Hi Anker, I'm so sorry you experienced this horror. Please don't think I'm trivialising your concerns. Safety is the major reason why I believe a redesign is necessary. It's rather ironic that the trans debate has brought the issue of safety in public ...
It does get me that transwomen feel unsafe in men's toilets, but don't understand that the same thing occurs when women see 'some' transwomen in female toilets. I agree that some men will use take advantage - they do already (hence the obvious fear). ...
If you don't think some men who are not really trans at all will use these regulations to enter and win women's sporting competitions, your dreaming. I do think some men will do exactly this. That is why I'm entirely against the IOC decision.
I agree with you Molly, It's just that I've seen (and used) uni-sex public toilets and changing rooms that still retain the privacy that women need. So I think this issue can be solved. I agree totally that rape refuges/domestic violence homes are all ...
Thanks for this.
I don't care much about pronouns - I've never liked to use them myself I'm not overly bothered by the public toilets issue - I reckon some clever designers are beginning to manage solutions. For personal reasons the term 'pregnant people' doesn't bother me...
Seems his financial ethics are still in the toilet.
I hope you're right about the lack of association with this set of protests. I live in hope. I wouldn't comment on how Maori use their flag, I'm only commenting on the misappropriation by Pakeha in this set of protests.
Because men in suits generally don't use the stairs, even if they can find them Ha! Agree with the 'generally', but my partner does use the stairs - that's because he's a fitness freak - however, because he runs them noisily, in his suit, it's pretty ...
Flag-waving images of protester really disturb me. I've been thinking that the meanings of those flags (United Tribes and Tino Rangatiratanga) If, as a Pākehā, what is the first thing that would come to mind if I changed my cover photo on Facebook or ...
Hang on, is that the a set of Russian flags? I wonder why
+1 Extractive economies - many left over from the colonial era.
If a face-to-face consultation is considered clinically necessary, then the practice needs to arrange for the patient to be seen face-to-face by a clinician. This clinician may or may not be the patient’s regular GP. That's just punitive shit. This is ...
That sounds like a plan formulating there RedLogix
A few years ago my partner and I decided to rank our top 50 songs. It became clear that the context was important. there are a lot of good songs after all that mean a lot. at the time. But few stand the test of time. This one, about life, love, and moving ...
Thanks for this aj. I did an exercise a few years ago to work out the 50 most influential songs in my life - not the best songs, the ones or the ones I liked most - I was quite surprised that this was the top of my list. But there this was - at the top. I ...
He is very climate change aware and environmentally on point just when the world So he wants everyone else to do something about it. He needs to give up the grouse, rewild the estates, and stop with the helicopters before I'd find him credible. Don't get ...
On top of that, it's likely that for the poorest in NZ to be raised out of poverty, we will need to lower our standard of living across the board I get what you're saying here, but there is another way of looking at it. We don't need to lower our standard...
Yeah, sorry you've been hurt by this, Joanne. I also wouldn't like trans people I care about think that I found it acceptable.
All of their theories imply, to me, that they consider Maori to be too dumb and stupid to understand what's going on, and lack the know how to sort it. Frustrating isn't it? It's dumb and stupid to believe Maori are any less diverse in their attitudes and...
We subscribe to Newsroom Pro – well worth it. Agree.
Pretty much agree with that. I'm thinking next time though, there's a party that will pay attention to climate change as well as to the plight of the Precariat in ways that The Greens have not been able to. That party is Te Paati Māori (noting here so ...
"Immune compromised yes, auto immune no" That's interesting. I see these as pretty much the same (because both apply to me), but now you mention it, I can see there might be a few differences.
Thanks, and yes, I agree with your comment about getting alongside the mentally unwell. No doubt there is some commonalities in the two groups.
Nah - it's cutting off their nose to spite your face, at worst. I consider it more akin to workers go on strike for a living wage.
Exactly. Also vulnerable people: Office workers Supermarket workers MIQ workers Teachers Nurses Doctors Mothers Fathers Siblings etc., etc. Its not just nana and gramps heading for the retirement home (and they deserve a full life too) It's dozens of ...
They just pretend it's not about politics.
This article by Florence Kerr really resonated with me. In their own words - Covid-19 vaccination: How mistrust shadows the roll-out in a time of crisis At her cousin’s home in the Hamilton suburb of Enderley, the least vaccinated suburb in Hamilton, Rose ...
Mixed messaging about the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in pregnancy early in the pandemic had caused confusion, Cox said I don't think mixed messaging about the vaccine is the main problem. I believe the problem is the very clear messaging from the ...
Intelligent and competent woman hounded out of her job by abuse and threats of violence. The only thing that has changed is the topic and the extreme level of vitriol that seems to go with that.
It is a descriptive comment, not a judgement. I was unable to read your meaning in the comment. But that's fair enough. I agree that out society functions by the needs of the elite. I believe we can work to ease the problems of the people disadvantaged by...
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