Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Superbowl Monday lunchbreak

    Happy Superbowl! May the mighty Seattle Seahawks smash those cheating, ball-deflating Patriots! And even if you don’t give a toss about the NFL, Bap Lip Reading makes everyone smile.  …

  • A new place I’m blogging

    The second love of my life after politics (and my partner, and the guinea pigs, and … oh you get the idea) is sci-fi/fantasy/pop culture nerdery in all its forms.…

  • Andrea Vance: five important unanswered questions

    Andrea Vance has posted five unanswered questions from the Beehive – click through for her answers: 1. When is an asset sale not an asset sale?  2. They won’t be…

  • The Northland by-election

    With Mike Sabin’s precipitous resignation, a by-election is on the cards in Northland, and soon: https://twitter.com/philiplyth/status/560936428948189184 https://twitter.com/philiplyth/status/560937099889623040 It’s exciting times for politics nerds like myself, but the fact is that…

  • QOTD: Linda Bacon on bariatric surgery

    Content note: surgery, complications, fat-hate Because completely coincidentally, a number of surgeons who perform bariatric surgery (“stomach stapling” to your unmedical layperson) are suddenly in the media clamouring for public…