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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know they say not to judge a book by its cover but how was i supposed to walk past this book and not buy it.

Cover image of Rebecca Hawkes' Meat Lovers. It's full of creepy imagery including two blue skin woman embracing on top of a white bull under a full moon. Also their faces are melting together.

Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Survived teaching Film 101 and having a lot of mixed feelings about it. Happy to be no longer doing 60-hour work weeks but not so enthused about the bleak af academic job market. Will miss the students but not the endless admin. Mouse sums up the vibe pretty well.

Grey and white tuxedo cat sitting on cream coloured cat tower looking folorn

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Mouse locking in for another shift as writing supervisor/leg warmer.

A Grey and white tuxedo cat sitting on blanket covered legs with a laptop in front of her

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Tfw the neighbours are doing outdoor activities during YOUR walking time.

Grey and white tuxedo cat wearing a blue harness on a concrete patio. She's looking very alert.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Someone's happy I'm back from Melbourne.

Grey and white tuxedo cat rolling on her back

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

It's important to teach students the cinema classics

A screenshot of a powerpoint slide titled: Rack Focus. The main feature of the slide is a clip from Jurassic Park (when the velociraptor appears through the foliage to chomp the ranger)

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Scorching Bay looking pretty (pretty full of bacteria, hoping no one was planning any swimming in Wellington today).

Picture of Scorching Bay with pohutakawa in the background.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Survived round two of food and presents! Made my first (and last) Beef Wellington. Alex did the the pav. Following it up with Alice Maio Mackay's Carnage for Christmas.

Pavlovs decorated with strawberries and blueberriee

Grey and white tuxedo with a big mouse toy

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Ty! His name is Old Man Banksy and he loves to be Festive (which is weird since he's possessed by the spirit of our least festive cat).

Head and shoulders photo of a festive skeleton wearing a Santa hat and covered in Christmas decorations

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Baked Camembert was definitely the food highlight so far.

Baked Camembert sitting in ti foil basket

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Meri kirihimete! Survived the first round of food and presents

Skeleton wearing a Santa hat sits beside a TV covered in Christmas decorations and Christmas presents

Grey and white tuxedo cat wearing agree bow-tie covered in reindeer and snowmen

Christmas spread including baked ham, baked Camembert, and whipped feta dip

Grey and white tuxedo cat playing with a brown leather mouse while sitting in a tunnel

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Bird watching with Mouse (please don't judge the parsley, it's seen some things).

Grey and white tuxedo cat wearing a blue harness. She's sitting on a concrete porch. An overgrown parlsey is behind her

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I'm still here! But on holiday mode now. 3 outta 3 conferences across November complete. I definitely feel like I've earned some downtime with these fellas

Photo of kangaroo taken at Lone Pine sanctuary

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I didn't get a picture of the campus kangaroos, but I can provide a fairly accurate artistic rendition of them (based on my photo of non-tertiary-educated roos taken the day before the conference):

A photo of four kangaroos wearing badly photoshopped graduation caps

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It's supposed to be a high of 31 degrees so here's hoping the conference vibe is pro-shorts. I mean, surely we can't be expected to present at the Sunshine Coast in Actual Pants. Most people living here don't seem to own shirts.

Picture of Alexandra Headland Beach. Golden sand in the foreground with land/ buildings curving forward in the distance

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Third (and final) conference presentation for November this afternoon. I'll be talking briefly about the incredible (and interactive!!) FAFSWAG Vogue documentary. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, it's free to access here: fafswagvogue.com

Screenshot of the opening page of the interactive FAFSWAG Vogue documentary.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

It took two bus trips and a 60 minute walk in 27 degree heat but I made it to BIRD WORLD

A selfie shot from the nose up showing a blue macaw sitting on the person's head. They have short brown hair

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Mouse's greatest fears are: 1. Weather 2. Vacuum (tiny indoor weather) 3. Rain pants (weather adjacent)

Grey and white tuxedo cat loafing on a cat tower. Garden is visible through the window.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Don't let the sweet face fool you. She's only ever a few seconds away from full gremlin mode.

Grey tuxedo cat looking suspiciously innocent in front of some net curtains

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It's official. I'm gonna be seeing wombats in November.

Screenshot of acceptance letter for AANZCA 2025.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This is the problem for me. Imprisonment should not mean losing voter rights.

disqualifying all prisoners convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment from enrolling and voting while in prison.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Book launch highlights: my high school English teacher showing up (!), my colleagues' daughters' handmade card, my friend making me a beaded rat in the trans flag colours, Alex's sparkly dress, and my punk friends charming my v. wholesome Aunt/Uncle. It was so overwhelming and so beautiful.

