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Mapping the religious right

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

UK-based blog Liberal Conspiracy has a great post up about why the Conservative Party (no no, not our hilarious bunch) is facing such a fight on marriage equality* despite the majority of the population supporting it. The bit that fascinates … Continue reading →

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Parenting and politics just don’t mix!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

This week, we’ve seen some really clear examples of how parenting and politics don’t mix. Nanaia Mahuta, MP for Hauraki-Waikato, had to take her five-month-old baby into the debating chamber late on a Friday night because 8 of her Labour … Continue reading →

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Pro-choice = craaaaaaaaaaazy: film edition

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

[Content note: ableism, use of "crazy"] So I saw Fatal Attraction was getting a re-run on Sky Movies this month.  It’s one of those often-cited trope-forming classics I’d never seen, and I have no upper limit on how much villainous-Glenn-Close I … Continue reading →

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Random recommended reading

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

The hotel operators who refused service to a lesbian couple have decided to double down on their bigotry by making out like they’re latter-day martyrs for the cause of Traditional Family Values.  Louisa Wall brings the two-by-four of legal reality. … Continue reading →

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And yet, still no sign of the Herald’s DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK banner …

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

You might think the legal/policy arrangements around reimbursing carers of adults with disabilities would be a bit of a minority issue which the vast majority of New Zealanders don’t have to worry about, due to their able-bodied privilege. But you’d … Continue reading →

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When the right is failing even in terms of their own rhetoric

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

I really, really hate the phrase “NZ Inc” and would not be said to see all those who use it uncritically fired into the heart of the sun. We’re not a corporation.  We’re a fucking sovereign nation. (Damn, that should … Continue reading →

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Unwarranted Budget-related cattiness incoming

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Well, at least Diane Vivian got well rewarded for letting Paula Bennett use her as a puppet to shit on beneficiary parents.

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Budget Day

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Bugger this.  I’m off getting pissed.  Have a macro specifically targeted at the political/trashy History Channel crowd.  

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[Ill-fitting] bras are tools of the patriarchy

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

This is a great post on some of the basic reasons that bra fitting is a feminist issue.  It predominantly affects women, but not all women have breasts and not all people with breasts are women – and those people … Continue reading →

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An open letter to shock jocks: Please stop apologising

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

This one goes out to all the people whose employment is entirely based on the fact that they say gratuitously offensive crap into a microphone on a daily basis. Stop apologising for doing your job. This isn’t an expression of … Continue reading →

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