Lisa Vonk

Massey University · School of English and Media Studies

Home Support Workers (HSWs) care for older people as well as people with disabilities and long-term conditions by providing personal support with activities of daily living in their homes. They deliver a range of services that enable people to take part in their community, to have quality of life, recover from and cope with challenging situations....

It is well-established that “mothering” and the figure of the “good mother” are tools in the oppression of women, particularly women of color. In this article, I use social media personality Constance Hall as a case study to explicate how the online “mummy celebrity” text perpetuates such oppression, despite attempts at cultivating a socially aware...

As popular awareness of global environmental crises rises, so too does the notion of a circular ‘zero-waste’ economy. In this context, and with electronic waste a rapidly growing waste stream, the electronics industry is the subject of increasing pressure to address its environmental impact. Growing piles of digital junk cast a shadow on economies...