Bruce Logan While all the noise around the justice or injustice of Laurel Hubbard competing in the Olympic Games is inevitable, it’s also beside the point. The debate is nearly always about competing human rights: the right of the transgender athlete to compete and the right of women to
Is Charles Hamilton an oppressed, neglected cultural giant? After all, who reading this can name anything he wrote? His books are mostly long out of print and adaptations of his work forgotten. Yet Hamilton’s thousands of stories were once bestsellers, adapted for radio, television, comic books and stage plays.
Jordan Williams Free Speech Union Further to my article Friday about the comprehensive win we achieved this week in the High Court, the full judgement (reasons) came through Friday night and is available to read here. Given the current cancel culture and suppression of opposing opinions, the Judge’s comments
Jordan Williams Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz I have some great news — we have achieved a comprehensive victory against Palmerston North City Council who tried to de-platform the feminist group Speak Up for Women because the Council did not like their views. This afternoon, the High Court granted
Enjoying the glory of our cricket team winning the inaugural Test Cricket World Cup is a magical moment for sport in this country, and one that we cricket fans can savour for a long time. It almost takes away the bad taste of the other sporting announcement this week; almost,
A grumpy dyke, a tranny and a fatty walk into a lingerie catalogue. No, this isn’t the setup for a rather lame joke. It’s the setup for an even lamer marketing campaign. Victoria’s Secret sells lingerie: bras, knickers, suspender belts, all that sort of “boudoir”. Its image
Groucho Marx would never join a club that would accept him as a member. On the other hand, certain women are determined to barge their way into any clubs that just don’t want them. HESTA chief Debby Blakey has added her voice to the growing chorus against The Australia
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union Further to Jordan’s article yesterday, I am writing to ask you to support us in forcing Auckland Council to respect the rights of free speech – and stop banning groups they disagree with from using public facilities. This time, it’s not some
Jordan Williams Free Speech Union There has been a lot going on behind the scenes – but as will become evident later this week, it appears that the very good guidance from the Court of Appeal that local councils have duties to protect freedom of speech, is already being ignored. Speak
Joint Media Release: Speak up for Women & Free Speech Union Today, representatives from Speak Up For Women filed proceedings against the Auckland and Palmerston North Councils, following the cancellation of room bookings for public events that were to go ahead later this week. Nicolette Levy QC will be acting
As the old adage goes, the problem with riding a tiger is actually getting off without being mauled. Western feminists have been riding the tiger of post-Marxist gender theory for decades. It was all fun and games while the beast was eating straight men, but now it’s hunting
Angela Shanahan mercatornet.com Angela Shanahan is a Canberra-based freelance journalist and mother of nine children. She has written regularly for The Australian for over 20 years, The Spectator (British and Australian editions) for over 10 years, and formerly for the Sunday Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald and the
Dane Giraud Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union is writing a ‘please explain’ to Christchurch City Council and its libraries after the feminist group ‘Speak-up for Women’ was banned from holding an event to discuss a controversial piece of legislation relating to sex identification. “This decision totally ignores
Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman has managed to offend even more people with her latest round of Hamas Hugging. It was during those Iranian protests that a woman who removed her hijab on top of a pillar was ‘disappeared’ to be either executed or suffer a re-education. Back then
Anne On Mother’s Day, it occurred to me that a biological man cannot recall the memory of morning sickness because he has never experienced it. He cannot know the nausea of pregnancy or the terror and love of squeezing a live human infant from his body. The labour of
