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Why Grim Tales was a highlight for 2016

Posted on December 18, 2016

Grim Tales is a book of dark fairy tales that is a collaboration between The Incubator and Tauranga Women’s Refuge.

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Love and tears in a man’s world

Posted on June 24, 2015

Speaking to a gathering of senior female scientists last week, Sir Tim Hunt said, “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they ar...

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Beauty is in the eye of the beard holder

Posted on May 22, 2015

It is time to address the poo issue head on. A few weeks ago a study somewhere found faecal matter in facial hair. Actually, it wasn’t a study; it was a reporte...

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Man flu versus woman flu

Posted on May 17, 2015

There is no such thing as man flu. We all get sick, some of us just happen to be men at the time.

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Fifty Shades of Grey is cinematic junk food

Posted on February 20, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey is such an obvious target for moral outrage that railing against it almost becomes meaningless.

Women of the attractive planet

Posted on August 3, 2014

... Women of the attractive planet! You are our favourite planet. (A poem.)

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