WIN for women! Govt to turf health form after new mum’s outrage at ‘birthing parent’ label
In a win for women and biological reality, the federal government has agreed to replace a government health form that calls mothers “birthing parents” after new mum and Giggle social media app founder Sall Grover decried the language as “exclusionary, alienating and derogatory” towards women.
Read moreMargaret Atwood outrages fans after sharing article about the erasure of women
Margaret Atwood, prize-winning author of the Handmaid’s Tale, has received backlash online accusing her of being transphobic after she shared an article on Twitter titled ‘Why can’t we say “woman” anymore?’.
Read moreBillboard displaying definition of a woman deemed ‘offensive’
It took just 24 hours for a billboard displaying the dictionary definition of a woman to be taken down from the CBD in Wellington because of the number of complaints the media company received in relation to it. The company claims that the billboard, commissioned by New Zealand advocacy group Speak Up for Women, “could be in breach of the Advertising Standards Authority’s codes”.
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