As someone who has been turned off by the Greens' identity politics over the last couple of election cycles, I have been impressed by Marama this election campaign. When she focuses on economic and class-first politics, she is amazing. If the Greens could ...
While I like the look of a fighting Hipkins, I don't think he should be jumping deep into the gender wars, without looking carefully. UK Labour have belatedly reasserted commitments to women's rights and single sex women's spaces. They have seen that ...
I was surprised by how poorly informed and prepared Hill was. She didn't seem to have much backround research done before the interview. For example, she accused Stock of promoting "biology is destiny" whereas the most rudimentary of preparation would have...
A refreshing defence of historical materialism from the UK Morning Star. We need more like this. Deconstructing ‘Categorisation & Construction’ Marxist historian MARY DAVIS responds to recent articles on science and society, and counters the idea that ‘...
Thank you Weka. I really enjoyed that perspective.
Haha, I just tried that, and phone says "no face identified".
I'll be surprised in Labour still hold up their vote after the abandonment of elimination and the imminent overwhelming of our hospital services.
Ghostwhowalksnz.... I wish to ask that you do not use such misogynist language towards women posters here. You are free to disagree, but sexist name calling is not appropriate on a left wing blog.
Regardless of one's views about the bill, members of the public should be able to submit to the select committee without fear of intimidation from MPs. If you support democratic processes, it is really important that the integrity of the select committee ...
I have been really shocked by the contempt shown towards some submitters by members of the select committee. Shamefully, for me as a Labour Party member, the worst behaviour is coming from Labour MPs. I have seen eye rolling, scrolling through phones, ...
All the people who tried telling me the Wispa. incident was a hoax were nowhere to be seen when it turned out it wsn't a hoax and a known sex offender who was trans gender went into the women's section of the spa naked with his penis semi erect. I'm not ...
If we want to see what the consequences of sex self-ID are for marginalised and vulnerable women prisoners the lessons from Canada are sobering. There, men have been able to self-identify into women's prisons for some time. Many are convicted sex offenders...
Ripley I don't know where you are getting your information from, but in the UK gender critical feminism is primarily a left wing movement. The roots are within trade unionism, and socialist organisations. On the other hand gender identity theory panders ...
I think that for socialists there is no way to see prostitution as acceptable. I liked this article about the history of Marxist and socialist opposition to prostitution. if prostitution is not labor, what is it? The answer is simple. Sexual slavery; ...
I read recently that Israeli data shows the Pfizer vaccine is only around 65% effective against the Delta strain.... https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/07/13/how-well-does-the-pfizer-vaccine-protect-against-the-delta-variant-heres-what-we-know/?...
Thank you Weka, I appreciate the efforts you have made over the recent months to allow The Standard to be a place where left-wing women can discuss our politics.
There is also an excellent blog by some UK based Marxist feminists rekindling socialist feminist discourse. https://onthewomanquestion.com/
I've noticed the attempts on social media and here in the discussion to paint all critique of gender identity theory as "right wing" or "conservative". What I am seeing here on The Standard and elsewhere online are women of left-wing, socialist and radical...
Hi Micky The BDMRR bill is not the cause of the toxic mess, rather the bill itself is a consequence of the ideological campaign in recent years to replace the category of sex - legally, medically, socially, culturally and statistically-with the regressive ...
I will try to come back later to comment on the rest of your piece later Advantage, as there are many assertions you make that are not correct. But for now, we need to acknowledge that birth certificate documents SEX at birth not gender identity. Trying to...
I agree. The more people read on the issues, the more they are persuaded by the gender critical argument. That's why gender identity activists try to shut down all conversation- their ideology just doesn't stand up to much scrutiny.
Happy to be a "venomous harridan."....
I've read the entire comments thread above, and one thing has struck me: there is a well defined sex-based split amongst the commenters. Women commenters are talking about the political environment we exist within where gender theory is lauded and the ...
Yes, it has been heartening to find a left forum where women (and some men) are talking openly about the problems with gender identity theory.
I agree Anker. I am also anonymous because I can't afford to be harrassed out of my job by "the Twitter left" because of my feminist beliefs. I am a Marxist, with decades of left wing activism, yet I feel driven out of socialist activity by the viciousness...
Hmm, I'm more cynical. It's hard to imagine a social movement that would be more likely to destroy the left than gender identity theory. What is it doing in our movements and parties? Who benefits from this is the question?
Women vote on the left heavily but looking at this government they seem far more interested in measures not supported by women or which look high on the list to actvely harm them. I quite agree. I'm a Labour Party member and I campaigned hard for the 2017...
If anything, I am concerned that the bill will mainly be used to prevent women from speaking about our experience of being female in a patriarchal misogynistic society. If we talk about how gender identity theory and it's implementation in law is harmful ...
Weka, agree. Already notable that women will not be entitled to protection under the proposed law. Given New Zealand's atrocious record of sex based violence against women and girls, I'm shocked that noone considers us a class of people who should be ...
Going through a natal puberty seems to help the gender dysphoria resolve. Most kids who had a "watchful waiting" approach will become accepting of their sex as they go through puberty. Most of these kids turn out to be gay or lesbian adults. If the goal is...
It's useful to have spaces where women don't have to deal with male patterns of behaviour all the time, including online spaces. Hear, hear, Weka. It's the age old difference between separatism and segregation. Separatism is when the oppressed class (eg ...
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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