Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Happy International (Working) Women’s Day!

    The official theme of International Women’s Day this year is “Inspiring Change”. It’s a little vague, a little aspirational, not too confrontational – fairly typical for this kind of awareness-raising…


  • How to build better beggars

    In the United States, the street beggars have great patter. Despite what South Park would have us believe, when you walk down the main street of a major city, you…


  • The politics of nastiness

    Is this election year going to be the most vicious in recent history? There’s always a bit of argy-bargy in politics, and sometimes it’s personal.  Despite the best of intentions,…


  • It’s past time for fair employment laws

    After David Cunliffe’s state of the nation speech at the end of January, the spotlight was, appropriately, on the big policy announcement he made: the Best Start package for Kiwi…


  • What is the Boots Theory?

    The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances.…