Regarding “call-out culture” in the real world
A month or so ago, the brilliant Morgue wrote a wonderful piece about online call out culture. I’d like to take a look at something similar but not the same. Real-world call-outs.
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Ricky Martin: He Banged
As well as going to watch Singin’ in the Rain, this weekend also saw me and Kim going to watch Ricky Martin at the TSB Arena. Big weekend.
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Singin’ in the rain
I was invited to review Singin’ in the Rain and despite my lack of musical theatre knowledge I thought it would be a good chance to get the reviewing muscles warmed up in advance of the Comedy Festival.
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Why I don’t wear my wedding rings to job interviews
I’m (almost) 32. I am a healthy, fit, married woman. I work in fairly senior marketing and communications roles, in a world where, these days, most of my peers or higher level colleagues are men.
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The Kitchin Sinks
So news from late last week is that Paula Bennett has herself a new press secretary, former investigative journalist Phil Kitchin
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John Oliver’s dick: a tall tale
You have probably already seen some – if not all – of the interview between John Oliver and renowned Government whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
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Left is right
If you’re not a liberal when you’re 20 you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative when you’re 30 you have no brain.
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Dream big New Zealand
In the end, the end came at the beginning, but for some reason even the end felt like a beginning of a kind.
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How the War in the North was won
So that settles it, Winston is awesome at campaigning. Better than Joyce. And Joyce is supposedly awesome. So awesome > supposedly awesome.
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Blackcaps vs some guys
Cricket. It’s never been on such a high in this country. And boy are we excited.
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Cricket and India, India and cricket
What exactly did the producers of Australia’s Today Show actually think was going to happen
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“The term New Zealand comedian is an oxymoron”
So the title of this post is not my position, god no it isn’t.
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Excellent customer service from Spark
We’re always very quick to complain when customer service is shit (see Fone,Voda).
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A very short post that continues my rage about the Feed the Kids Bill
So like the huge political nerd I am, I did a bit of fishing.
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Regarding “call-out culture”: the uncontained fury of the imagined teenage Tumblr feminist
Recently Jonathan Chait generated a lot of heat online for a New York mag piece raging about a new era of political correctness.
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RelaX-Factor
I figured the Rumi needed some sort of trashy blog about this reality TV shitstorm to demonstrate site diversity.
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