Eco-anxiety is a normal response to disaster. Denial isn’t the solutionThe Spinoff Daily, Monday February 7
Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff, Hayden Donnell reports on leaked emails that call Wayne Brown’s flood narrative into question, Olivia Sisson performs a cost comparison that might change the way you buy your veges and Dana Leaming says she approached writing Sky’s new comedy series Not Even the same way she approached writing her Tinder profile. But first, how do you think about the climate crisis without spiralling into despair?
Shanti Mathias writes: “In the midst of a flood there’s not much time to think about the future. But when the water recedes, the reality of a world transformed by human-caused climate crisis has an enduring psychological impact. The terms ‘eco-distress’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ are increasingly used to describe the influence of climate change on mental wellbeing. Jackie Feather, a clinical psychologist who specialises in eco-distress, says a number of emotions can come up when contemplating the reality of climate change, especially after direct experience of a natural disaster. These responses shouldn’t be discounted or ignored.”
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Leaked emails call Wayne Brown’s flood narrative into question David Seymour’s plague on both your Chrisses Are organic vegetable boxes better value than the supermarket?
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‘I approached writing a TV series the same way I approached writing my Tinder profile’ Dana Leaming’s debut comedy series Not Even is about Māori and Pasifika 20-somethings floating around Wellington failing spectacularly at being adults. And yes, it's written from experience.
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The Sunday Essay: You can’t hide your prying eyes When you stare at a trans woman and drop your eyes to the middle of her body? You're not being quite as covert as you think.
I had 11 years of pain and patronising advice before my endometriosis was diagnosed ‘Mascara’ and the perils of algospeak The weatherman caught in the eye of the storm
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