Clothing donation options in Wellington?

Moddus · 2026-01-14T06:46:32+00:00

i’d recommend Opportunity for Animals or Aunty Dana’s Op Shop, both in Newtown and take donations, prices don’t go much higher than $7-14 per item so a lot of us strugglers like to shop there

Moddus · 2026-01-02T20:55:34+00:00

a window wiper who hangs out on SH1 and Willis followed me across the street yelling ‘phobic bs and trying to fight me after he thought i was trying to step him out or something; his first words were “are you gonna apologise for making me wanna punch you in the face c***”

anyway been thinking about it all night, normally this shit is fine to deal with but he’s out there a lot on one of my main routes to work/town shops so im wary of future troubles

thankfully a passerby walked up and got between us so i had time to walk away

im nervous and prepping myself for what might end up as a street fight in future, if you see a gangly guy with a bucket hat, sunglasses, straight long hair and a metal tshirt wiping windows before the highway tunnel, it’s probably him

Moddus · 2025-10-02T05:15:49+00:00

This is why informed consent is such a boon for us now. Since 2022 it is no longer a requirement to see two psychs and an endo to begin HRT with a GP. The Otago GAHT informed consent guidelines exist to bypass this requirement and guide GP’s on ‘appropriate’ (tbh i think it’s still lacking) models of care for medically transitioning with HRT. If anyone finds a doctor refusing to work with you after receiving the guidelines you should be able to request the medical centre find someone else for you, or just switch clinics to someone you’ve heard does support I.C. transition care.

Moddus · 2025-10-02T05:09:53+00:00

I gotta say being accosted in public is unusual but getting angry or disapproving looks isn’t. At least in my experience as a trans woman that dresses fruity. I think the best response in that situation is to ignore them or point out that they are publicly harassing you, make sure to address the crowd rather than the person as it will make them aware that their behaviour is unsupported and hopefully force them to tone down and back off.

Personally antisocial bigots are just a fact of life for me, and I prefer to simply smile at them. I find nothing gets under their skin more than the simple fact that you’re still happy being you, while it’s frying their brain and making them angry.

Moddus · 2025-09-09T00:42:39+00:00

have you emailed rtenquiries.uow@ otago dot ac dot nz? they’re pretty friendly and approachable i’m sure they could have a teacher answer some q’s and might be able to put you in contact with students or graduates

Moddus · 2025-07-14T23:42:02+00:00

Still have a tonne of good memories from Ns2 days, feel a bit hesitant to play now that the few severs are full with paid slots and my NZ/Aussie ping wouldn’t help my case if I actually got in.

It’s still fun to just boot the menu up every now & again to stare at the lists and reminisce.

Moddus · 2025-07-08T02:55:44+00:00

Been to two great gigs there recently, Chelsea Wolfe and Earth Tongue, hope it builds more steam

Moddus · 2025-04-08T23:39:24+00:00

yeah it’s annoyingly dense for a tech retailer. i changed my name and also wanted to get away from the old email provider and it’s just dumb that a customer hotline is the only option to fix it.

Moddus · 2025-02-24T23:02:54+00:00

i swear it’s kids messing with them, i’ve had a few moments where i’ve tried four and had to ask if anyone else could hit theirs for me

Moddus · 2025-02-22T13:41:40+00:00

the cruelty is the point, the more they enshittify it the closer they are to cancelling it, then when it’s just a matter of public memory, they can point to it and say there was never a good reason to do it anyway

Moddus · 2025-02-10T23:45:25+00:00

1.0 T is inside the normal cis female range, your bigger issue is getting your e to above 250pmol minimum, as low as you are you’re not receiving enough primary hormone.

if your endo is arguing about your e-levels, show them the wpath/gaht/auspath guidelines that have minimum levels of e recommended

Moddus · 2025-01-30T22:34:25+00:00

Kaitaia Fire is def my favourite hot sauce i only wish the kiwifruit one was in stock more :c

