Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • “Labour values” are more than a talking point

    If there’s a sure bet in New Zealand politics (besides “don’t rule out Winston”) it’s this: when a Labour candidate wants to reassure a Labour audience that they’ve got the…

  • QOTD: Aunty Helen on women, leadership and NZ

    Great interview of our former Prime Minister in the Sunday Star-Times yesterday, including these gems on the campaign to elect a woman Secretary-General of the UN: “I’m of the view…

  • Older white men paid double young ethnic women

    That’s not my headline. That’s Stuff’s business section’s headline. Middle-aged white men might be sick of being cast as villains, but a report suggests they should check their privilege. And…

  • Damn right I’m angry

    It’s funny (or depending on your point of view, completely predictable) how often feminist analysis and leftwing analysis overlap. There’s a term: “tone argument”. It refers to the regular pleas…

  • Sacrificing mental health to dragons

    The Labour Party has had a sneak peek at the process our government is using to pick “providers” for its mercenary social impact bonds scheme, and it’s like something off…