Erin Harrington
@ladyhorrors.bsky.social
NZ film academic, arts critic & frock enthusiast. Cultural omnivore, bad at sports. Feminist horror deep dive WOMEN, MONSTROSITY AND HORROR FILM @routledge. Ōtautahi arts writing at flatcityfieldnotes.com. She/her/Dr. My views.
My punishment in Tartarus will be reformatting an enormous works cited list of annoying non-conventional references only to have the editors change the style guide just as I'm finishing #academicsky
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My punishment in Tartarus will be reformatting an enormous works cited list of annoying non-conventional references only to have the editors change the style guide just as I'm finishing #academicsky
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My nephew is dyslexic and his high school offers an alternative learning track for students like him.
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My nephew is dyslexic and his high school offers an alternative learning track for students like him.
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
My sister called the school yesterday to confirm she'd like him enrolled in that programme and was told it might not be available next year because the new curriculum doesn't include it. 😱😱
#nzpol
Another plug for Ōtautahi 4 Palestine's big fundraising event at A Rolling Stone Dec 13 - speakers from 5, musicians from 9, an art auction, raffles, solidarity --- & lots of promo work being 'mysteriously' filtered out by anti-Palestinian algorithms. Pls share www.instagram.com/otautahi4pal...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Another plug for Ōtautahi 4 Palestine's big fundraising event at A Rolling Stone Dec 13 - speakers from 5, musicians from 9, an art auction, raffles, solidarity --- & lots of promo work being 'mysteriously' filtered out by anti-Palestinian algorithms. Pls share www.instagram.com/otautahi4pal...
Desperate for ads on Instagram to stop calling me babe
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Desperate for ads on Instagram to stop calling me babe
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Any New Zealanders out there?! safe.org.nz/take-action/...
End unlawful cruelty against mother pigs
safe.org.nz
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Any New Zealanders out there?! safe.org.nz/take-action/...
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Fantastic win for Uber drivers and Workers First Union. This has been a long time coming (way too long - in the courts since 2022), but common sense has prevailed. Let's hope Van Velden doesn't pull the rug out underneath them with new contractor legislation... www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/s....
Supreme Court dismisses Uber appeal – says drivers are employees
The Supreme Court delivered its ruling on Uber's contract practices today, leaving the door open for contract workers to claim they are employees.
www.1news.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Fantastic win for Uber drivers and Workers First Union. This has been a long time coming (way too long - in the courts since 2022), but common sense has prevailed. Let's hope Van Velden doesn't pull the rug out underneath them with new contractor legislation... www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/17/s....
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Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Our heartfelt congratulations to all of our Uber members and the four drivers - Nureddin, Julian, Bill and Mea’ole.
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
It is not easy to stand up and speak out about a multibillion dollar multinational corporation that controls almost every aspect of your livelihood. You have done it. And won!
#uber
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Colourful wildflowers have sprung up in more than 30 locations across Christchurch, thanks to the sowing of 62kg of seeds.
100 million seeds later Christchurch is in full bloom
Colourful wildflowers have sprung up in more than 30 locations across Christchurch, thanks to the sowing of 62kg of seeds.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Colourful wildflowers have sprung up in more than 30 locations across Christchurch, thanks to the sowing of 62kg of seeds.
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I spoke with Ihab today, it's winter in Gaza, his tent leaks and his children lack clothing suitable for the weather, if you can spare some money to help I know it will be very much appreciated
gofund.me/f3c9b468
gofund.me/f3c9b468
Fundraiser by C N : Save me and my family from the genocide taking place in Gaza
Hello, I am Ihab and I urgently need your help to raise funds for my … C N needs your support for Save me and my family from the genocide taking place in Gaza
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I spoke with Ihab today, it's winter in Gaza, his tent leaks and his children lack clothing suitable for the weather, if you can spare some money to help I know it will be very much appreciated
gofund.me/f3c9b468
gofund.me/f3c9b468
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Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
I talked with Sam Brooks about reviewing and he edited it down in a way that made me sound very concise. It's paywalled but that's because this is work and it's how creatives eat so if you like Sam's work in arts journalism please consider supporting.
