Tag Archives: part of the problem

Guest post: Phil Goff’s balls

Now up at The Standard and reproduced below for those who choose not to tread there. Guts. Backbone. Chutzpah. Grit. Will. Vision. Courage. The one thing all of these words have in common is that Phil Goff could quite easily … Continue reading

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Several interesting things

1.  Jordan Carter and Scott Yorke both post about Trevor Mallard’s historic “Tinkerbell” comments, targeting Stephen Wittington, ACT candidate, and David Farrar, National pollster, for raising said comments following the announcement of Labour’s policy on same-sex adoption. 2. Apparently neither … Continue reading

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Dinosaur trips over own boner while tilting at self-constructed windmills

I’m sorry, everyone. I’m sorry Chris Trotter likes to wax lyrical, pretending not to know what people are talking about when they’ve taken the time and energy to provide all the relevant links to his own previous sexist whinging. I’m … Continue reading

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You are actually part of the problem: fat edition

Yesterday’s post crystallized a lot of things for me around how people think they’re not fatphobic or not engaging in fat-hate.* Today’s lesson:  you are. Now, there’s probably plenty of you out there who don’t even think fatphobia exists or … Continue reading

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