Author Archives: Maia

Dude You Kissed a Girl

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Maia

The first episode of Ugly Betty aired in New Zealand a couple of days ago. My short review is that it looks awesome (although the ending was way too pat, and if the point is supposed to be that if … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 43 Comments

We are now involved in a serious revolution

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Maia

January 15th is Martin Luther King day in America. I think that he deserves better. Like Rosa Parks he has become a safe symbol, of what was certainly not a safe movement, and he got more radical, not less, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Race, racism and related issues | 11 Comments

Behaviour that works

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Maia

I recently wrote a post which included reference to a scenario from a NZ rape crisis schools education programme: Jo is a Year 13 Student at XX High School. She is at a party on a Saturday night. Jared is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 45 Comments

'Miss Lightman was howled down'*

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Maia

I’ve just finished Women Workers and the Trade Union Movement, by Sara Boston. It covers women in the trade unions (I know, what a surprise) in Britain in the late 19th century, and most of the 20th. I really enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Whatever | 15 Comments

Review: Children Of Men (reasonably spoiler-free)

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Maia

Children of Men is a distopian movie, about a world where no woman has given birth for 18 years. It contains the most powerful scene I’ve ever seen on film. Kee, a young black woman is going into labour on … Continue reading →

Posted in International issues, Iraq, Palestine & Israel, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 10 Comments

Hating your body is for losers*

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Maia

I think it was a New Year’s Day party that my parents were holding; I would have been thirteen or fourteen. It was near the end of the party and all my mothers’ closest friends were talking, trying to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body | 47 Comments

2006 A Retrospective

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Maia

I thought I’d do a proper retrospective, with my favourite post from each month. It’s been a funny year for me; I think it shows in my writing. I had two months of insanely intense activism, so that I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Link farms | 5 Comments

Review: The Break Up

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Maia

My friend Besty and I were possibly the only people to refer to The Break Up as the new Peyton Reed movie. Ever since we watched Bring It On in a mostly empty cinema in the middle of the day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 5 Comments

I'll take the risk

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Maia

I got a text from my friend Josie today: “According to the paper if women do housework there’s less chance of breast cancer.” So I got hold of the paper and read something like this Women who keep their homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc | 8 Comments

Bypass

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Maia

The Wellington inner-city bypass open yesterday. To non-Wellingtonians that won’t mean a lot. Those of us who live here it means a bit more than that. I learnt about the by-pass at age 8 when I went to a school … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues, Whatever | 3 Comments