Victoria Hollings is a writer, artist and musician based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She teaches singing and guitar while also making art about online dating. Her work centres around fat experiences, intersectional feminism, online romantic spheres, and public/private personal narratives. She has shown artwork at DEMO Gallery, Monmouth Glass Studios and Nature Art + Design Gallery. She majored in Photography at UNITEC, and has recently graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Whitecliffe College.

Victoria Hollings

Victoria Hollings tells us her story of using dating apps as a fat woman. 

Dating Fat

Maja Zonjić is an award-winning feminist documentary storyteller. She was recently awarded a PhD in Film with Human Geography from VUW in Aotearoa, where she currently lives and teaches. Her work reframes tropicalised tourism narratives by challenging colonial continuities and the violent erasure of particular peoples, spaces, and species in Utila, Honduras.

Maja Zonjić is an award-winning feminist documentary storyteller.

Maja Zonjić

By staying home during lockdown, we care for the collective. How do we care for ourselves?

On Houseplants and Care

Alie Benge is a Wellington-based essayist. Her essays have been published in 

, and others. She holds an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and in 2017 was joint winner of the 

Alie Benge

A personal essay on not wanting children and making peace with that choice.

Mother Of

Kate Bodger has a BA in English & Classical Studies from University of Auckland and is currently studying for her honours in Classics. She has a libra sun and a scorpio moon rising. Kate loves all kinds of writing, aside from third person bios because she is unsure how to summarise herself. She asked her three siblings what she should put and they said: -“aspiring author and artist”. -“your mum... well it’s both of our mum.” & -“I don’t know.”

Kate Bodger

Chronic pain has no beginning or end. It just is. Kate Bodger writes about pain and her relationship with her body. 

Poetics of Pain

Sherry Zhang 章雪莉 is our Kaiwāwahi – Editor. Her whakapapa links to Fujian, China. She works across journalism, poetry and theatre. More of her writing can be found on The Spinoff, Starling, Ensemble, Metro and some other nooks she finds herself freelancing/dabbling in. Recently, she co-wrote Yang/Young/杨 (with Nuanzhi Zheng) for ATC's Here & Now Festival 2021. Prior to this, she was the Communications Manager for The Pantograph Punch. She's also been a financial journalism intern, retail girlie, free dishwasher at her parent's coffee shop and NCEA geography tutor. Virgo rising, Gemini moon, Virgo sun - she'll do almost anything for good yarn.

Sherry Zhang 章雪莉 works across journalism, poetry and theatre. She is our  Kaiwāwahi – Editor at Pantograph Punch! Get in touch with your arts/news stories at submissions@pantograph-punch.com.

Sherry Zhang 章雪莉

A personal essay on inherited knowledge and making use of what you find.

Fruit Foragers

Tan Tuck Ming is an essayist, poet, and an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa. Born in Singapore and raised in Wellington, New Zealand, his current work is interested in the shifting structure of the family, especially in the context of welfare and immigration.

Tan Tuck Ming is an essayist, poet, and an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa. 

Tan Tuck Ming

Tan Tuck Ming delves into the intertwined history of Chinese New Zealanders and our most beloved green fruit.

Mourning Pattern of the Chinese Gooseberry

Kamla is currently in the final year of her undergraduate degree at Victoria University of Wellington. Born in India and raised in New Zealand, she is interested in unpacking the impacts of Westernisation on people of colour, and in youth and adolescent mental health issues. She aspires to continue writing and crafting her thoughts through words. She’s usually either studying, exercising or meditating (I know what?!)

Kamla Waila

In this poetic essay, Kamla Waila gives up trying to be white and embraces her Indian culture.

Where the Oceans Meet

Karin McCracken is an artist working in theatre and film. She is the co-writer of 

, a show for 16–18 year olds about consent (Theatre for Social Change Award, Outstanding Performance Award: Wellington Theatre Awards 2019, Excellence for Overall Production: Auckland Theatre Awards 2019), 

 (STAB Commission 2017, AAF/Silo Theatre 2018, Production of the Year: Wellington Theatre Awards 2017), and 

 an interactive work that puts social issues on trial (Barbarian Productions/Binge Culture, Most Original Production: Wellington Theatre Awards 2016). Outside of performing in her own work, Karin has worked as an actor across the country - her recent performances include roles in 

 (Circa Theatre 2019, dir. Shane Bosher), 

 (Auckland Theatre Company, 2018), and presentations of 

 throughout New Zealand, Edinburgh Fringe, and Australia. Her first short film, 

, is set for release later in October 2020. Karin previously practised as a lawyer, and is a specialist sexual violence prevention educator.

Karin McCracken is an artist working in theatre and film.

Karin McCracken

The loss of physical contact over lockdown changed Karin McCracken’s perspective on intimacy.

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