Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Telling quote of the day

    [Content note: rape, sexual assault, drug use] From Family First head Bob McCoskrie, on an article about a chemistry exam containing a question about Rohypnol: “There would be a red…

  • No fix for housing affordability as long as we ignore what’s actually affordable

    Housing affordability has been a huge issue in New Zealand for a long time, but some extra fuel has been added to the fire by a recent survey which shows…

  • More meaningless numbers

    It’s that time of year when the Government trumpets the success of its welfare reforms. Look! they cry, benefit numbers are down! The repressive, labyrinthine, victim-blaming system works! I’ve written…

  • Who texts the PM?

    An OIA request for information about the Prime Minister deleting his text messages is back (hat-tip to @eey0re) and Wayne Eagleson has found another wafer-thin excuse for the wholesale deletion…

  • The pay gap in Hollywood – and the rest of the world

    The Sony hack just keeps hurting, with revelations about the pay gap between male and female actors leading one leading lady to demand a raise: After leaked emails in the…