Earlier this year, on February 6, hundreds of protesters gathered at an “anti-misogyny” demonstration held in Wellington’s Glover Park. It was Waitangi Day, but the park had been that night’s planned meeting spot for local followers of Return of Kings, an online network of “neomasculinists” lead by U.S.-based Daryush Valizadeh. Valizadeh wishes, among other things, to …
This article was co-written with Dr. Pala Molisa. In 2003, New Zealand passed the Prostitution Reform Act, which decriminalized prostitution. In doing so, a new set of public policies was created that extended to sex workers the provision of social services, access to healthcare, and recognition of employment rights that historically had been denied …
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First published as a letter to the editor in FishHead’s April 2015 issue. * Dear FishHead Magazine, I have just read your March “sex” themed issue, and expect to see the following response in full in your April letters section [this letter can be read in that issue]. I would like to know if FH …
