Ruby Solly is a Kai Tahu writer, musician, music therapist and academic living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She has been published in journals such as Sport, Landfall, Oscen and Starling amongst others. Earlier this year she wrote and released her first short film, 'Super Special' through 'Someday Stories' which aimed to share traditional narratives around menstruation and the awa atua through narrative, as well as confronting the issue of period poverty in Aotearoa.