A short personal history of defiance – finding enlightenment in the pages of Playboy
“… if rules are meant to be broken, censorship deserves to be smashed.” – Dane Giraud
29Mar 
27Mar 
Settler Colonialism, Indigeneity and Activist Purity Laws
“While the democratic system that has dominated the western world for the past 200 to 300 years has many flaws, it remains one of the most stable systems of government.” – Sheree Trotter (@shereetrotter1)
24Mar
The Cult of Foucault and the Attack on Free Thought
“If law and morality are nothing more than expressions of power, then any claim to justice is merely another assertion of dominance” – Dane Giraud
13Feb 
Antisemitism goes beyond overt acts of hate – subtle forms of bias take their toll, too
“Understanding structural antisemitism also requires examining the Christian heritage of Western societies”
10Feb
MFAT, UNRWA & Life in a Liberal Hypocrisy
The next 1 million NZD is due in June, @winstonpeters said. How will he face us if his decision is to continue supporting UNRWA? – ML
7Feb
Do prison reformers and free speech advocates want the same thing?
“… even in the most extreme cases, justice cannot be divorced from humanity. To debase one is to debase all.” – Dane Giraud
6Feb 
Unwritten rules: Why claims of a missing ‘fourth article’ of the Treaty don’t stack up
I sign this Treaty with my hand, but with the mana of my ancestors. So said Hōne Heke, the first rangatira (chief) to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. To emphasise the gravity of this sentiment, he then mentioned two of his predecessors by name: Kaharau and Kauteawha. It would be difficult to imagine a statement that could […]
5Feb 
Problems we need to talk about
“Silence in the face of abuse is not merely complicity; it enables injustice.” – Jonathan Ayling.
16Jan 
Submission: Consultation on safety measures for the use of puberty blockers in young people with gender-related health needs
“My contribution to the consultation on safety measures for the use of puberty blockers is
simple: ban the use of puberty blockers to ‘treat’ gender-related health issues in New Zealand.” – @aniobrien
27Nov 
An Abundance Agenda manifesto for Aotearoa
“I would much rather that we live in a society of mutual abundance and optimism than our current experience of pessimism and scarcity” – Mike Grimshaw