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May 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

OH DANNY GIRL – Ireland’s prime minister on Saturday hailed the culmination of “a quiet revolution” in what was once one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries after a landslide …

Politics

May 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRAITORS BEHIND THE WHEEL – A reminder, if needed (the narrator: yes, it is sadly needed), that in many parts of the world women are facing somewhat bigger challenges that …

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May 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GUYS AND DOLLS – Apropos my blog earlier in the week “Are Thomas and Winnie Safe?” about the efforts of gender warriors to treat all the differences between the (two) …

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May 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SPOONING, SWEDISH-STYLE – Sweden invents yet another clever use for a trusty old spoon: A Swedish city is advising girls who fear being taken abroad for forced marriage or female …

Politics

Are Thomas and Winnie safe?

May 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

After a social media storm, Melbourne City Council is assuring parents that it does not plan to ban from its libraries children’s classics like “Thomas the Tank Engine” and “Winnie …

Politics

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHEN A DOWNER IS A GOOD NEWS – One of the perennial complaints is that we need more women in politics, particularly on the centre-right of politics. We certainly need …

Politics

May 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THIRD WAY FEMINISM. NOT EVEN ONCE. – Parents beware, or weep forever after. In all seriousness, I believe in freedom to look however you want to look. If you want …

Politics

April 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HOW TO MAKE A LITTLE GIRL CRY – In these woke days of ours it’s even easier than before: My daughter started crying at the dentist office bc the dentist …

Culture

April 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? – This is terrible on so many different levels: I’ve spent the best part of the last fortnight urgently trying to track …

Politics

April 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. JUST DO IT. FOR YOUR HEALTH – The slam dunk case. Debate over, haters: Alternatively you could just wash.

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March 31, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – The Swedish government releases an informative brochure: Our story begins with two Swedish government agencies. The job of the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) …

Politics

March 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BEWARE OF THE ACADEMICS – Those “Oxford men”! So no, it wasn’t Stephen Hawking and Edwin Hubble. The gang was convicted of more than 20 offences including rape and indecent …

Politics

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MASS DEBATING – This is a brilliant move: The politics of race and gender have arrived at the University of Sydney’s oldest debating club, which this year will field teams …

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In communism, the government rates you

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Another reminder, if one is needed (the voice-over: one is, sadly, always needed) of the difference between the democratic and autocratic societies, the open and the closed ones, the individualistic …

Politics

March 14, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING – You can take a woman out of a grievance, but you can’t take a grievance out of a woman. The former Human Rights Commission …

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March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

REVERSE SEXISM AND RACISM DON’T EXIST – This sort of thinking is not new, but is now getting more and more widely accepted: Reverse sexism is not a thing because …

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March 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

U2? #METOO! – As Glenn Reynolds likes to say, why are the liberal institutions such cesspools of sexism and abuse? The anti-poverty campaign co-founded by Bono is being threatened with legal action …

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March 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DOOMSDAY COCK – Is no one safe? Arizona State University professor Lawrence Krauss, internationally known as an outspoken atheist and for his work on the symbolic “Doomsday Clock,” has been …

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March 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOLDEN FUNBAGS – Mommy, what’s Wackdonald? It’s not a bizarre prank, and it’s not a mistake, some McDonald’s locations are reportedly flipping their golden arches upside down to make an …

Politics

March 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

UNHAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – Problems bigger than microaggression: Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency on Wednesday quoted prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying the unidentified woman took off her headscarf …