Recent Comments
Cartoon: The Measure of Intelligence
Cartoon: The Celestial Politics of Trans Bans
Cartoon: Hey did you hear? Biden is old!
Cartoon: "Sex Is Real" Is A Euphemism
Cartoon: Let's Outlaw Being Homeless! That'll Work!
Cartoon: Appealing to Trump Voters by Getting Tough on Immigration!
Cartoon: Free Trade Is For Peasants, Not Cartoonists!
Cartoon: HOMOPHOBIC WOKE PARENTS ARE TURNING GAY KIDS TRANS!
- Older »
Most Recent Open Thread
The most recent open thread can always be found at the top of this page. When older posts have closed comments, please respond to them on the most recent open thread.Alas, a Blogroll
- Election Law Blog
“Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud”
3 hours ago - Lawyers Guns and Money
Let’s Be Careful Out There…
4 hours ago - The Incidental Economist
- Scott Wood Makes Lists
Your man got gigs
1 week ago - Family Inequality
Nationalism eats your moral brain
2 weeks ago
- Election Law Blog
Alas, A Subscription Service
Archives
Categories
Amp on Twitter
My Tweets
Author Archives: Maia
On atheism
On Saturday the 17th February 2001, I realised I had no faith in women’s magazines or God. I was at the hospital – I wasn’t sick – I was visiting my best friend (she’ll be known as Betsy for the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Comments Off
A Likely Feminist
I don’t think Tulisa Contostavlos is a household name in New Zealand (or the US). Certainly the only reason that I’d heard of her is because I spent last winter developing a my knowledge of British comedians, discovered the awesomeness … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off
Scarlet Road
I have seen this trailer posted on tumblr and blogs a few times: Scarlet Road Video from Paradigm Pictures on Vimeo. Something about the way it was posted as an awesome exciting and sex positive feminist trailer bothered me, but … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off
A day of protests and babies
he weather forecast had been ominous. But it was the perfect winter day – the sky was blue, the sun was shining, the sort of day that they made up the slogan ‘You can’t beat Wellington on a good day’ … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off
Why is this wrong? Because grammar
I am only going to respond to half a sentance of Dita De Boni’s ridiculous article about slutwalk, because life is too short to pay attention to the rest. She says: I can’t see the value in putting yourself out … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Body
Comments Off
#thingsfatpeoplearetold
Sometime on the weekend I started seeing tweets like this (summary from Brian: @mymilkspilt: Your body sends a bad message to your children. #thingsfatpeoplearetold @red3blog Apr 9, 2011 10:20 PM GMT @TheRotund: @mymilkspilt Your chronic illness would disappear if you … Continue reading
Posted in Fat, fat and more fat
Comments Off