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If one assumes that a person is making their money, including enough money to have no incentive to "work", by…
Ob sie wirklich Deutsch spricht. Normalweise, kommt die US Soldaten nicht ins Stadt und spricht nicht so oft mit denn…
As for being a Nazi, ich spreche fliessend deutsch und wohnte in Deutschland fuer drei Jahre mit der americanishe Luftwaffe…
And of course this "incentive" only applies to poor people: Rich people who already have enough to live off of…
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Author Archives: Maia
Fit to eat
The New Zealand based Child Poverty Action group has discovered the wonders of facebook, and so a lot of my friendshave been liking them recently. I was all prepared to join in, until I saw they were promoting this post … Continue reading
Posted in Fat, fat and more fat
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She genuinely wanted to know…
Coming from New Zealand where we have a public health system (with problems, but it exists), my reaction to a lot of the proposals has been: “Huh” or “that’s so fucked up” or “that’s making things better than they are … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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And the best thing about it was they're guilty!
In Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford she tells a story of the 1960s. I can’t remember the details of the political trial – had the defendant’s been accused of . But they were found not guilty, and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Prisons and Justice and Police
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Please workplace tell me how I should eat
The Victoria University staff club is strange in many ways. It is tucked away in the library, undergrads aren’t supposed to go there, and know very little about it. But, despite the secrecy, it is very unexciting – except the … Continue reading
Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Gender and the Body
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It's not OK
I’m not really interested in writing much about American politics. Partly because if I’m going to do day-to-day political stuff there’s so much to write about in New Zealand.* But mostly because I find it even more alienating than I … Continue reading
Dollhouse thread: Spoilers
So the obsessive Dollhouse fans in the audience may have noticed that I’m not posting my reviews. I’m hoping to enter this competition and my dollhouse writing energy is going towards that. I will start on full reviews after I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc.
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Howard Zinn 1922-2010: "I Never Died" Says He
The first book I ever read by Howard Zinn was SNCC: The New Abolitionists. I’ve read a lot of his writing since then, and I think it’s his most powerful book. Howard Zinn wrote an essay The Optimism of Uncertainty. … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
So it’s the time of New Year’s resolutions (and if you live in Wellington grumbling about the weather).* The newspapers didn’t have much copy over the last couple of weeks, so they were full of: “50 ways to be healthier … Continue reading
A Love Supreme: Dollhouse Review 2.08
This two episodes a week schedule is really hard to maintain. This is a trucated review of episode 8. I enjoyed it (despite the presence of both Alpha and the supposed love between Ballard and Echo), but I didn’t love … Continue reading
Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc.
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Meet Jane Doe: Dollhouse Review episode 2.07
It is hard to review an episode where you adored most of it, but had to watch some scenes through your fingers because you didn’t want to know (the closest I can come up with is the last episode of … Continue reading
Posted in Buffy, Whedon, etc.
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When capitalized, "Sie" is the formal way to address adults of either gender in polite German. I majored in the…