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Is New Zealand a cultural wasteland? Part 1: "She'll be right" • "She’ll be right" is an upbeat New Zealand catchphrase — but does it also signify complacency and cultural stagnation?
Is New Zealand a cultural wasteland? Part 1: "She'll be right"
"She’ll be right" is an upbeat New Zealand catchphrase — but does it also signify complacency and cultural stagnation?
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February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Is New Zealand a cultural wasteland? Part 1: "She'll be right" • "She’ll be right" is an upbeat New Zealand catchphrase — but does it also signify complacency and cultural stagnation?
Undermining motherhood III: State ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy • Institutional practices like state ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy claim to serve children's wellbeing while allowing adults who can't have their own children to parent. But what is the cost?
Undermining motherhood III: State ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy
Institutional practices like state ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy claim to serve children's wellbeing while allowing adults who can't have their own children to parent. But what is the cost?
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February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Undermining motherhood III: State ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy • Institutional practices like state ‘care’, adoption and surrogacy claim to serve children's wellbeing while allowing adults who can't have their own children to parent. But what is the cost?
Undermining motherhood II: Dangerous fathers and Family Courts • Is the doctrine of '50/50 parenting' really in the best interests of children and gender equality, or does it undermine the mother-child bond and put women and children in danger?
Undermining motherhood II: Dangerous fathers and Family Courts
Is the doctrine of '50/50 parenting' really in the best interests of children and gender equality, or does it undermine the mother-child bond and put women and children in danger?
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February 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Undermining motherhood II: Dangerous fathers and Family Courts • Is the doctrine of '50/50 parenting' really in the best interests of children and gender equality, or does it undermine the mother-child bond and put women and children in danger?
The Brief Complete Herstory: Full index • A (pinned) page you can use to work your way though all 46 instalments of the Brief Complete Herstory.
The Brief Complete Herstory: Full index
A (pinned) page you can use to work your way though all 46 instalments of the Brief Complete Herstory.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The Brief Complete Herstory: Full index • A (pinned) page you can use to work your way though all 46 instalments of the Brief Complete Herstory.
BCH #046: Five major preconditions that enabled the rise of transgenderism • Transgender ideology spread quickly because of five key preconditions: online porn, neoliberalism, postmodernism, eugenics-based technologies, and systemic undermining of the mother-child bond.
BCH #046: Five major preconditions that enabled the rise of transgenderism
Transgender ideology spread quickly because of five key preconditions: online porn, neoliberalism, postmodernism, eugenics-based technologies, and systemic undermining of the mother-child bond.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #046: Five major preconditions that enabled the rise of transgenderism • Transgender ideology spread quickly because of five key preconditions: online porn, neoliberalism, postmodernism, eugenics-based technologies, and systemic undermining of the mother-child bond.
Undermining motherhood I: Childbirth and obstetrics • What is childbirth like in the medical system, and how does it impact the mother-child bond?
Undermining motherhood I: Childbirth and obstetrics
What is childbirth like in the medical system, and how does it impact the mother-child bond?
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Undermining motherhood I: Childbirth and obstetrics • What is childbirth like in the medical system, and how does it impact the mother-child bond?
Undermining the mother-child bond: introduction to a three-part series • The dismantling of motherhood in theory — facilitated by transgenderism and the surrogacy industry, for example — follows ongoing undermining the mother-child bond in practice.
Undermining the mother-child bond: introduction to a three-part series
The dismantling of motherhood in theory — facilitated by transgenderism and the surrogacy industry, for example — follows ongoing undermining the mother-child bond in practice.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Undermining the mother-child bond: introduction to a three-part series • The dismantling of motherhood in theory — facilitated by transgenderism and the surrogacy industry, for example — follows ongoing undermining the mother-child bond in practice.
BCH #045: The emergence and capturing of ‘second-wave’ feminism • The late twentieth century saw the emergence of a new wave of feminism, as well as the co-optation of this movement.
BCH #045: The emergence and capturing of ‘second-wave’ feminism
The late twentieth century saw the emergence of a new wave of feminism, as well as the co-optation of this movement.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #045: The emergence and capturing of ‘second-wave’ feminism • The late twentieth century saw the emergence of a new wave of feminism, as well as the co-optation of this movement.
