Sideswiped

1 week ago | sideswipedthesequel.substack.com | Ana Samways

Cost Of Living Crisis Dinner: Treat the whanau to empty calories, delicious emulsifiers and nitrites. Liar, liar coalition on fire: @MusicalChairs14 explains why this ACT ad is bullshit… “The average weighted interest rate on NZ mortgages in October 2023 was 5.61%. It is now around 6.1%. Kiwis with mortgages are currently paying over $436m per week in interest. It was $381m in October 2023.”I don’t know about your hood, but For Sale signs are popping up all around ours.

1 week ago | sideswipedthesequel.substack.com | Ana Samways

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3 weeks ago | sideswipedthesequel.substack.com | Ana Samways

Laconic and understated, this short spot is the West Coast’s "Find Your Cool" Campaign — part of the much maligned "Everyone Must Go" initiative, aiming to attract Australian visitors to the West Coast of New Zealand. Cue massive eyeroll. The filter, which was made available via CapCut allowed users to toggle between their current appearance and a digitally inflated version of themselves, with many pairing the effect with the song Anxiety by Doechii.

3 weeks ago | sideswipedthesequel.substack.com | Ana Samways

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1 month ago | sideswipedthesequel.substack.com | Ana Samways

No lived experience of poverty? No worries. Thrice married, 77 year-old former ACT leader Richard Prebble reckons our kids don’t need free food because more of them are fat than hungry. “…one in 10 children” is obese,” he offers, adding…”Only the loony left could think free food is the answer to obesity.”This is quickly followed up with the some-of-my-best-friends-are-poor qualifier. "I live in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in New Zealand.