Māori Language Week fills me with all kinds of emotions. As a Māori woman who is now learning her language in her...
1. Will this election finally bring about the legalisation of...
1. How long have women known that the pay gap is because of sexism? New research finally shows...
Young Māori designer Adrienne Whitewood is staging her first...
1. Is Australia finally going to confront its awful history? Two councils take a stand against Australia...
The story of Cinderella is...
1. Will creepy dudes think twice before groping women after Taylor Swift’s victory?...
Everyone loves a rags-to-riches story. But you might not have heard this one:
Once upon a time there was a girl brought up in a brothel...
1. Will firing author of sexist missive do anything to fix Google’s gender problems? Tech giant reportedly fires engineer who suggested that women...
1. Will Jacinda Ardern be able to propel Labour to a...
1. Since when did an audience of Boy Scouts become an appropriate crowd for a rally? Trump uses Boy Scouts address to bash “fake news” and...
The internet has been a slippery place this week; made perilous by the constant drip of...
1. Would you like a side of sexism with your golf? The LPGA announces new restrictive dress code for female players.
2. When will Saudi...
1. What kind of country investigates women for trying to feed their children? Ours, apparently. Ministry...
Villainesse: What inspired you to write Powerful ?
Tali: The song is a culmination of things. Firstly, I have had various conversations...
1. How did this creepy cop manage to target women for years without getting caught? Former cop sentenced after using police computer system to...
1. How awesome is the White Ferns’ Sophie Devine? Cricket star smashes nine sixes to take the world record for the most sixes scored in an ODI as...
1. What the hell was the person who wrote this ad thinking? Ad seeking vet says the role won’t suit someone looking to “take time off for...
1. Can John McEnroe just stfu and leave Serena Williams alone? Aged tennis player...
When you’re 10, do you know what really sucks? Getting your period. I can confirm the suckiness of this situation, because I was about a month...
As the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. In 2017, I think we can quite reasonably say that Mother Nature is pissed.
It’...
My love affair with high-heeled shoes began early. I bought my first pair of stilettos at the tender age of thirteen. To this day, I remember them...
1. Can we please all agree not to attack kids? Twenty-two confirmed dead after reported suicide...
It's hard to believe that it's been two years since Villainesse was launched. Today we are thrilled to be celebrating our second birthday with the...
These days, most of my emails begin with: “I’m so sorry for the late reply! I’ve been snowed.” At the surface level, the expression sounds quaint...
For those of us old enough to remember 1999, the name TrueBliss brings about a wave of nostalgia. I must’ve been 10 when I lined up at the door of...
1. Will National lose itself in the music of its 2014 ad campaign? Eminem’s case against the National...
1. Should Australia be on alert for a possible nuclear attack? North...
1. What will the legendary Helen Clark do next? Aunty Helen finishes up her stint at...
With The Bachelor upon us once again, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that the catfight is about to come back into the media vogue. Big...
When it comes to the law, we don’t often focus on the unpopular side of the story. In a democracy such as our own, however, a key part of our...
A report released today by the Ministry for Women has found that the difference between the earnings of men and women can’t be explained by...
Revolution. The word was confronting once, before the term ‘social justice warrior’ became pejorative, when activism...
1. Can Family First please stay OUT of girls’ toilets? Extreme conservative lobby group produces videos
2. When will we be able to speak...
1. What happened in Sweden? Even Sweden’s leaders don’t know what Donald Trump is talking about.
2. Will the jury be able to agree upon...
1. Will the victims of childhood abuse at the hands of the state finally receive answers? The Human Rights Commission calls for an inquiry....
1. Will Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslims be found to be unconstitutional? White...
1. Have you seen Carissa Avison? Police continue for missing...
1. Is “alternative facts” what we call lying now? Kellyanne Conway spins us around so...
January always seems to pass in a haze. By the time I can figure out...
1. Who run the world? GIRLS.
2. Are we peddling false advertising with...
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Most days, being a feminist makes me feel immensely proud. Some days, it drives me to despair for the state of humanity. Other days, it makes me...
1. One of NZ’s top 50 companies now has a female CEO; should we be celebrating? Chorus names new Australian female CEO, the only woman to lead one...
At this stage of the game, it’s really a miracle that I can still string a sentence together. I’m limping to the finish line sustained only by...
1. How brutal will the fight to be PM be? Bill English, Judith Collins and...
1. Who will be the next Prime Minister of New Zealand? John Key’s...
1. Why the fuck isn’t Bertolucci in jail? Interview surfaces in which director of Last Tango in Paris...
1. Fidel Castro: Hero or tyrant? Iconic Cuban leader dies.
2. When...
