Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • We can fight this horrible darkness

    Something a bit more inspiring for your Monday: images from the weekend’s airport protests across the United States, where hundreds of ordinary people turned out to voice their opposition to…

  • Unity: a poem inspired by Martyn Bradbury

    [A point of clarification: this poem does not represent my views. Every line is a direct quote from Martyn Bradbury’s blogs over the past years. This post is intended to…

  • The political prospects for 2017: living our values

    This week I spoke on an panel with Morgan Godfery and Mike Munro at the Fabian Society in Wellington on the political prospects for 2017. A podcast of the discussion…

  • The only minimum wage is a living wage

    The New Zealand government announced an increase to the minimum wage today – up to $15.75 an hour from 1 April. On Breakfast TV, MP and former tobacco lobbyist Chris…

  • Lifehack: read more Pratchett

    Given the name and origins of this blog I was honour-bound to link to this io9 article about 10 Discworld quotes you’ll desperately need for the next four years: There…