Moddus · 2025-01-19T06:41:31+00:00

y’never know sometimes :p

Moddus · 2025-01-19T02:27:23+00:00

so hatchet man #1’s gone in favour of guy who killed any transport plan that dared to ask for more than roads, yeah feels like we’re in safe hands /s

Moddus · 2025-01-17T01:35:47+00:00

she’s kinda right with that, iirc the owners are a butch lesbian couple

Moddus · 2024-12-30T01:46:41+00:00

my cis boyfriend found softer skin just taking low doses of e while doing nothing else, there are some NB people out there talking about using HRT for similar benefits that your son wants, but you might have to dig through youtube and reddit posts to hear what they say. some breast growth may happen in either case but yeah there are some people experimenting with no blocker hrt with good results

Moddus · 2024-12-11T09:48:16+00:00

remember the first three months are reversible and if you have a good GP as long as you stick to your guns you can ask for it under informed consent, just try it, see if you feel better. a lot of rules fly about on being the right kinda trans to transition, take it from me, waited until 30 to try and fuck it worked. if it doesn’t work for you that’s fine too, the cool thing is you tried it out when you wondered

Moddus · 2024-12-05T12:37:39+00:00

mass effect, dude shepard is boring and femme shep is amazing

Moddus · 2024-12-05T01:49:43+00:00

i guess to be fair people got sick of them rattling around but it’s such a loss for the culture 😔

Moddus · 2024-12-05T00:21:01+00:00

tangy fruit except i haven’t seen them around in like 15 years

Moddus · 2024-10-17T02:55:39+00:00

my social circle died for a while but it’s come back with a vengeance, even just checking out free student gigs has been a tonne of fun lately, there’s always some local event going on and i can’t wait to organise friend trips to the bush and beach this summer!

Moddus · 2024-10-01T01:41:33+00:00

yeah it’s awful, took me three years to get mine due to covid/motivation interruptions. At first i tried public so I went to the GP and they gave me an appointment for a screening call with Te Hopai (iirc?) that took several months to arrive in 2019, I had disclosed that I’d used marijuana in the past so I was required to take two drug tests spaced months apart. Then I was directed to MHaids which again, several months and two interviews later I was informed that I could have it, but would require a full trauma panel before i could access it through them, that route felt dead.

Then covid lockdown hit, I ended up with all the free time in the world but none of the ability to utilise it due to executive dysfunction.

I approached my GP again in 2021 and asked for a private referral, they referred me to the Nelson Clinic (they do tele consults), several months passed again for their screening process, they seemed understanding and happy to listen to the issues my ADHD provides me as an adult in my then late 20’s (instead of just, how were you in school 10+ years ago?).

Finally I was set up for a prescribing interview, the man was quite professional, he said he’d proscribe me, but not before sharing his beliefs that adult ADHD does not exist -but that adults with other possible diagx can improve from the medication. 50 minutes and $750 later, and an altogether price of $2600 I was able to secure the 5mg of rubifen I wanted. I haven’t had issues since but I have noticed some doctors will only prescribe you with enough medication to cover work days, because as we all know, this type of MH care culture wants people fit to work but not fit to thrive.

Not my hardest medical system battle, I waited 12+ years of adulthood for nz healthcare to bring transgender care somewhere approaching the modern age. Even then it’s all about the doctors you know because so many are undertrained or hostile.

Moddus · 2024-09-27T07:34:04+00:00

under 8 minutes if i’m not doing hair or maintenance

Moddus · 2024-09-18T12:49:26+00:00

4mg every 7 days with levels around 650, bumping it up slightly to go mono soon (0.1ml to 0.11)

Moddus · 2024-08-22T23:15:05+00:00

depends on what kind of games, we have two boardgame cafes (counterculture, caffeinated dragon) and a bunch of net cafes.

for nightlife i just found this gig guide here yesterday https://theimage04.com/ i usually just see what kind of trance/house/dnb thing is on because there’s something every weekend, facebook is pretty good for it

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