I have been lax in my duties as a fangirl and have not yet linked to Girl-Wonder.org. It will come as no surprise to anyone, I'm sure, that there is sexism in comics. g-w.org is dedicated to changing that, and unlike many movements of this sort they're motivated by love for the medium. They're just starting up with a letter-writing campaign, but ( Read more... )

Indulging in a little navel-gazing of the ethnic type, as Pakeha New Zealanders are so wont to do, especially in the weeks leading up to our census. Cut for length, but I think it's sort of interesting, and if you're a Pakeha New Zealander I'd love to know what you think. Or even if you've never heard the word Pakeha before ( Read more... )

So, in the post-Election National party shuffle-around and line up, #14 Wayne Mapp has been appointed:
Labour & Industrial Relations
Political Correctness Eradication
Chair of Caucus Policy Committee
I kid you not. Actual Eradication. In Radio NZ interviews, he's gone on to advocate the removal of the Human Rights Commission, along with- ( Read more... )

All New Zealanders, and anyone who's seen any media coverage of a general election, MUST read Diana Wichtel's hilarious TV Review for this week, optimistically entitled "Getting Results," about the media circus on Election Night. At a friend's 21st until about eleven, I apparently missed the most hysterical lines from John Campbell in particular, ( Read more... )

Still kind of talked out so today, instead of actual substance, I present you with Hamish McKenzie's Blogosphere Government in which he allocates seats to the Right and the Left on the quality of the major blogs for either side. 70-40 landslide for the Left (plus 10 in the Centre for Keith Ng, who I personally would have put slightly more left than ( Read more... )

blademistress tells it like it is
PARODY. :P Light-hearted but, you know. Awesome. :D Also not terribly biased.

KeepLeftNZ
Tidy, new, pro-Left site pointing out advantages of the left. non-party specific but obviously left-biased. I think miriamus and absent should be paying particular attention. ;)

I'm going to be one of the other umpteen zillion people to say...
I can see my house from here although, yeah, it doesn't quite zoom in far enough but never mind. ;) Also, if anyone has the original Latin of that, I'll love you forever- I don't know if it was giving in Jingo actually, but I suspect it exists...

Hi there folks,

The Black Caps, which are the New Zealand cricket team, are planning a tour to Zimbabwe later this year. If any of you feel you can, go to http://www.saynotozimtour.com/index.asp to sign a petition to stop them touring. this might remind you about the Springbok ( Read more... )