer period at the bays from Maraetai to Umupuia is such a beautiful expression of #SouthAuckland’s rich and dynamic cultural make-up.
The summer period at the bays from Maraetai to Umupuia is such a beautiful expression of #SouthAuckland’s rich and dynamic cultural make-up.