just cause
ok, first, URGH. I've just been doing my daily perusal of Stuff and the first article that leaps to my attention is that some unknown bastard has gone and murdered a whole bunch of seals near Kaikoura....
View ArticleAssange and rape culture
Wow - there is a helluva lot of stuff going on in cyberspace about Julian Assange. He's such a hot topic that even stuff.co.nz is posting useless articles about how his hairstyle has changed over the...
View Articlepardon me?
Did someone suggest they pardon convicted rapist Moshe Katsav?Oh, wait, no, he's some bigwig in Israel. A politician. His humiliation is enough.NOT. What rubbish.
View ArticleWomen and Science
So I was watching the TV today (as you do) and a name was given to me. Rosalind Franklin.Today I learnt that Rosalind Franklin was a British biophysicist, specialising in X-ray crystallography.Of...
View Articleone of the boys
This article has caused an uproar in our house.It started with Dad - he said he'd heard the interview and was incredulous that Tony Veitch (remember him? He beat the hell out of his partner) could ask...
View Articlefrom the horse's mouth
"From Stripper to Acting CEOI clicked on this article in the hopes that it would be a woman making it to the top. But no.It's a bloke, having done a one-night stint in a local production. "Very...
View Articlethings I found today
Thank you, feminist blogosphere. Thank you, Wellington Young Feminists' Collective.Thank you, Peggy Orenstein.The Destructive Culture of Pretty Pink Princesses"What really floored me, both as a...
View ArticleLifestyle choices
Oh Christ.Just getting away from a blog post with open comments on Stuff about food parcels and John Key's moronic comment about beneficiaries' lifestyle choices.The amount of misogyny in the comments...
View ArticleProtest?
Goddamn it!Goddamn John Key and his rotten National Party Cabinet Ministers are so keen on screwing over women, Maori and their children in this country it makes me fucking angry as hell!Welfare "shake...
View Articlenot so quietly pissed off
I've had my thoughts adjusted by transsexuals. Firstly, by a friend who I hang out with every day at uni, and secondly by a woman who I only know as V.Yeah, ok, of the two I really only know and like...
View Articlebelated blogswarm
So apparently there was a blogswarm on the 7th, which I missed. Regarding "abortion is a health issue not a crime"Which, oddly enough, is exactly the wording I used to a friend of mine (a male) when he...
View Articlerape is just not permissible. ever.
Wallace Chapman, you are a fuckwit for even daring to ask someone if women in short skirts could be "asking for it" (rape)Paul Quinn, you are also a fuckwit, for answering that it's down to drunkenness...
View Articlewho dares wins?
But no, really, how DARE they??I refer to the front page of Friday's Dom Post World Section, and the appalling investigation by Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers into the life of the woman taking him to...
View Articlerespect and love
What do you do when the people you love do and say things that you can't respect?I've had a falling out with my godmother, because I called her on her racism and close-mindedness and she got in the...
View Articlemurder and victim blaming
Reading this article. Having a think as I go.The name of the woman who was murdered was Marice McGregor. The man who is accused of killing her is named Dean Richard Mulligan."Murder victim met men for...
View ArticleNZ Media asking for it.
Well, asking for a blog post. It occurs to me that Tracey Barnett is a complete twit. Why?Her latest column at the Herald is titled "SlutWalk confuses rape message". Ok, so first of all, it should be...
View Articlewhat is this i don't even
DSK sexual assault case to be dropped because Manhattan cops say Diallo lied to them.Two men accused of luring a teenaged girl to an empty house to sexually assault and film her cleared of all...
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violence against women in high fantasy art
The so called "Triumph of Ferocity". This image has sparked off a debate among players of Magic: The Gathering, some of whom include my friends and acquaintances. It shows a provocatively dressed woman...
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WTF?Last night at work I was harassed for my sexual orientation by the Duty Manager at work.This same man has been eager to know all of the news, developments and everything that isn't his business...
View ArticleGender and age
I'm experiencing a "what the hell are you saying?" moment, as a friend of mine says that Bonnie Tyler is too old for the rock chick look.Well, I have a bit of umbrage with that. Mostly it's that it's...
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