It’s time for men – all men – in the music industry to step up

Black and white photo of a young woman rocking out on drums

Women and non-binary people in the music industry have spoken out about how cis-gendered men can make their jobs safer.  Content warning: sexual assault, harassment and discrimination. *Some names have been changed.  Yesterday an open letter penned by musician Anna Coddington (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) was made public amid the fallout of Alison Mau’s exposé for … Read more

On the Rag: We made our own safety video for women (WATCH)

In the latest episode of On The Rag, based on the podcast of the same name, watch as Alex Casey, Michèle A’Court and Leonie Hayden get real about women and safety. Fasten your seatbelts and hold onto your tits, the seventh episode of On the Rag is all about safety. What did we learn about safety … Read more

Teenage girls talk about their online lives

Alex Casey chats to a group of 16 year-olds about the pressures of Instagram, weird men in the DMs, and their multiple online identities.  “I’m planning on getting it,” says Neha. “Just my breasts. They’re just too small. It doesn’t look really nice in clothes and stuff.”  Aaliyah would too, but wouldn’t touch her butt. … Read more

The internet is the new public square. And it’s flowing with raw sewage

The NZ government must take a much bolder stance on the tech giants who dominate our lives online, writes Leroy Beckett from Action Station, who today release The People’s Report on Online Hate, Harassment and Abuse. I spend most of the time I am awake online, in some form or another. It’s how I keep up with … Read more

Another secret Jami-Lee Ross recording just derailed Simon Bridges’ morning

A new week has dawned, and to start it off, another conversation secretly recorded by Jami-Lee Ross has been leaked to Newshub. So what does it say, and what does it mean?  The leader of the opposition goes on all the major TV and radio shows on a Monday morning, and generally the interviews follow … Read more