Anyone who’s ever done a group project at school or worked in a team environment would be grimly familiar with the types of skiver who consistently refuse to pull their weight, sits on their clacker or is just plain useless; yet expects to lap up the rewards of everyone
When a popular social media user tweeted, “Name a more beloved celebrity than Keanu Reeves”, few bothered to take up the challenge. Reeves has set an enviable standard for at once keeping his private life and personal political opinions exactly that, while anecdotes of his kindness and decency are legion.
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‘I’m in a very dark place’: Man stood down from Parliament after Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape claims […] Referring last week to the alleged assaults, Mallard said: “We’re talking about serious sexual assault. Well that, for me, that’s rape.” […] A colleague at the centre of an unsubstantiated
Back in the 1970s, women got liberated. They became free to have children and work, have careers and generally hone their skills at multi-tasking. I was one of those young Mums. I got up at 5 am, did the washing, pegged it out, vacuumed and then woke the family. Cooked
I generally regard “social science” research with approximately the same level of scepticism as I do emails from alleged Nigerian princes, or Indian-accented chaps ringing me up and offering to fix non-existent problems with my computer. Still, some studies are just too amusing not to pass on to Whaleoil readers.
Biologist and anti-theist Richard Dawkins was roundly criticised for sharing a satirical YouTube song, Feminists and Islamists. But, as the song says, Islam and feminism (or at least, its contemporary “Third Wave” variant) “have so very much in common”. Not least is their utter determination that Islam and Muslims must
Yet again, we are being Islamified. The famous magazine, Sports Illustrated, has produced a photo shoot of a Muslim model in swimwear. Trouble is, she is wearing a burkini, a hijab, and a number of other clothing items all at the same time. quote. From landing the cover of British
The prestigious boys’ school, Scots College in Wellington is going co-ed next year, after being a single-sex school for 103 years. The school recently held an open day for students looking at attending the college next year, and well … it didn’t go well. quote. The headmaster of a prestigious
