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Fuck off Jezebel: Quvenzhané Wallis is too good for your shit edition

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

This post was prompted by a series of tweets from @graceishuman about the general silence of white feminists – especially white feminist institutions – on the mistreatment and slagging-off of Quvenzhané Wallis at the Oscars.  Not only the silence, but, … Continue reading →

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If only people felt like they could TALK about the obesity epidemic!

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Seriously, that’s the take-home message from this article on the Herald about how terrible it is that children are fat.  You don’t need to click through to find the balanced, definitive science on this, because what more could you possibly … Continue reading →

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I henceforth dub myself Lady Taboo

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

So, before we get into the meat of this story, here’s apparently what it takes to get a paid gig in the Herald: Quote the New York Times Quote the Huffington Post responding to the New York Times Make some … Continue reading →

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The ethical responsibility to step in

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Kiwiana (inked) put up a really thought-provoking post about the Bystander Effect – specifically looking at the case of a photojournalist who chose to keep taking pictures while a violent assault was committed in front of her (trigger warning for … Continue reading →

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Bloggers and ripping off content

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Felix Marwick, in comments at Public Address, raises some concerning behaviour: I was trying to draw a distinction between what I regard as genuine blogging; opinion and news gathering involving individual research vs blatant plagiarism dressed up as opinion/news. Forgive … Continue reading →

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This “obese” needs help to stop gut-laughing

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

I mean, seriously, people.  The Dominion Post SCREAMED today, “Obese need help to kick addiction”. Even if you buy into the idea that “food is an addiction” (yeah, just like oxygen and having a pulse) how is that even news? … Continue reading →

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More on Armstrong

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Gordon Campbell and Bryce Edwards have now both responded to Armstrong’s comments, in far more mature tones than I managed, but if anything that just illustrates how ridiculous it was for Armstrong to rant about “bloggers” and “parasites” while attacking … Continue reading →

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Blogging parasite reporting for duty

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Everyone on Twitter’s been savaging poor innocent John Armstrong enough already, but …  well, I had nothing else to sharpen my claws on, so here goes. John Armstrong’s complaint, basically, is that the “blog-a-tariat” (spot the person who is seriously … Continue reading →

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The suprising progressive moments of Spartacus: Vengeance

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

[Spoilers for Spartacus: Vengeance, though I feel I'm the last person on earth to see it] We finally finished the episodes of Spartacus: Vengeance which had been clogging up the MySky for weeks.  It was a very brain-candy type of … Continue reading →

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Pseudonymity

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

A lot of people who have the privilege of writing under their real/legal/given names perennially attack bloggers for posting under pseudonyms.  It’s happened to me, but the biggest target in the NZ blogosphere is probably the various pseudonymous posters at … Continue reading →

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