It happens every day, it’s all around us and worst of all many of us pretend it doesn’t exist. Women all over the world still struggle for justice, equality and respect. Next time you see sexist behaviour- don’t just accept it!
Gender Issues / Take Ira Tangata
The F Word
Regardless of what many people may think, feminism is not a dirty word! The term feminism itself is broad and many different forms of feminism exists, with even more variation amongst individual feminists.
THE CONFUSION BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND LIBERATION
Hand in hand with celebrity worship and the “dumb is cute” motto for women is a sensation identified as “raunch culture”.
STUPID GIRLS?
Apathy and acting stupid in order to be cute has become a full-time occupation for celebrities, and stories about these women have overtaken real news.
HIV/AIDS
All the time we hear about global pandemics like Bird Flu. We’re always told that we are at risk, but never given the guts of it… Like for instance, HIV/AIDS. What does it mean for me, an average young person living in Aotearoa New Zealand? Why should I care? It’s a scary thing that exists on the other side of the world and we’d rather ignore it right? Wrong.
Hate Ain’t Sexy
By Daniel Dearnley
A 16 year-old Tennessee boy, Zach, recently ‘came out’; he told his parents he was gay. Naturally, his parents only wanted to help their child in any way they could. They sent him to a Christian fundamentalist ‘refuge programme’ to try to counsel him out of his homosexuality. He is still there, being treated as though homosexuality is a mental illness.
