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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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Te Papa's response to critical engagement: quiet, yet arresting
This year, I've been at Te Papa on four separate occasions, to respond to the position on militarism in...
Gallipoli: The Scale of our War Propaganda
There's a reason why children play with toy soldiers that are only an inch high. It's so they...
A message to Nicola Young, about her 'begging ban'
Nicola Young. I was thinking of you yesterday. I bumped into my friend Arthur, who lives on the...
A call to Dutch New Zealanders: support West Papua on Liberation Day
On May 5, the Netherlands celebrates Liberation Day, or Bevrijdingsdag. The day marks the end of the occupation...
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