Tag Archives: how stupid ARE you?

Abortion and mental health research not as clear-cut as reported; no surprises there

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

In a previous post I questioned recent research which was widely reported as “proving” that there’s no positive mental health benefit associated with abortion – thus basically “disproving” the idea that abortions are being legitimately permitted on mental health grounds … Continue reading →

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Nonsensical Sentencing Trust plays the Obi-Wan card

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

So, the Nonsensical Sentencing Trust wants to set up an anonymous website criticising the decisions of NZ judges, because any guilty verdict handed down to a poor brown person which doesn’t result in hanging is obviously too lenient. Naturally, this … Continue reading →

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John Tamihere: for a Greens/Mana government in 2017

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

So John Tamihere has been allowed to re-enter the Labour Party, and got off to a cracking start with a truly original, ground-breaking jab at Paula Bennett’s weight. Marvellous. I know the expected reaction from a horrid deconstructionist feminist like … Continue reading →

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Racism, it’s what’s for dinner

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

An Air NZ employee has been dismissed after trying to bully her way on to another airline’s property while cracking truly hilarious jokes about dumb brown people’s inability to speak English. And apparently she doesn’t really understand why that was … Continue reading →

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Next stop on the slippery slope: bestiality

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Family First are trying to imply that adding polygamy and polyamory (not actually the same, Bob, trying Googling them with SafeSearch turned off) to the marriage equality debate is just some natural, logical progression of the issue – and not … Continue reading →

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Contraception for beneficiaries part 2: get a clue

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I’m a bit pissed off about this whole free-contraception-for-beneficiaries thing.  And it’s not because of the policy. It’s because of the number of people who should know better saying “Oh well, it doesn’t sound that bad.” The number of people … Continue reading →

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New record set in ironic racism

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

This article was referred to me by my partner, who enjoys watching me pace around our house occasionally crying out “I MEAN, SERIOUSLY?” Furious Devonport residents are threatening to occupy a naval base in a move usually used by Maori … Continue reading →

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Women react predictably to mainstream social cues: must mean we evolved to be bitches

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Yeeeeeeeeah. The results were depressingly predictable. “Participants displayed a strong negative reaction to the attractive female when she was dressed provocatively,” said study author Dr Aanchal Sharma. … This research provides support for the innate roots of female conflict. How?  … Continue reading →

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Naomi Madelin: totally *is* fucking kidding us

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Well, she finally got back to us, and the only charitable conclusion I can come to is that Naomi Madelin is a seriously bad writer. The less-charitable conclusion is that she churned out a shallow, nasty piece of “writing” perfectly … Continue reading →

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Principal Ian McKinnon accepts bullying as normal, a joke

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

[TW for bullying and abuse apologism by authority figures] Ian McKinnon, principal of Pukekohe High School, has a bit of an integrity problem.* See, several of his students attacked another of his students, possibly in a sexual manner. And Ian … Continue reading →

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