Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Government

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Today (well, tomorrow our time) the United States celebrates Thanksgiving. My first exposure to this holiday was through the movie Addams Family Values, and I think it was pretty comprehensive.…

  • Flag referendum 1

    I’m a politics nerd, so of course I was excited to receive my voting papers in the mail for the first part of the flag referendum – despite strongly disagreeing…

  • When survivors speak out

    Content note: discussion of sexual violence and the experience of survivors. Yesterday I did a round-up of the women’s voices on Twitter talking about recent events in Parliament, where women…

  • Women of #nzpol Twitter: on John Key, David Carter and using rape for political gain

    The “Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup” is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: If you’re even peripherally aware of what…

  • The best arguments for a living wage are its opponents

    The fundamental difference between the left and the right is that the left think people are more important than money. That statement usually raises the hackles of nice moderate rightwingers,…