Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • QOTD: myself on parental notification for abortion

    This is one of those issues which just makes me tired every time it rears its head, so instead of burning energy writing up a big post on it I just…

  • Nick Smith just plans to move the headstones

    Labour has rather unhelpfully pointed out that the land Nick Smith is promising to open up for development in Auckland includes power substations, public reserves and even a cemetery ……

  • QOTD on being “fiscally conservative but socially liberal”

    From Greta Christina at Raw Story, Here are 7 things people who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ don’t understand: You can’t separate fiscal issues from social issues. They’re…

  • Improve your lexicon: -tard

    I’m on a never-ending quest to improve my vocabulary – both by expanding it, and by getting rid of some of the more objectionable, oppressive language which we all use…

  • The eternal name suppression debate

    Name suppression cases are always a good conversation-starter in NZ. There are the (to me) very clear-cut cases where giving the accused name suppression is necessary to protect the identities…