The Hand Mirror

Big thanks to Deb for sending this in - very topical!  It had all the ingredients of a classic myth. The young, astonishingly beautiful ...

I have to admit to falling prey to despair in the face of the latest example of incredible idiocy from those in charge of what is ironically...

late last night (nz time) news broke that oscar pistorius had been charged with murdering his girlfriend.  the tv news item was pretty sketc...

waitangi day, again. i started the day with a powhiri at civic square in hamilton, in front of the city council building.  following the p...

i've read plenty of posts around the feminist blogosphere about how the default human is male. there's plenty of evidence this is t...

i wanted to share this link (hat tip to maia) about the three cities that christchurch has now become: REFUGEE CITY is the rest of Christc...

i think most of us have been glued to the television and/or radio, as well as following print media over the last week, as we are desperate ...

from a country where the state dictates how women can dress, we have progress of sorts in terms of women's access to education: ...King...

Cactus Kate has highlighted a truly awful sexist motoring column by Eric Thompson, which you can read if you want to soil your eyes with an...

Yesterday Catherine Delahunty closely questioned Pansy Wong , Minister of Women's Affairs, about the issue of women's appointments ...

i was surprised to hear, recently, of a man who went to visit his sweetheart's father to get permission to propose to her. this is a tr...

Here's some bits of the article in the Herald: New Zealand has maintained its fifth placing on the Global Gender Gap Index, an annual li...

i was at a (rather fancy) dinner last night, and was in the position of introducing someone (who i'll call XYZ) to someone else. it turn...

just watched the second half of backbenchers on channel 7 tonight, which featured representatives from the youth wings of national, labour, ...

Further to this post from yesterday , I see the Greens picked up on this issue two days ago, with this release from new MP Catherine Delahu...

From yesterday's Herald : Community groups and some small business sectors are upset that they have been left off the invitation list fo...

My partner pointed this out to me; I think he is starting to be influenced by all the times I comment on the mostly white, mostly male, mos...

Since having kids, my partner and I have made use of a bunch of ad hoc childcare arrangements so I could go back to work. We've tried v...

Male or female? Take a guess.

“Oh what a cute baby!” “Thank you, I-" “He’s so smiley, oh it is a boy isn’t it?” “Yes, yes, he’s a boy.” “Oh I can see that, he looks ...