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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, ...
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"An alibi for voyeurism": sexual politics at the Wellington City Gallery
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Last year, Te Papa museum exhibited one of my favourite Aotearoa artworks. It was part of a small ...
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If yoga is a peace practice, can we still do it in Bali?
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Article written for West Papua with Sarrah Jayne, Off the Mat Wellington The practice of yoga is an art and a ...
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The importance of music at school: lessons from Ngataki
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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
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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
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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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Te Papa's response to critical engagement: quiet, yet arresting
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This year, I've been at Te Papa on four separate occasions, to respond to the position on militarism in ...
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Press release: New book, OUT OF THE FOG, available now!
A new book by feminist writer Renée Gerlich, titled Out of the Fog: On Politics, Feminism and Coming...
“a balm for all wounds”: on the life of Etty Hillesum under Nazi occupation
It's hard to know how to preface an essay about the Dutch-Jewish diarist Etty Hillesum, who lived in...
On Finding Spirit (My story of reading and radicalising: Part II)
If we were going to start from scratch why not deconstruct the whole premise? - DQ Through a...
On Finding Solidarity (My story of reading and radicalising: Part I)
No more can I dull my rage In alcohol and deference To men’s courts I will come to...
Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender to provide the framework and rationale for male dominance.