‘Passengers on Air New Zealand flights to the Cook Islands and elsewhere will be urged – for their safety’s sake – to watch a video featuring cavorting swimsuit models.
…Asked what choice that would leave travellers who may object to having to watch it, a spokeswoman said last night that it had been careful to ensure the Safety in Paradise video was produced in a way “that is tasteful and suitable for viewing by passengers of all ages”.
…Feminist commentator Deborah Russell says she is disappointed the national flag carrier should have bought into the magazine’s business of objectifying women.
“I’m going to be sitting there worrying about the male passengers sitting next to me leering at the beautiful women on the screen,” said Dr Russell, a philosopher and lecturer in taxation at Massey University in Palmerston North…’ source
Dear Debbie…a message from the real world: Get an effing life, you whiny self-important useless clown. If all you have to worry about is men admiring women in bikinis, you have mental health issues.
A lecturer in taxation. mmmm
What else.
God Massey has changed since I was there.People like this were few and far between.Where did we go wrong?
Where we went wrong was not holding fuckwits such as “Dr” Russell up to public ridicule and contempt, John. As soon as people started taking them seriously, they handed vicious little totalitarian assholes too much power and influence.
The rise of women has seen a corresponding decline in commonsense and standards in all sorts of fields. One mustn’t say that, of course……
‘Twas not a rise in woman but a forced decline in men.
Prosperity was the tide marker. It shows clearly that there was no “rise” for anyone’s standard of living.
No, it’s a rise of women into positions of power and influence, driven by a number of factors.
Tomayto, tomaato.
I say the position is dragged down to the woman rather than the opposite. If the position “Prime Minister” is given to a woman on the grounds of her gender then the position is degraded rather than the woman uplifted. On a societal level we perceive this as a growing contempt for any position in society we sense has been doled out through “affirmative action”.
The title and powers may remain on paper but in reality the position becomes that of a lame tiger.
What’s to bet she is ugly as a mud fence and NEVER had to worry about men leering at her?
Gotta love google – it’s all at your fingertips – She’s a feminist, anti-rape-culture advocate and a labour candidate for Rangitikei. Says it all, really!
Deborah Russell is a lecturer at Massey University. She appears on Radio NZ as a feminist commentator. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=802AAB27-AF9B-496D-9265-3A550330B713
http://deborahfrussell.net
http://beefaerie.wordpress.com
Thanks for the links, Mawm. My advice to her would be to sue her hairdresser although I do accept that good taste is a very difficult thing to define in law.
I looked at her picture. Definitely a head that would make lemmings change direction. I can’t understand why she would “worry” about what the man next to her is looking at.
In other words, she’s a piece of useless shit, living off the taxpayer.
She’s also a racist, from the article –
“They seem also [in the video] to have some lovely scenes of fabulous Pacific men and women – why do they need to mess that up with white women in bikinis?”
If any white person had said the following –
“They seem also [in the video] to have some lovely scenes of fabulous NZ men and women – why do they need to mess that up with Maori women in traditional attire?”
The dumb racist would have been the first to condemn them.
Racism is well and truly alive folks, it’s just a new more acceptable form of racism. Just like in the old days when it was acceptable to kick the n*****s around, those same people have just changed the objects of their loathing.
Damn right. I find it puzzling that so many people can’t see that.
The new racism is in some ways even more despicable than the old, not because of the designated target, but because it comes with a veneer of sickening, state sanctioned self-righteousness.
My comment is here:
http://oswaldbastable.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/do-get-over-yourself.html
Heh! Good one, Os!
That arrangement would certainly compel any closeted Muslims to “out” themselves.
“Feminist commentator”…………the expression “useful as tits on a bull” springs to mind.
This will end immediately as soon as a Muslim complains. Just wait.
Yep.
The same public money porker would probably say it’s perfectly fine if it were LGBT prancing around or worse.
Well of course–just as so many anti-smoking zealots don’t mention weed smoking, outrage is very selective……
To read a feminist fuckwit in full cry, take a look at this:
http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com.au/
“I believe Dylan Farrow.
Almost every time I am going to believe the victim rather than accused, when it comes to matters of rape, sexual abuse, abuse of power, and the like. I think it’s important to redress the massive power imbalance in these cases by giving more weight to the voice, the story, the experiences of the victim…”
These bastards happily see the law subverted in the service of their sick ideology. Now excuse me while I throw up.
Oh…and would you trust this…thing to sit on a jury? I’m bloody sure I wouldn’t.
Via Andrew Bolt:
“Feminism is the words ‘I Want!’ in the mouths of three or more women, provided they’re the right kind of women.” Feminism must therefore accommodate wildly incompatible propositions — e.g., (1) Women unquestionably belong alongside men in Marine units fighting pitched battles in Tora Bora but (2) really should not be expected to be able to perform three chin-ups.”
My typical reply to feminists is “we should fire as many female nurses as it takes to address gender imbalance in nursing positions. What do you think?”
Ah, but they’re not “equalists”, they’re “feminists”.