A homemade card with cat and book stickers and the words "congratulations Paige"

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Another successful university Walk a Dog Day.

Golden brown cavoodle with red harness labelled Ruby standing on grass in the sunshine

Golden Labrador Retriever cross sitting on green carpet waiting for pats

Lowchen Cavalier cross sleeping on a lap with her head resting on a desk

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The book is live! And a few hardback copies have made it safely to Aotearoa from Edinburgh. Grateful for all the people that helped me get to this moment. 🩵

Three copies of the book Debating Authenticity fanned out on the ground.

A copy of Debating Authenticity held in front of a grey and white tuxedo cat looking very unimpressed by this incredible literary work

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Sometimes Mouse protests late bedtimes by climbing onto my shoulders, but tonight she started this nonsense at 8:30pm.

Selfie of a person with short brown hair wearing headphones. A grey and white cat is perched on their shoulders.

A grey and white cat stares angrily down from her perch (only visible as a dark lump but I promise you it's my so shoulders)

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

All proceeds will directly benefit Mouse the Cat because she refuses to engage with capitalism by getting a job

Grey and white tuxedo cat sitting on beige plinth. She's looking very regal and poised (a lie, she is really a goblin monster)

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Self-promotion is not one of my strengths, so please bear with me during this trying time. But I wrote a book! And people can pre-order the book! With a launch discount (NEW30)! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-debatin...

Book cover for Debating Authenticity: Authorship, Aesthetics and Embodiment in Trans Media by Paige Macintosh. The image is of a dark blue piece of clothing falling in front of a dark cavern.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Mouse was doing an excellent impression of the thousand yard stare on her walk today (triggered by the distant yaps of the neighbour's bichon frise, Gucci).

Grey tuxedo cat wearing blue harness stands on concrete deck staring into the middle distance with a haunted look on her face

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Guess who made a star appearance in today's zoom workshop

Grey and white tuxedo cat sitting on grey bed

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Final haul of the festival. I'm leaving Featherston with more books than clothes in my backpack

Four book covers: Victor Rodger's Black Faggot, Joanna Russ's Extra(ordinary) People, Sons for the Return Home by Albert Wendt, and Out of the Vaipe, the Deadwater by Albert Wendt.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Made it through the morning events with only one purchase. Showing great restraint. #pukapuka

Book cover: Bird Child & Other Stories by Patricia Grace

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Day one of Featherston Booktown and I'm already two purchases deep.

Two books on wooden counter: when I open the shop by romesh dissanayake and Black Sugarcane by Nafanua Purcell Kersel

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Today I helped run Staff Walk a Dog Day! Incredibly delightful seeing these babies brighten everyone's day.

A golden lab/retriever cross with a red harness waiting expectantly for pats

A poodle/schnauzer cross wearing a red bandana staring at snacks off camera

A black poodle in a dark green/grey bandana performing "sit"

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Perfect Saturday night: loaded wedges and Te Matatini

Dish of wedges loaded with cheese, bacon, spring onion, sauce, and sour cream. CW food

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

March 1st and we're still in flop season. Someone turn the temperature down before Mouse melts into the floor.

Grey and white tuxedo cat lying on ground

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It's important to constantly remind my dad and his homophobic wife that his children are mostly gay, even as we celebrate the one straight one getting married.

Picture of a person wearing a grey shirt, black tie, and black waistcoat. In the waistcoat is a dinosaur pin with the intersections pride flag

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Top four (new to me) reads of 2024 (didn't mean to go so hard for Aotearoa lit, but I'm not sorry about it either) #pukapuka

Book cover: Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka

Book cover: The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

Book cover: When I Reach For Your Pulse by Rushi Vyas

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

My top four (new to me) films of 2024. Deeply unsurprising revelation: I'm a sucker for queers and horror

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Christmas present highlight: Safe and Sound, A Renter-friendly Guide to a Home Repair by the trans handy ma'am Mercury Stardust

Picture of book called "Safe and Sound: a renter-friendly guide to home repair." On the cover is a woman with teal blue hair wielding a pink and purple power drill

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Who needs a Christmas tree when you can have a Christmas skeleton.

A festive skeleton wearing a Santa hat and various Christmas ornaments with a pile of presents in his lap

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Mouse found the packaging from her Christmas present, which is genuinely impressive since her sense of smell is pretty limited. Shout out to @kats-garden.nz for making catnip powerful enough for her bung nose.

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I have made the perfect Christmas card cover

A grey tuxedo cat wearing a badly photo shopped Santa hat and green bow tie

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My brother just came back from Japan and has gifted me what I can only describe as a Chappell-Roan-at-the-VMAs cat.

White cat figurine wearing a silver headpiece and boots

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