Gender Critical Disputes
A selection of essays on the importance of feminism in gender critical debate has been published by UK-based, feminist collective The Radical Notion.
Social issues
identity
Class oppression and discrimination
A brief analysis of power.
The Non-Partisan Populism of Popper’s Paradox
When democracy and free speech are hijacked to silence others, they can no longer support their principles and become a contradictio in terminis.
Dinosaurs Fight Extinction Rebellion
Dinosaurs are speeding up our extinction.
Hate Speech Is an Evitable Evil
Online behaviour like any other behaviour can be modified but this will not happen by itself.
Kiwi Cultural Cringe is Alive and Well
New Zealand is too small for high-achievers and star-performers and does not offer enough challenges and rewards.
Reflections on Free Speech and Public Discourse
Silencing dissonant voices only leads to more and stronger dissonant voices and further radicalisation.
Pride and police
A guest post by Joel Walsham on the decision of the Auckland Pride Board to request the police not to march at the Pride parade in uniform.
Kiwi values
New Zealand First at its conference on the weekend passed a remit to calling for immigrants and refugees to “respect New Zealand values” which are founded on Christianity.
Deep Trawling.
Is NZ’s fishing industry just a domestic version of the tobacco companies? And how much would that really matter?
Rogue Nation(s)
Just some thoughts that kind of meandered down to the ocean.
Hallelujah Parliament to pass law allowing for wiping of convictions for engaging in homosexual behaviour
It is predicted that today Parliament will pass a law allowing for the expunging of convictions of adults for engaging in homosexual behaviour.
Nuclear Options.
What could possibly be wrong in opting for a nuclear option?!
Australia supports same sex marriage
Australian electors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing same sex marriages.
If it’s not gay, it’s not gay
The Rainbow Youth video that went viral.
We Are All ‘Identarian’ Now
There has been an unfortunate trend developing in recent weeks, of negatively labelling people who dare to have a different opinion on equality to the labeller, as identarian. This description is something to be appreciated in these times when dark forces appear to be on the rise again.
The service you do for others…
Muhammad Ali: “The service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”
What the flag vote means
Here are some reckons, for what they’re worth.
Meet the new flag…
… same as the old flag.
Key didn’t take the country with him.
Now let’s get back to the real issues.
Flag distraction result today
Bragging rights I guess to whomever best predicts the outcome.
Family First on the important issues of the day
Don’t conservative cranks have anything better to do with their time?
The All Powerful Labour Party
Apparently the Labour Party is so all powerful and persuasive that roughly 2/3 of the electorate is under its spell. That bodes well for the next election!
intersections
You can talk all you like about the economy and the 1% and the capitalist system and the environment and growing inequality, but if you can’t include an intersectional analysis into your description of the problem and into your solutions, then all that talk does not include me and will not be of any use to me.
Candidate flag not fit for purpose
Apart from being a symbolic fail of epic proportions, the “wrong colour flag” fiasco highlights the fact that the candidate flag isn’t even fit for purpose…
Newshub (and another flag poll)
3 News is dead, replaced by Newshub. That’s News Hub, not New Shub. Though New Shub would be funnier.
Building a mass movement
Republished by request, and permission from Stephanie Rodgers at Boots Theory
[Content note: mentions of transphobia, sexual violence and violence against people of colour]
Flag observations
The current result (black and blue fern) is preliminary and may still change when the final vote is announced on Tuesday. Other observations from Twitter last night…
Flag distraction – first referendum
The delivery of the ballots in the first first flag referendum is getting a bit of attention from bored journalists. We the people don’t seem to care much though.
Labour, identity, class and winning
The question of identity politics and Labour’s direction just never go away. But maybe we’re just thinking about it all wrong.
US ship visit and nuclear free NZ
The US has been invited to send a ship to NZ. One News has a headline about a “nuclear ship”. Explosive if true, but I think this is an error. There is some confusion on the matter, let’s hope it is cleared up fast.
Key not taking us with him on the flag
John Key’s antics trying to drum up support for a flag change are getting increasingly desperate, but NZ isn’t listening.
An R-101 Post
Someone once made an art-work of a brick with some ‘guy ropes’ attached to represent the ill fated R-101 airship…
Government by Twitter
We have passed an interesting milestone in the evolution of NZ politics. Key’s poll-driven pandering has just been taken to the next level. Political / media dinosaurs will never be able to dismiss “The Twitterati” again.
Flagging a dead horse
Gareth Morgan pulls no punches on the flag fiasco, and a breaking story on the Greens’ move to add Red Peak.
The flag poll
OK I confess I’m only writing this post because the chance to use that title tickled my fancy. But anyway – almost 70% of us oppose changing the flag.
Stuff piece on Red Peak
