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Dear Lush, I wish to advise you of the sub-optimal performance of your "Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair" shower gel, purchase...

Two big Auckland opportunities coming up in August Women's Choice Election Forum - 7th August, 7pm, University of Auckland Held ever...

In between the Comey/Trump and British election news this morning was this:   Colin Craig is planning to sue Rachel MacGregor for defamation...

"Do you really think it's ok for us to get here so early, John?  Doesn't strike you as a little, well, unfair to hold the leade...

Remember when Paul Henry wasn't sure if our Governor General was enough of a New Zealander? He wanted someone who "looked" an...

From the ongoing unfolding issue about the Prime Minister's ponytail pulling, specifically in the case of Amanda Bailey, there's on...

Julie has covered John Key's disturbing sense of entitlement in his local cafe, where he clearly feels he can treat a woman as his own ...

Very quick post on this breaking news today, here are some links if you have no idea what this is about: The guest post on The Daily Blog ...

1.  Why is it only the people who aren't straight white men who have a judgement based on something about their identity, something ...

The Green s have a strongly stated commitment to gender balance both for internal party positions and candidates.  They currently have mor...

For 2008 and 2011 I did some analysis of the likely party caucuses after each election, based on list and electorate seat selections, in reg...

In both 2008 and 2011 I did some analysis of the party lists (and electorate selections to a point) to determine likely future women'...

(Content warning: not obviously feminist ;-)  ) There has been some excellent blogging about the recent Oravida scandal in which senior Ca...

Many thanks to an anonymous teacher who emailed this in. Teachers often bemoan a lack of funding for education. Yet I suspect I'm ...

we had our national day of action against rape culture.  it was awesome to see so many people out on the streets, raising their voices on th...

i've only just heard that there is a parliamentary " inquiry into the funding of specialist sexual violence social services "....

Thanks to Rebecca Matthews for this guest post putting the case for Grant Robertson.  Rebecca is the convenor of Unions Wellington and, amo...

it's time to select a labour party leader once again.  a not entirely unpredictable happenstance, given that the person chosen by caucus...