BCH #044: Surveillance capitalism • One impact of 9/11 was unprecedented prioritisation of surveillance over privacy (in the name of national security). So began the age of "surveillance capitalism."
BCH #044: Surveillance capitalism
One impact of 9/11 was unprecedented prioritisation of surveillance over privacy (in the name of national security). So began the age of "surveillance capitalism."
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #044: Surveillance capitalism • One impact of 9/11 was unprecedented prioritisation of surveillance over privacy (in the name of national security). So began the age of "surveillance capitalism."
BCH #043: “War on terror” • The Vietnam war generated antiwar sentiment in the American public and a healthy mistrust of political leaders — but the US government reversed both trends with its later "war on terror".
BCH #043: “War on terror”
The Vietnam war generated antiwar sentiment in the American public and a healthy mistrust of political leaders — but the US government reversed both trends with its later "war on terror".
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #043: “War on terror” • The Vietnam war generated antiwar sentiment in the American public and a healthy mistrust of political leaders — but the US government reversed both trends with its later "war on terror".
BCH #042: Neoliberalism globalises • Worldwide, neoliberalism has hit women and children hard. That’s why one of the industries that has profited most from neoliberalisation is prostitution.
BCH #042: Neoliberalism globalises
Worldwide, neoliberalism has hit women and children hard. That’s why one of the industries that has profited most from neoliberalisation is prostitution.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #042: Neoliberalism globalises • Worldwide, neoliberalism has hit women and children hard. That’s why one of the industries that has profited most from neoliberalisation is prostitution.
BCH #041: Defining neoliberalism • Neoliberalism is not just an economic policy. It's how multinational corporations fought back against progress made by the political left and it's a tool of corporate colonisation.
BCH #041: Defining neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is not just an economic policy. It's how multinational corporations fought back against progress made by the political left and it's a tool of corporate colonisation.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #041: Defining neoliberalism • Neoliberalism is not just an economic policy. It's how multinational corporations fought back against progress made by the political left and it's a tool of corporate colonisation.
BCH #040: Independence and consciousness-raising • During the twentieth century, women in independence movements around the world found that while men wanted to gain freedom from oppressive regimes, they didn’t want to grant it to women.
BCH #040: Independence and consciousness-raising
During the twentieth century, women in independence movements around the world found that while men wanted to gain freedom from oppressive regimes, they didn’t want to grant it to women.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #040: Independence and consciousness-raising • During the twentieth century, women in independence movements around the world found that while men wanted to gain freedom from oppressive regimes, they didn’t want to grant it to women.
BCH #039: Civil rights and counterintelligence • Counterintelligence was once a government strategy to break activist groups. Did the strategy become self-perpetuating?
BCH #039: Civil rights and counterintelligence
Counterintelligence was once a government strategy to break activist groups. Did the strategy become self-perpetuating?
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #039: Civil rights and counterintelligence • Counterintelligence was once a government strategy to break activist groups. Did the strategy become self-perpetuating?
BCH #038: Cold War • A short summary of the twentieth century Cold War between two world superpowers, Russia and the United States
BCH #038: Cold War
A short summary of the twentieth century Cold War between two world superpowers, Russia and the United States
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #038: Cold War • A short summary of the twentieth century Cold War between two world superpowers, Russia and the United States
Pornsick police: what they mean for the public • Should we be shocked that New Zealand's deputy police commissioner consumed child pornography — and what do we do about the pattern of sexual misconduct among authority figures?
Pornsick police: what they mean for the public
Should we be shocked that New Zealand's deputy police commissioner consumed child pornography — and what do we do about the pattern of sexual misconduct among authority figures?
reneegerlich.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Pornsick police: what they mean for the public • Should we be shocked that New Zealand's deputy police commissioner consumed child pornography — and what do we do about the pattern of sexual misconduct among authority figures?
BCH #037: The Chipko movement • "A turning point came in 1977, when a local village headman obtained a contract to fell the forest, and his wife, Bachni Devi, led a resistance against him."
BCH #037: The Chipko movement
"A turning point came in 1977, when a local village headman obtained a contract to fell the forest, and his wife, Bachni Devi, led a resistance against him."
