Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

27 August 2015

Our kids are still getting sick in unhealthy homes

Andrew Little put the hard word on John Key over housing in Question Time yesterday: Prime Minister John Key implied that mould problems in some Housing New Zealand homes could…
25 August 2015

Anne Tolley should apologise for her own words, if not decades of abuse

(Content note: child abuse, minimisation of violence against children) The question of public apologies by governments for the wrongs of the past is always contentious. I like to think of…
24 August 2015

In defence of actually standing for something

Rob Salmond has a post up at Public Address, In defence of the centre, to which Mike Smith has written a response at The Standard. It’s an argument I’m a…
24 July 2015

Prolife NZ: importing premium US intimidation tactics

(Content note: antichoice violence and intimidation tactics) A “pro-life” group in NZ has decided to post an article at their website screaming blue (baby-)murder about the latest smear campaign against…
21 July 2015

When are identities political?

Morgan Godfery has a great post up at The Ruminator about the Auckland housing/Chinese surnames story. His last paragraph inspired me to start jotting down notes for this post on…