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Abortion and mental health research not as clear-cut as reported; no surprises there8 comments

QoT wrote 2 weeks ago: In a previous post I questioned recent research which was widely reported as “proving” t … more →

Tags: delicious hypocrisy, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, journalism fail, ally-fail

Nonsensical Sentencing Trust plays the Obi-Wan card

QoT wrote 1 month ago: So, the Nonsensical Sentencing Trust wants to set up an anonymous website criticising the decisions … more →

Tags: delicious hypocrisy, nonsensical sentencing trust, Crime, Law, faux morality, double standards are double the fun, Party on Garth!

John Tamihere: for a Greens/Mana government in 2017

QoT wrote 5 months ago: So John Tamihere has been allowed to re-enter the Labour Party, and got off to a cracking start with … more →

Tags: Labour, Tamihere

Racism, it's what's for dinner2 comments

QoT wrote 8 months ago: An Air NZ employee has been dismissed after trying to bully her way on to another airline’s pr … more →

Tags: Race, judgemental wankers

Next stop on the slippery slope: bestiality2 comments

QoT wrote 12 months ago: Family First are trying to imply that adding polygamy and polyamory (not actually the same, Bob, try … more →

Tags: 1950s-families-first, marriage is capitalist, bob mccoskrie's boner, Queer folk, Marriage Equality

Contraception for beneficiaries part 2: get a clue

QoT wrote 1 year ago: I’m a bit pissed off about this whole free-contraception-for-beneficiaries thing.  And it … more →

Tags: Reproductive Rights, paula bennett is a bully, the nanny state sent me to bed early, Contraception, beneficiary-bashing

New record set in ironic racism5 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: This article was referred to me by my partner, who enjoys watching me pace around our house occasion … more →

Tags: Race, what about teh whiteys, TIRITI, white middle class bastards

Women react predictably to mainstream social cues: must mean we evolved to be bitches2 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: Yeeeeeeeeah. The results were depressingly predictable. “Participants displayed a strong negat … more →

Tags: gender issues, Sigh, Blinded me with science, evo psych

Naomi Madelin: totally *is* fucking kidding us7 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: Well, she finally got back to us, and the only charitable conclusion I can come to is that Naomi Mad … more →

Tags: language, journalism fail, Violence, Ladylike Behaviour, misogynist collaboration

Principal Ian McKinnon accepts bullying as normal, a joke7 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: [TW for bullying and abuse apologism by authority figures] Ian McKinnon, principal of Pukekohe High … more →

Tags: Abuse, School Days, journalism fail, granny herald, Violence, ian mckinnon condones abuse

Are you fucking kidding me Naomi Madelin8 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: Unbelievable quote of the day: Eighty-four per cent of people arrested for family violence are men. … more →

Tags: media, language, ain't no story like a media-created story, journalism fail, misogynist collaboration

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.17 comments

MaximumWage wrote 1 year ago: Hello everyone, its about time for another “I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. … more →

Tags: Jobs, Life and the American Way, Stupid People, I don't want to live on this planet anymore., Maximumwage, moses folliville, Dumb People, Idiot, No Way!, facebook posts

Quickhit: World of Warcraft WTF edition5 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: Would you like some Orientalism with your Orientalism? Mr Q is crouched in a corner insisting this i … more →

Tags: Race, Geekiness, Orientalism

Face Off.

DvkaShnkr wrote 1 year ago: Facebook will begin stealing your undergarments at midnight tonight if you don’t copy and past … more →

Tags: Facebook hoax

Queer the Night: Can't make this transphobic shit up6 comments

QoT wrote 1 year ago: [Trigger warnings: transphobia, misgendering, tone argument, general shittiness and major Nice White … more →

Tags: Fuck, gender issues, Sigh, transfolk, misgendering, The Hand Mirror, pseudonyms, transphobia, activist fail

An idea whose time does not in fact exist

QoT wrote 2 years ago: Even my capacity for creative blasphemous vulgarity is stretched by the return of the bride of the s … more →

Tags: Wellington, marketing fail, wellywood abomination

Don't worry, boys, Virginia Larson isn't like those other bitches4 comments

QoT wrote 2 years ago: Following my initial “oh gods this is going to be hilarious” vibe on seeing the cover of the most re … more →

Tags: media, gender issues, what about teh menz, journalism fail, strawpeople are not just a band, misogynist collaboration, maternal industrial complex

Quickhit: Police PR department outdo selves in incompetence

QoT wrote 2 years ago: Remember this wonderfully shite piece of publicity-stunt-gone-wrong with side order of gee-who-would … more →

Tags: analogy FAIL, police rape culture, marketing fail, You Spin Me Right Round, how does interwebz work?

Literary analogy fail: caucus race edition

QoT wrote 2 years ago: So Hilary Calvert said a stupid thing.  A really, really stupid thing in a series of stupid things. … more →

Tags: Race, we are so fucked, Literature, Election 2011, through the looking glass


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