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How I Review: Erin Harrington
In the first edition of How I Review, an interview with academic and arts critic Erin Harrington, founder of the criticism hub Flat City Field Notes.
Erin Harrington is an academic and arts critic ba...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I talked with Sam Brooks about reviewing and he edited it down in a way that made me sound very concise. It's paywalled but that's because this is work and it's how creatives eat so if you like Sam's work in arts journalism please consider supporting.
dramatic-pause.ghost.io/how-i-review...
dramatic-pause.ghost.io/how-i-review...
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That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
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As New Zealand Minister Hon. Simon Watts heads to #COP30, here's some remarkable new information from an Official Information Act response I received today. 1/-
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
As New Zealand Minister Hon. Simon Watts heads to #COP30, here's some remarkable new information from an Official Information Act response I received today. 1/-
I really want to be a YIMBY but it's hard when the ppl who've knocked down an old house across from us presumably to put in townhouses have also ripped out all the garden's mature trees including 5 v large established fruit trees, which they will no doubt 'replace' 'like for like' with lancewoods.
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I really want to be a YIMBY but it's hard when the ppl who've knocked down an old house across from us presumably to put in townhouses have also ripped out all the garden's mature trees including 5 v large established fruit trees, which they will no doubt 'replace' 'like for like' with lancewoods.
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Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead
For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The Celebrity Traitors UK final! The graceful storylining! The impeccable editing!
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Celebrity Traitors UK final! The graceful storylining! The impeccable editing!
The arms race continues
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The arms race continues
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The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Wow 'vegetarian and pescatarian' Dux Dine wasn't kidding when they said they added meat to the menu - 21 items on the lunch menu not counting pizza, only 3 are vegetarian and one of those is a trusty flat bread
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Wow 'vegetarian and pescatarian' Dux Dine wasn't kidding when they said they added meat to the menu - 21 items on the lunch menu not counting pizza, only 3 are vegetarian and one of those is a trusty flat bread
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The latest HealthNZ news update outlines the bigger picture of what is being done:
- launched nationally coordinated response
- increased contact tracing workforce
- expanded immunisation access
- measles immunisation week (3-7 November)
- Auckland locations to be added to locations page soon
- etc
- launched nationally coordinated response
- increased contact tracing workforce
- expanded immunisation access
- measles immunisation week (3-7 November)
- Auckland locations to be added to locations page soon
- etc
Measles outbreak update - Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
Today we’re confirming an additional two cases of measles. This brings the total number of measles cases in this response to 13.
www.tewhatuora.govt.nz
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The latest HealthNZ news update outlines the bigger picture of what is being done:
- launched nationally coordinated response
- increased contact tracing workforce
- expanded immunisation access
- measles immunisation week (3-7 November)
- Auckland locations to be added to locations page soon
- etc
- launched nationally coordinated response
- increased contact tracing workforce
- expanded immunisation access
- measles immunisation week (3-7 November)
- Auckland locations to be added to locations page soon
- etc
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FALL OF CIVILIZATION
life is full of small pleasures, including answering every email I get from northern hemisphere academics and phd applicants referring to the fall with WHOSE FALL
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
FALL OF CIVILIZATION
life is full of small pleasures, including answering every email I get from northern hemisphere academics and phd applicants referring to the fall with WHOSE FALL
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
life is full of small pleasures, including answering every email I get from northern hemisphere academics and phd applicants referring to the fall with WHOSE FALL
Another day, another cold call email PhD supervision request outling how influential unpublished or inaccessible work of mine has been on the applicant's studies so far
a woman in a polka dot shirt is smiling and holding her hands to her chest .
ALT: a woman in a polka dot shirt is smiling and holding her hands to her chest .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Another day, another cold call email PhD supervision request outling how influential unpublished or inaccessible work of mine has been on the applicant's studies so far
just waiting for the rabbits
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
just waiting for the rabbits