November 2011
79 posts
“Equality is extremely threatening to people who have always benefited from the...”
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86charlie asked: Your. Blog. Loveeee it! I like that you bring up feminist issues through interesting pictures and in ways that possible non-feminists might be able to see the important points of view that feminists work at making visible.
Correction and Odd Future info
So yesterday we posted about being pleased the Big Day Out had stopped Tyler the Creator and his group Odd Future for playing their festival. However it appears we got something wrong - the group was banned by the Auckland Council (kudos) and the organisers of the Big Day Out are instead organising a seperate Auckland gig for the group.
So, massive retraction of our “go the Big Day...
Go the Big Day Out for banning Tyler the Creator...
Parihaka
The Armed Constabulary gathers outside Parihaka, 5 November 1881
Yesterday was the 130th anniversary of NZ colonial troops violently invading the Taranaki settlement of Parihaka as punishment for them peacefully resisting the illegal Pākehā land grabs and assimilation of Māori.
During the invasion, the entire village was destroyed. It took the army two weeks to pull down the houses and two...
kyitten asked: I'm so excited to investigate this! Such a great tum.
cottoncaughtonthorns asked: also, i very much enjoy your blog=]
cottoncaughtonthorns asked: i just wanted to comment on the fact that you mentioned eating cheese. i'm vegan and the reason is because i do not believe in objectification of any living creature. women, people of different descent, or animals. if you don't want to be objectified as a woman, then it doesn't really make sense to objectify someone else.
“Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural...”
– bell hooks, “Killing Rage” (via lavender-labia)
