Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Improve your lexicon: fat politicians

    I’m on a never-ending quest to improve my vocabulary – both by expanding it, and by getting rid of some of the more objectionable, oppressive language which we all use…

  • Modern fat-shaming: how do I smugly put down my fat friends?

    A de-coding of this NZ Herald “advice” column: Is it ever okay to step in and tell a friend they are too fat? – Weight Watcher, Auckland. “Too fat” is obviously…

  • Words have meanings?

    A beautiful piece from Clarke & Dawe which is always relevant to politics in Aussie and NZ, but perhaps especially so in a week when a government which campaigned on…

  • Another spotlight on National’s gross mistreatment of beneficiaries

    It’s the old National Party lie, isn’t it? As reported in The Press: New Zealand’s social welfare system “dehumanises” people in need, with beneficiaries described as “scared stiff” of Work…

  • Hekia Parata challenges the gender pay gap!

    It’s great to see a senior Government Minister addressing serious issues of inequality and structural discrimination in one of our most important professions: “I’m interested in how we attract the…