Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • 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…

  • Prolife NZ: importing premium US intimidation tactics

    (Content note: antichoice violence and intimidation tactics) A “pro-life” group in NZ has decided to post an article at their website screaming blue (baby-)murder about the latest smear campaign against…

  • When are identities political?

    Morgan Godfery has a great post up at The Ruminator about the Auckland housing/Chinese surnames story. His last paragraph inspired me to start jotting down notes for this post on…

  • Speech of the week: Mhairi Black

    God, I wish I’d been this eloquent at the age of 20 (and at 20 I also would’ve wished I were an MP!)   Transcript available here.

  • Not the “end to zero hour contracts” you were looking for

    We have two options before us, New Zealand. Either Michael Woodhouse still hasn’t had anyone explain the difference between zero hour contracts – which are exploitative trash – and casual…