Clinton is being held up by many social commentators as some kind of vision of ‘female empowerment’ – after all, she has smashed glass ceiling after glass ceiling, and she is a proud self-declared feminist. Hell, maybe she is even a ‘feminist icon’.
When people show more outrage at the burning of a flag than Israeli forces bombing hospitals, schools being used as UN Shelters and mosques–places of refuge–while Palestinians are still inside, you know we have a collective problem as a society in connecting with our own humanity.
Whale Oil does it again. How many more times is he going to attack and discredit Tania Billingsley publicly? In a short blog published on Wednesday ‘Nothing to be sorry’ for Whale Oil also known as Cameron Slater, is defending John Key in his refusal to say sorry personally to Tania for his appalling handling of the Malaysian Diplomat case.
From aboard the International Space Station, German astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this image as the station passed over Israel and Gaza in what he called ‘his saddest photo yet’.
This is the lousy state of Māori politics. The highest value and the only end is sitting “at the table of government”.
The words “…like a girl” have been used as an insult to humiliate both men and women for generations; “you run like a girl”, “you hit like a girl” or even “you speak like a girl” are used to shame and put people down.
Men’s masculinity is under attack in New Zealand and four people, one of whom is a woman (it always to do something about it. Sound your battle cries:
Saying “not all men” does not absolve you from the actions of other men. It does not mean you get to be excluded from the conversation. It does not mean you get a free pass to not give a shit.
Governmental incompetency allowed for a diplomat to slip away under the guise of diplomatic immunity, this is a classic example of our state system and how it views sexual crimes.
Pitt’s cover girl image on the front of a glossy magazine, usually reserved for ridiculing famous women’s bodies or idealising them, will challenge beauty standards, everywhere.