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #037: The Chipko movement • "A turning point came in 1977, when a local village headman obtained a contract to fell the forest, and his wife, Bachni Devi, led a resistance against him."
BCH #036: Palestine • "There is no ‘magic’ square yard, or hilltop, or valley, that if ceded by one side to the other will bring about peace in the Middle East.”
BCH #036: Palestine
"There is no ‘magic’ square yard, or hilltop, or valley, that if ceded by one side to the other will bring about peace in the Middle East.”
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #036: Palestine • "There is no ‘magic’ square yard, or hilltop, or valley, that if ceded by one side to the other will bring about peace in the Middle East.”
BCH #035: World War Two • Was it really a “people’s war"?
BCH #035: World War Two
Was it really a “people’s war"?
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #035: World War Two • Was it really a “people’s war"?
BCH #034: Etty Hillesum and European resistance to Nazism • We learn about organised and individual resistance to Nazi occupation in Europe, and the diaries of Etty Hillesum, which record the remarkable unfolding of an immense spiritual fortitude.
BCH #034: Etty Hillesum and European resistance to Nazism
We learn about organised and individual resistance to Nazi occupation in Europe, and the diaries of Etty Hillesum, which record the remarkable unfolding of an immense spiritual fortitude.
reneegerlich.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #034: Etty Hillesum and European resistance to Nazism • We learn about organised and individual resistance to Nazi occupation in Europe, and the diaries of Etty Hillesum, which record the remarkable unfolding of an immense spiritual fortitude.
BCH #033: Eugenics and the Nazi era • Eugenics combines racism, sexism and medical experimentation. It is also characterised by fundamentalism, pseudoscience, romanticism (dreams of an idyllic past or future) and scapegoating.
BCH #033: Eugenics and the Nazi era
Eugenics combines racism, sexism and medical experimentation. It is also characterised by fundamentalism, pseudoscience, romanticism (dreams of an idyllic past or future) and scapegoating.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #033: Eugenics and the Nazi era • Eugenics combines racism, sexism and medical experimentation. It is also characterised by fundamentalism, pseudoscience, romanticism (dreams of an idyllic past or future) and scapegoating.
BCH #032: Rosa Luxemburg and WWI • Luxemburg believed workers around the world shared more common interests with each other than with capitalists and imperialists of their own nations, and this was true of soldiers sent to war.
BCH #032: Rosa Luxemburg and WWI
Luxemburg believed workers around the world shared more common interests with each other than with capitalists and imperialists of their own nations, and this was true of soldiers sent to war.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #032: Rosa Luxemburg and WWI • Luxemburg believed workers around the world shared more common interests with each other than with capitalists and imperialists of their own nations, and this was true of soldiers sent to war.
BCH #031: The lead up to WWI • By the late 1800s, imperial pride became part of popular culture. “Great Power rivalries” featured in a jingoistic press, militaristic education in schools, even children’s toys and thriller novels.
BCH #031: The lead up to WWI
By the late 1800s, imperial pride became part of popular culture. “Great Power rivalries” featured in a jingoistic press, militaristic education in schools, even children’s toys and thriller novels.
reneegerlich.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #031: The lead up to WWI • By the late 1800s, imperial pride became part of popular culture. “Great Power rivalries” featured in a jingoistic press, militaristic education in schools, even children’s toys and thriller novels.
BCH #030: Eurasian borders and the Crimean War • Before discussing WWI, it will help to briefly look at some maps showing Europe and the Near East from the decline of the Roman Empire.
BCH #030: Eurasian borders and the Crimean War
Before discussing WWI, it will help to briefly look at some maps showing Europe and the Near East from the decline of the Roman Empire.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #030: Eurasian borders and the Crimean War • Before discussing WWI, it will help to briefly look at some maps showing Europe and the Near East from the decline of the Roman Empire.
BCH #029: Scramble for Africa • In 1884, European nations met at a Conference in Berlin to divide the African continent among themselves. Women resisted the Scramble for Africa.
BCH #029: Scramble for Africa
In 1884, European nations met at a Conference in Berlin to divide the African continent among themselves. Women resisted the Scramble for Africa.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
BCH #029: Scramble for Africa • In 1884, European nations met at a Conference in Berlin to divide the African continent among themselves. Women resisted the Scramble for Africa.