Journal
"Unconscious bias" in education goes deeper than the classroom
By reneejg |
When I was eight, the kids at school used to call me the "dictionary eater" - ironically, this ...
Read More #VinylBarHarassment: Wellington women speak out on nightclub rape culture
By reneejg |
Two Wellington women have made news calling out Courtney Place's Vinyl Bar, for its shockingly negligent response to sexual harassment ...
Read More How will the TPPA impact women?: Interview with Jane Kelsey
By reneejg |
I'm quite sure the select committee on the TPPA is an all-male panel, unlikely to investigate the potential ...
Read More How Apirana Ngata pioneered contemporary "creativity in schools"
By reneejg |
"Creativity" is a twenty-first century buzzword, and it's been refreshing in recent years to see thinkers like Ken Robinson apply ...
Read More When the shoe won't fit: transgenderism's sticking points
By reneejg |
I have two good friends who are mums with small boys who like wearing nail polish and dresses, ...
Read More "An alibi for voyeurism": sexual politics at the Wellington City Gallery
By reneejg |
Last year, Te Papa museum exhibited one of my favourite Aotearoa artworks. It was part of a small ...
Read More If yoga is a peace practice, can we still do it in Bali?
By reneejg |
Article written for West Papua with Sarrah Jayne, Off the Mat Wellington The practice of yoga is an art and a ...
Read More The importance of music at school: lessons from Ngataki
By reneejg |
In February this year, Radio New Zealand reported that music in schools is in crisis. Programmes receive meager funding from the Education ...
Read More Some johns are policemen: on sexual violence, reporting, and legalising prostitution
By reneejg |
On May 26, Amnesty International released a policy on prostitution, advocating for the global decriminalisation of prostitution worldwide, ...
Read More On rape culture, and why I wear a whistle
By reneejg |
This piece is written in response to Amnesty International's just released policy on prostitution, a recent piece on "sex ...
Read More Why the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective shouldn't get the first and final say on prostitution
By reneejg |
As a rule, trade unions take their industries for granted. We're not likely to see the president of ...
Read More How Te Papa exploits its bicultural policy to manufacture Maori consent for whitewashed histories
By reneejg |
...and why Aotearoa needs to see a 100% Pacific-curated exhibition about the impact of empire, and resistance to empire, in Oceania. ...
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