Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Industrial relations

  • We totally meant to do that: the WhaleOil story

    There is no point engaging in argument with the WhaleOil crew, however many or few of them there are. This is taken as read by most people on the left,…


  • What do you earn?

    Helen Kelly linked to an advice column in the Herald which suggests that while it’s perfectly okay to ask people how much they paid for their house, it’s a no-no…


  • Hamfisted health and safety for the sake of National’s pork barrel

    I’m sorry, I simply couldn’t resist the potential for porcine punnery on this one, inspired by Bill Rosenberg’s comments on Stuff. A good headline sells a story – and that’s what…


  • In defence of actually standing for something

    Rob Salmond has a post up at Public Address, In defence of the centre, to which Mike Smith has written a response at The Standard. It’s an argument I’m a…


  • Worm-related earworm of the day: Fatboy Slim

    I’ve been away for a while, folks, but had to pop back after getting this jingle stuck in my head thanks to Matt Nippert and our government’s utterly incoherent, lobbyist-driven…