Anorexia is a cruel condition. I truly hope the inquest brings meaningful change.

Anorexic teen’s lonely and slow slide towards death - what social agencies knew and the online friends who tried to save him
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/anorexic-...

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Spoke about Alex on the radio here www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/medi...

1/200 S2E145 - Comms as You Are

Political communication, media and the divide in reality between the left and right of politics. Mamdani, David Seymour, & RNZ's reporting on the death of a young transman.

w/ @bootstheory.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @kyledchurch.bsky.social

RNZ's stock response to people who complained about the Alex story includes the claim, "The story, however, is not fundamentally about gender issues, but about the treatment and care provided to a seriously ill person."

Did we read the same fucking article, RNZ

One last thread about RNZ, Ruth Hill and RGE. A series of questions, really.

1. Was Ms Hill aware of exactly who Fern Hickson was, and which anti trans lobby group she represents, when contacted about Alex's story?

One more round on the Resist Gender Education hosted media release from Alex's parents. It decries "activists" for using Alex's words. Their story; promoted and celebrated by Resist Gender Education who now host the media release. Activists are to blame, but this family can't recognise which ones.

I've written about what a year we've had for our communities, the challenges we're facing, the things we've had to hold, and how, as well as responding to burnout, we need to be responding to heartbreak: jenniferkshields.nz/newsletter/d...