Annebella Pollen University of Brighton Dr Annebella Pollen is an academic with interests in material and visual culture. Her research areas include mass photography and the popular image, and histories of art, craft, design and dress, especially marginal, alternative and non-canonical forms. I look at nude bodies all the
Australians, at least pre-covid, generally liked to imagine that we lived in a pretty free country. Unlike those prudish Yanks, by the 70s, we even had full frontal nudity on telly. We certainly didn’t have that communist censorship stuff. Except that that was a total lie. From colonial
I mistakenly used to think that people generally respond positively when presented with facts that oppose their thinking. I was wrong. People do not change their thinking or behaviour if they derive benefits from misleading and inaccurate information. Mask wearing is an example of not following the science. At the
CJ Hopkins cjhopkins.substack.com So, I had a little disagreement with Jillian C. York, Director for International Freedom of Expression of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in Berlin and several of her many hacker-type Twitter followers yesterday, and today … well, it appears NortonLifeLock has blocked the Consent Factory blog
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Despite its self-serving revisionism, Hollywood took its sweet time deciding that “Nazis are bad, mmkay?” For the whole of the 1930s, Hollywood explicitly refrained from criticising or satirising the Nazi regime in any form. It wasn’t until 1940 that the Three Stooges released You Nazty Spy!, the first
Trying to engage in rational debate online often seems to be an exercise doomed to futility. It’s not just the rabid tribalism that has infected public discourse, on all sides and at all levels, but the growing impossibility to even agree on basic facts. A great deal of the
Graham Adams fsu.nz Graham Adams has been involved in publishing in New Zealand for the past 40 years as a journalist, columnist, reviewer, magazine editor and subeditor. He has also worked as a book editor and screenwriter. He has a BA in psychology and French, and a MA in
If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
If you have a great Youtube, Rumble or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Graham Adams fsu.nz Graham Adams has been involved in publishing in New Zealand for the past 40 years as a journalist, columnist, reviewer, magazine editor and subeditor. He has also worked as a book editor and screenwriter. He has a BA in psychology and French, and a MA in
The MSM considers it has the insider low-down on information and, on the Government’s behalf, automatically brands sources it doesn’t agree with as either dis-, mis- or mal-information – the triplets of trouble. It is a sorry mess we currently find ourselves in: of dangerous leadership and
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. The reason Stuff doesn’t want it published is obvious: they don’t want you to be reminded that the media is accepting handouts from the $55 million “public interest journalism” fund, explicitly intended to promote the Treaty principle of Partnership (i.
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Our government likes to rule under cover of darkness while people are utterly distracted and have little knowledge of bills going through parliament. They’re never shouted from the rooftops for a reason. I share my submissions sometimes in order for others to notice these issues
Yesterday we published a letter to the editor from a Bluff publican about an incident with Police regarding our now infamous “Gulag” image. We have now obtained further background information, video from the tavern and a recording of an interaction with Police at Bluff Police station. What is revealed is
Scott Kennedy sojournal.co.nz It’s been over a week now since I went public with the article “My Line in the Sand”. What a rollercoaster ride! In this time I’ve been inundated with messages both supporting my line in the sand, some suggesting I smooth over the
