I’m MJ and I’m a Kiwi. You’re also welcome to call me Mel. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This entire blog is my “about me” so if you’ve read any of my posts, you probably already have a fair idea. If I was to summarise, I’d say something like:
I’m an elder Millenial, making me born in the ’80s but a ’90s kid by heart. I was assigned female at birth, and after a lot of wrangling with gender identity throughout my life (I’ve never been “girly” and when I look in the mirror, I see a person rather than a “woman”), I’ve come to use she/her pronouns for convenience and identify as a woman for feminist reasons. I’m a Pākehā, which is to say New Zealand European, white, and of mainly British descent. I’m bisexual, or queer, and happily monogamously married to my best friend of 20+ years. We live a childfree life in Auckland with our kitty furbaby. My hobbies include genealogy, herbalism, reading, writing, tarot, spending time with my whānau, volunteering, and educating (particularly about mental wellbeing issues, but also about sex). I read over 200 books a year, of all genres & themes. I’m a Unitarian Universalist, and supporter of the Green Party. I’m also a late-diagnosed Autistic.
I value connection, community, compassion & logic.