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Real “wellbeing” means addressing the demands of midwives, teachers – women
By reneejg |
During the election period in 2017, historian Anne Salmond wrote hopefully about an emerging trend she called “Jacindamania.” The appeal ...
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Gender harms women: Feedback on international recommendations to the New Zealand government
By reneejg |
Feedback on the recommendations from New Zealand’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in ...
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"Where are the women?": An interview with Cynthia Enloe
By reneejg |
I began to read feminist literature -- real, radical feminist literature -- around 2014, and found it transformative. ...
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Feminists must think radically to reject sex self-identification laws
By reneejg |
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense ...
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Transgenderism: the latest phase of disaster capitalism
By reneejg |
Believers in the shock doctrine are convinced that only a great rupture – a flood, a war, a ...
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Conquest: on the inseparability of militarism and prostitution
By reneejg |
As long as men have gone to war, they have kidnapped women and children for sexual slavery. According ...
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The creation of patriarchy: How did it happen?
By reneejg |
I began with the conviction, shared by most feminist thinkers, that patriarchy as a system is historical: it ...
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Censored piece: Jeez, Louise – may we have our own thoughts, please?
By reneejg |
This piece starts with an explanatory note and story about the article to follow. The article itself - ...
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Pride, police, politicians, pundits and prison abolitionists: What's going on?
By reneejg |
To say the least, there are echoes of the Emperor’s new clothes in our annual Pride Parades. Since ...
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If yoga is a peace practice, can we still do it in Bali?
Article written for West Papua with Sarrah Jayne, Off the Mat Wellington The practice of yoga is an art and a...
The importance of music at school: lessons from Ngataki
In February this year, Radio New Zealand reported that music in schools is in crisis. Programmes receive meager funding from the Education...
Some johns are policemen: on sexual violence, reporting, and legalising prostitution
On May 26, Amnesty International released a policy on prostitution, advocating for the global decriminalisation of prostitution worldwide,...
On rape culture, and why I wear a whistle
This piece is written in response to Amnesty International's just released policy on prostitution, a recent piece on "sex...
The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it