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When the State Breaks Up Families
I had a nightmare recently, where my husband and I were both sent to prison – separate prisons. I don’t remember what we were convicted of or whether we’d done it. I just remember the horror of...
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The Big Latch On
Page Five is almost the same as Page Three, but only one breast at a time is on show. SBJ and I are in this week’s Cook Strait News, along with a bunch of other fabulous breastfeeders, gathered for...
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Child Marriage, Child Death and What You Can Do
The tragic, terrible death of an eight-year-old Yemeni girl made international news this week. You might have read reports that a little girl died from injuries she received during wedding-night...
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(Hopefully Not) Passing on Rape Culture
[Trigger warning: if you have experienced sexual assault, please just be aware that rape and rape culture are discussed in this post. Many of the links similarly lead to pages that need a trigger...
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Education and Schooling #13: Oh, those National Standards… [Guest]
A warm welcome to Rochelle Gribble, here with an insightful analysis of the recently-introduced, highly controversial ‘National Standards‘ that New Zealand primary schools are now required to report on...
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How It Is #10: Like Wearing No Skin
I wrote this a few weeks ago. It’s part of a long-running series on my experience of severe postnatal depression, which has been part of my life for over two years now. You can find the whole series...
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New Year’s Guide to Democracy
Pop quiz for those of you who live in, or are interested in, parliamentary democracies, like the United Kingdom, New Zealand and other such wonderful places: What’s the difference between Cabinet and...
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Rape Culture and Rap Lyrics
Holocaust denial is now its own special category of insanity. If you want to hold a conference telling people that there was no such thing, that the Jews of Europe exaggerated the impact of the Second...
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The Smug Hobby of Parent-Bashing
LA Times cartoon commenting on the story of a nursing mother being asked to leave a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store to feed her child in an alleyway. Being smug is such a treat. Not only do you get...
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Don’t Get Raped: Wear Running Shoes
It’s not that this ‘health and safety’ advice from Wellington’s Massey University isn’t sensible, it’s just that it is absolutely insane that we live in a world where the solution to rape is female...
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