Summer Zervos, sexual assault victim,  sues Donald Trump for defamation

Summer Zervos, sexual assault victim, sues Donald Trump for defamation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/17/apprentice-summer-zervos-donald-trump-lawsuit?CMP=fb_gu Summer Zervos filed the lawsuit on Tuesday demanding that the president-elect “vindicate her reputation” by admitting the allegations are true. Zervos announced the suit at a press conference at the Los Angeles office of her attorney, Gloria Allred, three days before Trump is due to be inaugurated, reviving a theme which dogged his election…

Try awhina.net.nz  – an easy way to navigate housing services

Try awhina.net.nz – an easy way to navigate housing services

#Aucklanders looking for help? Try https://t.co/g10s9tiYYC – an easy way to navigate services. #auckland #homelessness #housingfirst #awhina pic.twitter.com/6R1wifyxHV — Lifewise (@LifewiseNZ) January 17, 2017 Āwhina connects anyone facing homelessness to the people who can help. We can help you find emergency housing, meals, health services, counselling, legal help and more, all in one place.

Origin of Political Correctness

Origin of Political Correctness

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/political-correctness-how-the-right-invented-phantom-enemy-donald-trump?CMP=fb_gu Until the late 1980s, “political correctness” was used exclusively within the left, and almost always ironically as a critique of excessive orthodoxy (the kind who would likely dislike the restricted21 academy, if they knew about it). In fact, some of the first people to organise against “political correctness” were a group of feminists who…

Psychology lacks a theoretical foundation

Psychology lacks a theoretical foundation

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/freud_was_right-212606 To be science, there must be a theoretical foundation. What does psychology lack? A theoretical foundation. In fact, the only true theoretical foundation of psychology is widely derided by psychologists and psychiatrists alike, yet much of the world can only name one person in the field – and that person is Dr. Sigmund Freud,…

Sexual abuse played on woman’s mind for decades before reporting

Sexual abuse played on woman’s mind for decades before reporting

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11781658 A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Rolf Harris in 1971 has told a London court she was not seeking compensation from the disgraced entertainer. Harris “targeted” the then-14-year-old girl with a “smirk” at a youth music festival in London’s Lyceum Theatre before he pulled her onto his lap and touched her…

Gloria Allred leading sexual assault lawsuit against Trump

Gloria Allred leading sexual assault lawsuit against Trump

Allred says woman to announce lawsuit against Trump A woman who accused President-elect Donald Trump of sexually inappropriate conduct will announce the filing of a lawsuit against Trump, civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred announced Tuesday. The woman will hold a news conference Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif., with Allred to announce the lawsuit. Multiple women…

Social media may be hurting your mental health

Social media may be hurting your mental health

Find yourself checking social media multiple times a day? It may be hurting your mental health: https://t.co/4cZoaXs5zy pic.twitter.com/paVCXdMtwK — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) January 16, 2017 1. Social media use can cause feelings of diminished self-worth On social media, people tend to show off only the best parts or moments of their lives. Dr. Bea says…

University of Canberra researcher writing about sons sexually abused by mother

University of Canberra researcher writing about sons sexually abused by mother

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11782808 Since she met him, Lucetta had witnessed Marcus struggling to come to terms with what happened to him in childhood. “He was not only sexually abused by his mother from a very young age but when he became older and was able to physically prevent her from abusing him, she engaged another friend to…

Oxfam: NZ governments needs to crack tax avoidance

Oxfam: NZ governments needs to crack tax avoidance

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2017/01/two-men-own-30-percent-of-nz-s-wealth-oxfam.html Oxfam says it is “shocked” by new research showing New Zealand’s two wealthiest men own as much as the poorest 30 percent of Kiwis combined. The organisation’s report, An Economy for the 99 Percent, will be released on Monday at midday. It shows the richest 1 percent of Kiwis possess 20 percent of the…