Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • QOTD: Linda Bacon on bariatric surgery

    Content note: surgery, complications, fat-hate Because completely coincidentally, a number of surgeons who perform bariatric surgery (“stomach stapling” to your unmedical layperson) are suddenly in the media clamouring for public…

  • The state of the nation

    I probably don’t have a lot to add to what’s already been said about Andrew Little’s state of the nation speech this morning. It was sensible and forward-looking – an…

  • Midweek lunch break

    This one is dedicated to Craig on Twitter who revealed the glory of Luther, Obama’s Anger Translator, to me:

  • QOTD: Diets don’t work

    From Anne G Mirer, MPH: Even with outcomes for which weight loss could be beneficial, the benefit will be temporary if and when the weight comes back. Quickly or slowly it will…

  • QOTD: Invasion Day

    Amy McQuire in The Guardian talks about what today means for indigenous Australians: My preferred name for 26 January, however, was one of its earliest – the day of mourning. On this…