Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Bingo time: being a killjoy feminist thought policewoman

    A bingo board of responses to a one-word comment I made on The Standard yesterday, criticising someone’s “joke” about a cis woman’s appearance and comparing her to a trans woman. (It…

  • Labour takes a stand against zero-hour contracts

    Iain Lees-Galloway, Labour’s spokesperson on Labour Issues, has lodged a member’s bill which would ban the use of zero-hour contracts: “Unlike casual agreements that provide flexibility for both employer and…

  • Alesha, Who Smiles At Death and smashes geek stereotypes

    I’ve started using the word “nerd” to describe myself more and more recently. I used to be firmly a “geek”, because geeks were cool and nerds were those awkward people…

  • QOTD: Mansplaining in Macquarie

    Macquarie Dictionary has declared “mansplaining” to be its word of the year, and some people aren’t happy about that. Amy Gray responds in The Guardian: Of course there are criticisms…

  • Waitangi Day

    Today’s a day to reflect on our nation’s history, in a strictly non-political family-friendly way, of course. But just in case some racist wankers decide to be extra-non-political on the pages…