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No more Ms Nice Blogger: the War on Gay Teens

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

A Rolling Stone article from February has been doing the rounds – and should carry many big, clear trigger warnings for suicide, self-harm, homophobia, and hate speech (reported).  This post on its contents likewise. It’s entitled “One Town’s War on … Continue reading →

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Patrick Gower: pathetic shill or just oblivious to everything?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

Stunning news tonight, my fellow Kiwis:  there are heaps of jobs being advertised!  Truly, the recession is over.  Thank God for the solid investigative journalism which has led to this miraculous revelation! Oh, wait, no.  Some poor fucking intern in … Continue reading →

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Abortion reform: It’s about goddamn time

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

First brought to my attention by No Right Turn and also covered at The Hand Mirror (both excellent posts, so go read them!) Steve Chadwick, Labour list MP and midwife, is proposing changes to our current abortion law. ALRANZ has … Continue reading →

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[Insert "ironic" use of offensive term to illustrate edgy-ness]

Posted on December 7, 2009 by

A tad behind the times on this, but there’s been so much idiocy going about these days one has had trouble keeping up – not to mention that The Christmas is fast approaching. First things first:  Long story short, Paul … Continue reading →

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Who needs identity politics?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

Alas, dear friends, it is late in the night and I’m buggered if I can recall what trail of sorry links lead me to the posts upon which I am to unleash my wrath. It’s yet another spin-off of the … Continue reading →

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An “unbalanced response”

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

You know it’s a bad fucking day when I have to agree, in part, with fucking WhaleOil. Point the Zero: I’m actually not going to rehash his situation here, because then I’d feel hypocritical for slagging off Eddie at The … Continue reading →

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Fat hate ain’t just American

Posted on August 30, 2009 by

Via Fatshionista, a highly-recommended article on America’s Fat Hatred.  Here’s the bit, also quoted at Fatshionista, which leaped out at me: In a study published in the 2005 issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law,Abigail Saguy and … Continue reading →

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… and I am the Cheshire Cat

Posted on July 26, 2009 by

To quote Anita at Kiwipolitico, If Bronagh Key is a solo mum then I’m an Iraqi refugee. But no, apparently having a mansion so big the Diplomatic Protection Squad have difficulty covering it is totes balanced out by the long … Continue reading →

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I’m an equal-opportunity victim-blamer-hater

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

First things first, though, the XIIIth Down Under Feminists’ Carnival is up at SAHM Feminist. Awesome work, Azlemed! Now, I must admit, I was probably asking for it when I agreed with Cactus Kate on something.  But I could hardly … Continue reading →

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Karen Kissane can has transphobia, no can has journalistic integrity

Posted on May 4, 2009 by

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere, as I just have time to post before din-dins. Let’s start with a headline, courtesy of The Age via stuff.co.nz, which basically screams “let’s get some gratuitous offensiveness on”: Court allows girl, … Continue reading →

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