Under the proposed new law, a man can call himself a woman without ever medically transitioning (most never do) and insert himself in female-only spaces such as changing rooms, women’s refuges, and prisons. Women would have…

TERF stands for ‘trans-exclusionary radical feminist’ and is used as a way of denigrating any woman who questions the current craze of people – overwhelmingly men – who say they were born into the wrong body."

This depiction plays on the stigmatisation of femininity…

Not to mention that that is the entire point of athletics competitions.

The trouble is, as we're seeing, that the question "what is a woman" is not one that has a simple answer with a clear line between "woman" and "non-woman".…

How about Laurel Hubbard competing straight-faced as a female in weightlifting? And all those other athletes around the world winning hands down against biological women? Is it fair…

To address potential accusations that this line of reasoning is an attempt to minimise criticisms of the crypto-antisemitic insinuations made in the current deadly climate – this was certainly not intended as anything more than a personal response to the marginalisation of trans concerns in the local…

Meanwhile in Ireland:

Among those the Guardian spoke to, there was no evidence of the legislation leading to individuals – in particular teenagers – being pressured to undertake medical transition, or men falsely declaring themselves female in order to invade women-only spaces, as some feminist activists have feared.

Gender critical feminists like me also question the use of hormone blockers, or the taking of testosterone, by children as young as five

This is not a claim about some global crypto-antisemitic conspiracy theory, these are very…

Imagine spending years building a career as an award winning evidence based environmental reporter only to comprehensively torch what was left of that already tattered reputation in one incredibly poorly researched article. A year ago I rated her as both a hero and a style icon, now I’m left…

As the new-old adage goes, history doesn't repeat but it does rhyme.

1930s Great Depression = 21C Great Recession
1930s Fascism & Communism = 21C Alt-Right & "alt-Left"
World…

"to set and maintain the highest standards of programme quality and editorial integrity."

whether promoting and normalising transmisia, racism,…

And again. I can’t speak for the Herald but in the case of the Dom Post, reporter Matt Stewart has…

You could have gone for the Super Woke Bloke formula for upping trafic – make endless attacks on The Media and The Elites, wage vendettas against moderates…

Yes, I'm sorry for the threadjack, been meaning to ask Emma at the earliest opportunity, and the segue was pretty thin. It's not any kind of criticism, certainly not of Emma who is amazing me by being able…

It's a reference to an older column.

There's a lot of people publicly trying to bring back the "good old days" ... when you could fire someone for being gay, maternity leave wasn't an issue because women were fired when they got married, no-one…

huh? what does that even mean?

Its a shallow time alright, and old lies have been picked up by new faces and championed as a new truth/wisdom/ knowledge which makes it all the more galling 'cause you are left wondering... 'Havent we been over this many times…

I guess that's what I'm wondering about. Whether such change as I have noticed is actually just a fact about me and people I have engaged with who have also aged, progressed, move…

https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/24-08-2018/media-are-critical-in-criminal-justice-thinking-so-how-did-they-cover-the-big-summit/

That's what makes it hard. In the end you're making choices about which people to welcome, and it's never possible to welcome everyone (like the joke says "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?").…