Feminism
It’s Still True: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
Kimberly Ells Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can’t Win and is a policy advisor for Family Watch International. Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet Anyone who has thought about
I Don’t Think They’re Listening, Jacinda
As BFD readers will be aware, PM Jacinda Ardern recently implored the Taliban to respect women. Her government also forked out a cool few million in taxpayers’ money to Afghanistan. But it seems that the Taliban are likely to give up their misogynistic cruelty some time after another beneficiary of
Feminism’s Last Battle
Abigail Favale mercatornet.com Abigail Favale is Dean of Humanities at George Fox University, where she also teaches seminars in the great books. Her 2018 memoir ‘Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion’ traces her conversion from postmodern feminism to Catholicism. She has also written a book entitled ‘The Genesis
The Proposed Hate Speech Law
Groups from opposite sides of the political spectrum are united in their opposition to the proposed new Hate Speech law. Having people from polar opposite political views so united is a warning in flashing neon lights that this law is a BAD law and that it should be consigned to
Cuomo Is Being Hung Out to Dry for the Wrong Reasons
In his classic The Prince, Macchiavelli has some advice for leaders: get someone else to do your dirty work and then ostentatiously hang them out to dry. That way, you’ll not only avoid being blamed for the repression, but celebrated as a saviour. This is the plot of the
Amber Heard: The Legal Plot Thickens
We are told that we must “believe women” when it comes to claims of abuse. But why should we believe any accusation without question? This goes against all precepts of our legal system, not to say basic logic. In fact, as many high-profile cases have shown, wouldn’t we
You Can’t Hide from the Dicks, Ladies
Tasmanian women discovered, this week, that there is nowhere they can go to get away from men. The Tasmanian Gay and Bisexual Alliance had sought to exclude biological men and their penises from lesbian events, where penises are presumably about as sought after as a turd in a punchbowl. Nothing
Face of the Day
On Saturday, the International Olympic Committee said it would back a biological man, transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard’s entry into the Tokyo Games. But what about the biological woman who lost her place to him? Tracey Lambrechs is the woman who lost her place to a man. Before lifting for
Hey There, IOC: Why Are You Letting Men Compete against Women at the Olympic Games?
Donna M. mercatornet.com Donna M. is a writer who was censored by Medium when her insights on transgender issues were labelled “hate speech.” Like many children of the 70s, I came of age watching Olympians like Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis, Scott Hamilton, and Carl Lewis. They were like
A ‘Clash of Rights’
Dark Jester A political scholar with an interest in foreign interference. Traditional conservative. Came out of a family that fled communism and improved themselves thanks to capitalism but would consider myself a distributionist. On the night of July 15th, Speak Up for Women NZ stopped off in Wellington as part
Biological Dude First to Be Nominated for ‘Best Actress’ at Emmys
Gabriel Hays newsbusters.org Staff writer for MRC Culture. Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow. University of Dallas Class of ’16. Ah, history is made yet again in our budding United States Socialist Republic. Hollywood has nominated its first ever biological male in a top Best Actress category. And, no, this
Two More Wins for Free Speech re Speak up for Women
Free Speech Union Speak Up for Women will hold a public meeting in Wellington tonight at the Michael Fowler Centre. The Council had sent lawyers to the High Court proceedings we supported in Auckland to see if they could get away with cancelling the event. Given the resoundingly strong judgement
Speak up for Women: ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’
The group Speak Up For Women have had their billboard pulled down by GO Media after only 24 hours. The billboard simply had the dictionary definition of the word ‘woman’ along with the website address speakupforwomen.nz. The group formed in 2018 describe themselves as “a diverse group of ordinary