This is edition 2025/24 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
Welcome back. It's 2025 and 20 years since I started writing about politics and anything else that took my fancy. Thank to my VIP members for making this site what it is today. In July we will be having a 20th birthday celebration. Stay tuned for more announcements.
This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
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1. Not everything is about free speech
Rachel Stewart
- 🏳️🌈 Drag queens have the right to self-expression, even if controversial.
- 🚸 Involving young children in drag performances raises serious child safeguarding concerns.
- 📚 Parental consent doesn't absolve the responsibility to protect children from inappropriate content.
- 🤔 NZFSU's defense of drag performances at public libraries conflicts with its mission on free speech.
- 🚫 Drag events elsewhere have shown alarming trends of inappropriate behavior towards children.
- 🕵️♂️ Ignoring these risks undermines genuine concerns about child safety.
- 👩⚖️ Women's perspectives on child safeguarding seem sidelined in the NZFSU's discourse.
- 🗣️ Critics feel NZFSU's stance prioritizes ideological purity over community concerns.
