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I have a boyfriend (please leave me alone) Yes I am totally mentally distraught about this pregnancy and would get lots worse if I had to ...

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

What to make of Chris Brown being so well supported by a handful of Māori women, some with history of working to prevent family violence, t...

What:  Take Back the Night When:   7:00pm,  Friday 28 August 2015 Where:   Meet Corner of Symonds St and Alfred St, Auckland Centra...

Content note: explicit discussion of violence against women, violent misogyny and rape culture. They call themselves " men's righ...

Recently I've been spending a lot of time on the 9th floor of Auckland City Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is currently ...

The other day I was attempting to do some surveying about a local project in the Roskill shops.  The person who gave me the most time of day...

Content warning:  This is about violence against women. Tonight as I left work someone said to me to take care, and I knew what she meant....

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

here's another story of a young person who is now dead, believed to have committed suicide, as a result of internet bullying.  if you h...

i've been meaning to write a post about mona eltahawy's article published in foreign policy , entitled " why do they hate us ...

The following was recently published in 'Thinking Differently', the quarterly newsletter of Autism New Zealand Inc. 'Your Le...

Dear media, When reporting on domestic violence cases, please stop captioning pictures of the smiling couple with the words 'in happie...

King of the blog David Farrar's recent stuff opinion piece on immigration and women's rights on the surface does not make violence ...

A few years ago, I sought counselling from a feminist organisation. I had effectively untreated and quite serious PTSD from events earlier ...

Luddite Journo has written several excellen t posts on the urgent funding plight of Auckland's 24/7 phoneline for those affected by se...

Cross posted from my usual spot... jux•ta•po•si•tion / [juhk-stuh-puh-zish-uh n] noun an act or instance of placing close together or side b...

Under the hashtag #mencallmethings, feminists from Australia, the US and the UK have started naming the insults they are receiving via Face...

Judge Jan Doogue is the new head of the District Court . I've been following her career, which began in the Family Court , for a number...