Tag Archives: privilege is bliss

Ew but periods are gross, right?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

So, on the back of a comment on a week-old post about Adria Richards, I tweeted: It’s like I’m literally causing this dude physical pain by implying he should think for two seconds before making a cock joke in public. … Continue reading →

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Racist Danish MP defenders bingo

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

By now you’ve probably heard about the Danish MP, Marie Krarup, and her racist little commentary on traditional Māori welcomes. Hopefully, you’ve been following the sovereign rule of the internet in such matters, i.e. Do Not Read The Comments.  But if … Continue reading →

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Whinging about Earth Hour

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

So Earth Hour has been and gone and dammit, I was so hopeful that my carefully-managed Twitter and Facebook feeds would be free of fucking rightwhingers/lolbertarians having a cry about it.  I was disappointed. But at least this allowed me … Continue reading →

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So CAN Dame Susan Devoy actually be Race Relations Commissioner?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Possibly not, according to the font of all NZ political procedural knowledge and God-Emperor of the kiwipoliblogosphere, Idiot/Savant. Quite apart from her total lack of experience and dodgy views on such matters, the Race Relations Commissioner must have mana. Devoy has none. … Continue reading →

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Shouldn’t the Race Relations Commissioner know something about race relations?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

So, Dame Susan Devoy is our new Race Relations Commissioner. As highlighted by Coley Tangerina (THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS), she’s … not exactly the kind of person you’d have in mind for the role, if her previous musings on Waitangi … Continue reading →

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Mansplaining, now with exciting Twitter plugin!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

So I wrote a post about 3News’ racist coverage of the whole should-non-New-Zealanders-be-allowed-to-buy-land issue.  This was retweeted by @Ellipsister.  Cool!  I like being retweeted. Enter Mark Hubbard, who replies: @Ellipsister @qot_nz Not racist, but xenophobic, and luddite economics. Greens need to answer … Continue reading →

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Oh, aren’t you clever?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Recently, in two different spheres, I’ve seen the delightful little appropriation of social justice comments best summed up as: But you keep saying gender and race shouldn’t matter, so you’re a hypocrite for promoting diversity!!! How convenient. The two spheres … Continue reading →

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The reality of gender discrimination – in science

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

In my post on the gender pay gap and school performance – and the apparent disconnect between the two – I pondered thus: Maybe it’s as callous as this:  boys doing less well at school is a problem because it … Continue reading →

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[Repost] Why the Left still needs feminism

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

I am now a fully-fledged author over at The Standard, largely thanks to my own talents ego.  I’ll be reposting my TS posts here at a slight delay, but don’t worry, you’ll still be getting a lot of the ranty … Continue reading →

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John Hartevelet, hero of the people #nationalstandards

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

So, after Anne Tolley in 2009 saying the government would make it really hard for schools’ National Standards data to be published in the form of league tables, today Stuff launched an entire new section of their site to … basically … Continue reading →

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