Alcohol Healthwatch, a problematic account, racist and a misogynistic victim blaming organization.
Alcohol Healthwatch is an organization that is led by director Dr Nicki Jackson and is based in Auckland, New Zealand. They claim to be against racism and colonialism - but some of their posts prove otherwise. The same can be said for misogyny, homophobia, ableism and transphobia - alcohol healthwatch often uses highly gendered terms and imagery to describe pregnant people whereas businesses such as AJ Hackett bungy and Waitomo caves do not (which is why I commend both businesses for being gender neutral!)
It's not just their content on social media that is problematic - Alcohol Healthwatch engages in unethical behavior by recruiting photographers to take photos of people and their families without their consent in places like shopping complexes and sports clubs. This is not just intrusive, annoying and being a nuisance, but this actually goes against the rules of many shopping complexes. This might also not be allowed in sports clubs, as unsolicited photography is intrusive and can amount to harassment.
While alcohol healthwatch, unlike most of the other individuals I have blogged about on this site is not a troll, this account has frequently engaged in problematic behavior. This ranges from soliciting photographers to take unconsented pictures of people at malls, through to backing movements with historic ties to anti black racism - such as the Temperance Movement, which historically has ties to the KKK (Ku Klux Klan).
It's not just their content on social media that is problematic - Alcohol Healthwatch engages in unethical behavior by recruiting photographers to take photos of people and their families without their consent in places like shopping complexes and sports clubs. This is not just intrusive, annoying and being a nuisance, but this actually goes against the rules of many shopping complexes. This might also not be allowed in sports clubs, as unsolicited photography is intrusive and can amount to harassment.
While alcohol healthwatch, unlike most of the other individuals I have blogged about on this site is not a troll, this account has frequently engaged in problematic behavior. This ranges from soliciting photographers to take unconsented pictures of people at malls, through to backing movements with historic ties to anti black racism - such as the Temperance Movement, which historically has ties to the KKK (Ku Klux Klan).
This is what the profiles of both Nicki Jackson and Alcohol Healthwatch looks like...
People often complain about corporates, capitalism and businesses putting profits before people - but AJ Hackett bungy and Waitomo Caves, in both instances, have shown that people come before profits, because they acknowledge that men can get pregnant too as can non binary and other people who fall outside being a man or a woman. Also on a side note - both businesses mentioned also care about the environment. And in this case, these businesses have shown that they can be better than some so called healthwatch accounts.
Here is alcohol healthwatch liking "Joy Butlers" transphobic tweet. Instead of Joy saying "pregnant people", she says "women". This feeds into TERF ideology that "only women get pregnant" - when this is not true at all. Anyone with a functioning reproductive system can get pregnant, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Current accounts:
UPDATE: Early June
Alcohol Healthwatch is soliciting a photographer to take photos of people without their consent at malls and sports clubs, as well as that of alcohol stores. I have made several shopping malls aware of this, and they are monitoring the situation and keeping a watch.
Alcohol Healthwatch is soliciting a photographer to take photos of people without their consent at malls and sports clubs, as well as that of alcohol stores. I have made several shopping malls aware of this, and they are monitoring the situation and keeping a watch.