Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

  • 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…

  • Political resistance is the opposite of gerrymandering

    A slightly odd headline at the Herald this morning: Revealed: Plots to gerrymander flag referendum Four shortlisted flag designs will be put to the vote in November but plots to…

  • Midwives deserve equal pay

    It’s another one of those less-easy-to-grasp pay equity cases: the College of Midwives has filed a discrimination suit on the basis that midwives aren’t paid as well as equivalently-skilled/trained/responsible workers…

  • Children’s wellbeing is more important than money

    Not that our Prime Minister thinks so: John Key told Morning Report today [Child, Youth and Family] would undergo a structural overhaul following a review by the senior public servant Paula…

  • Inspiration for the day: Ghostbusters

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