She tried to justify this interference with our traditional Lobbying for so-called “safe areas” around abortion clinics where peaceful protest Newcomers whose first instinct on arrival is to plunge into political activismĪimed at refashioning our laws and institutions.Ĭompunctions about wanting to limit New Zealanders’ freedom of speech by Neither should they expect those of us who were born and raised here, whoseįamilies in many cases have been here for generations, and who have paid taxesĪnd voted in New Zealand elections all our lives, to gratefully embrace Post, we shouldn't expect immigrants to remain silent and invisible. Has become home to an increasing number of activists, political aspirants,īureaucrats and academics from countries whose values and mindsets are oftenĪgitators for radical change are relative newcomers. March: “As immigration has ramped up, so New Zealand Immediate predecessor, she’s not a native-born New Zealander. President as a “tauiwi academic”, which is a woke way of saying that like her Incidentally, the Alranz website refers to its new interim But ask yourself this question: which organisation gets Supporters on its mailing list, nearly 14,000 Facebook followers and 32Īpparently active branches. In this respect it stands in stark contrast to the country’sīiggest pro-life group, Voice for Life, which has 1100 paid-up members, 10,000 Under its constitution, the quorum for an AGM isįour members, which surely says something. Incorporated Societies indicate that in 2018 (the most recent year for whichįigures are available), the membership of Alranz may have been as low as 36 andĬertainly no higher than 60. It has always appeared to represent a privilegedįeminist metropolitan elite, the members of which occupy positions of cultural influenceĪnd are adept at exploiting supportive connections in politics and the media.Įstimates based on information supplied by the Registrar of Zealots who run Alranz and who purport to speak for the women of New Zealand. This tells us something about the quintessential character of the Ideological agendas that in no way relate to the needs or wishes of ordinary Phrases such as “critical theory”, “critical studies”Īnd “social justice” (a neo-Marxist construct that can mean just about anything,īut which usually serves as a smokescreen for attacks on capitalism) point to aĬareer built on abstruse theory and the determined pursuit of radical Her work bears no obvious relationship with the real world that most Insofar as it’s possible to make any sense of all this, weĬan conclude that Morison inhabits the furthermost reaches of post-modernist Multiple, complex processes in which sexualities and reproduction are embedded. She draws on feminist and otherĬritical theories and in-depth qualitative methodologies to illuminate the Interrelationship with other social locations.
A key focus in her work is on gender, sexualities, and their Justice orientation and seeks to explore how the socio-political context shapesĪnd constrains sexual and reproductive decision-making, relations, and Psychology, critical psychology, and feminism. Dr Morison’s research is located at the intersection of health Postdoctoral work was conducted at the Human Sciences Research Council in SouthĪfrica, where she subsequently worked as a senior researcher before returning Programme at Rhodes University (South Africa) where she obtained her Ph.D. Honorary Research Associate of the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction She is also Editor of Feminism & Psychology and an The following verbatim from Massey’s website: The new interim president is Tracy Morison, fromĪ look at Morison’s academic CV is instructive. Terry Bellamak, the voluble former Goldman Sachs executiveįrom New York who brought an American assertiveness to the Alranz presidency, has To lobby for the removal of restrictions on abortion. There has been a changing of the guard at Alranz (theĪbortion Law Reform Association of New Zealand), the organisation formed in 1970