Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

  • On Trump

    Similarities to any previous posts are entirely coincidental. I was discussing Brexit Trump with a group of Wellington lefties last night over a few craft beers* and was dismayed to…

  • Getting more women into Parliament

    Natwatch posted recently at The Standard about National’s difficulty finding enough women to put into Cabinet, and EEO Commissioner Dr Jackie Blue, herself a former National MP, has also called…

  • 10 things you could do instead of a sugar tax

    It’s sugar tax season again, when leftwing politicians hem and haw about increasing the costs of food they don’t like in order to coerce people to be healthier. Are you…

  • He said/she said: Aaron Smith

    Part one of a probably-eternal series where Rob and Stephanie each share their thoughts on a topical, annoying issue. [Content note: discussion of assault and non-consent] Rob says: Oh for…

  • The Kermadecs and racist environmentalism

    I did a bit of a tweetstorm earlier today, inspired by seeing friends embroiled in frustrating conversations like this one and the decided slant of articles like this about the…