Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Language

  • The worst sexism ever

    Back in 2011, Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson made some really mild comments about a dude’s inappropriate behaviour at a conference. Things blew up, especially once the prince of Internet Atheism,…

  • Inspiration for the day: Dame Helen Mirren

    On why she wishes she’d told people to “f*** off” more: She explained that the phrase is empowering to women especially because we’re so often taught to be polite in…

  • The myth of language policing

    This post has been sitting in draft for a while, but it’s one of those topics which comes up again and again, and will continue to do so for eternity:…

  • Don’t meet the people where they are

    It has been a ridiculously busy week, dear readers. On Wednesday we celebrated the launch of E tū, the new union formed from the merger of the EPMU and SFWU.…

  • No, YOU get a sense of humour

    Henry Denton: You Brits really don’t have a sense of humor do you? Elsie: We do if something’s funny, sir. – Gosford Park Two stories popped up on my Twitter…