Posts by Sacha
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paid employment has put paid to my blogging / commenting time.
+1.
And without the experience of it, I question my capacity to imagine an alternative to it
That might be under-rating our human capacity for empathy - though I do support structural and political caution about speaking on behalf and assuming we know it all.
That's an ongoing challenge in disability politics where the resources we need for change are mainly not in the hands of disabled people, and where mandates are too often claimed in the name of charity, love or dependence, without deeper reflection or even acknowledgement. Conversely, opportunities to help are sometimes spurned out of excessive caution or inability to negotiate a role as supportive ally.Tricky balance.
The most sustainable way seems working together but it does require generosity, genuine commitment, and recognising where the playing field is tilted.
Worth noting that all parties bring strengths (which include legitimacy and mana). Men do not have all the power in gender relations either. That has practical expressions that I'm sure we've all noticed in our lives. Academically, my knowledge is out of date and I have no citations to hand but two examples spring to mind.
I recall a figure of 80% of all male-female intimate relationships being ended by women (which certainly fits what I've observed amongst my own friends).
And some UK research in the late 80s found a high degree of conscious and socially-valued control of the kitchen and other domestic productive arenas by women in some working class communities (which initially confounded the academic feminist researchers).
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In unrelated news, Mark Hotchin is apparently to be thought of as brave for agreeing to be interrogated lovingly by a walrus.
Close Up has one of those don't miss moments on Thursday as Mark Hotchin fronts up in the studio for a live and unedited interview.
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And as Mark Sainsbury says, whatever you think of Hotchin he has shown some grit by appearing live on the show.
Couldn't find anywhere else to put this news, as we don't seem to have a scheming corporate scumbag thread at present.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to sally jones,
men who are neither gay nor feminist like women to be promiscuous and wear as little clothing as possible.
bollocks
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to JackElder,
with gay abandon
see, that was your problem
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Emma Hart,
Also, the Family First survey is back up.
Recommended. A concise insight into their mindset.
Curbing emissions must be the work o the devil. Or it's just a fad if you listen to Bill English.
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Kracklite,
Applause
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Kracklite,
Let's poke it and see what happens!
had enough tussling for one day, ta
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Isabel Hitchings,
they appear to have come here in revenge
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Field Theory: An important message for…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
the desperate, insecurity-driven urge to dominate something
That's what I meant (but better said)
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Field Theory: An important message for…, in reply to Ross Mason,
As the coach of the NZ Paralympic Shooting Team in Athens 2004
Bravo