Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Government

  • Support Wellington Rape Crisis this week

    (Full disclosure: I’m a member of the WRC governance group on a voluntary and unpaid basis.) This week is Wellington Rape Crisis’ annual appeal. Despite being an organisation which provides…

  • Deborah Russell on Jane Austen, rape culture and John Key

    Great feminist minds do think alike – back in January I posted a classic quote from Pride and Prejudice which shows just how entrenched the idea of “a woman says…

  • Spot the difference: Nats on capital punishment

    Corin Dann on John Key’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where people are still executed for sorcery: Yes, John Key did raise [the issue of human rights] but it’s clear he…

  • Gallipoli

    I’ve already written about my worries that the real context of ANZAC Day is being erased, but today’s not a day for narrative critiques. Instead, I give you the finest…

  • The decontextualisation of ANZAC Day

    Everyone else is giving their reckons on the treatment of ANZAC Day this year, as we commemorate the centenary of the first year of World War I. So here are…