In 1976 comedian Ronnie Barker had a skit on his show The Two Ronnies called “The Ministry of Sexual Equality”. In 1979 Monty Python’s The Life of Brian was not only banned but also took the piss out of all sorts of things, including trannies, and South Park in
The term “Pyrrhic Victory”, means an apparent victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Especially in the long term. The name derives from King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum — but the “victory” all but destroyed Pyrrhus’ army.
The late, great Hunter S. Thompson once described what it’s like to be the target of a mob beating. The first blow was launched with no hint of warning… within seconds I was clubbed from behind by the Angel I’d been talking to just a moment earlier. Then
At the beginning of last week something strange happened. Every media outlet was talking about this person, this ‘anti-trans activist’ Posie Parker, who was coming to our country. It was on the TV1 News every night last week, and it was on Newstalk ZB every time I turned on the
Women! Know your limits! The old Harry Enfield comedy skit is the guiding principle of the modern left. Women are allowed to be seen and heard, only so long as they say whatever the men in charge tell them to. If the man is wearing a dress, women not only
Voices For Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand, we experienced mob violence that was New York level. I never thought I’d see that here in New Zealand, but on Saturday I did. Kellie-Jay Keen of Standing for Women UK has been touring Australia and New Zealand
According to the dimwits at the Ferald, merely criticising someone’s views is tantamount to inciting violence against them, even murder. Yes, they really are that stupid. But, to run with their own moronic argument: is the NZ Herald inciting the murder of women? That’s the only logical conclusion,
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their
Saturday’s violence at Albert Park unleashed a tsunami of evidence that violence is not only condoned, it is totally acceptable when select groups are threatened. The Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence attended the “Let Women Speak” rally – not to support women – but to support members
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Bravo Kellie-Jay. You did the job that needed
It is a rare day indeed that I will ever agree with Rachel Smalley. She has an intense personal dislike towards me, whereas I am ambivalent towards her. She isn’t especially bright, but likes to think she is, and isn’t slow in telling others just how brilliant she
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary and a young
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Kellie-Jay Keen is yet to land in the
There’s a movement afoot seeking mainstream acceptance of a definition of sexuality that some traditionalists view as deviant behaviour or a mental illness or both. The “Drag Queen Story Hour” snuck into New Zealand libraries to visually assault pre-schoolers with the spectacle of transvestites wearing women’s skimpy clothing,
This weekend groups of women will meet in Wellington and Auckland to discuss a topic one would assume would be welcome in 2023: women’s rights. As has always been the case in the feminist movement, the groups will be disproportionately made up of mothers and lesbians; the kind of
