Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Obama is not a “lame duck” President

    This post was inspired by a comment on the State of the Union post at The Standard, but it’s something I’ve been annoyed by for a while: the current framing…

  • Of gaming, boob armour, and smutty 13th century French fabliaux

    (Content note: almost definitely NSFW) A bit of a silly, non-political post for the weekend! This article on designing better women in computer games hit a bunch of my favourite…

  • Prince Andrew, John Key and implicitly blaming the victim

    (Content note: rape, victim-blaming, domestic violence) The only appropriate response the Prime Minister of New Zealand could have made to questions about the allegations against Prince Andrew is: “No comment.”…

  • You haven’t really lived until you’ve pulled Mach 3

    A fascinating read on the US military industrial complex – particularly the Air Force’s focus on planes which don’t actually get the job done, but do return unbelievable profits to…

  • Nick Smith: like a boss

    Last night on Twitter, Laila Harré noted the perfect meaninglessness of the “10 dramatic changes” Nick Smith plans to make to the Resource Management Act: 1. Add management of natural hazards…