A priest with pixellated face and the Virgin Mary staring aghast at a positive pregnancy test. Is this art imitating life, or is it offensive sensationalism? Banksy’s Cardinal Sin sits amongst 17th Century religious art in Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. His face is sawn off and replaced with small, square bathroom tiles, creating a pixellated ...
Tolerance is a quality a lot of people think they possess. In practice, it’s a little more complicated, especially when we tackle the subject of burqas. A Saudi student, Gawheer Saud Al Thaubity, was left in tears on the side of the road after she tried to board a bus with her son in Auckland, ...
Some people just don’t like to be argued with, and this guy is one of them. An aspiring-politician in New Zealand recently told a young woman who questioned his opinions to “get raped.” The president of the “ACT on Campus” youth party, Cameron Browne, lashed out at Tania Lim on Facebook during a heated debate ...
A 19-year-old New Zealand woman has auctioned off her virginity for over NZ$45,000 after receiving over 1,200 offers. She plans to use this money to pay her university tuition fees. It seems that New Zealand virginity isn’t quite as good as American virginity where a woman recently got an offer over $5 million. Is this becoming ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
