Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

  • Of gaming, boob armour, and smutty 13th century French fabliaux

    (Content note: almost definitely NSFW) A bit of a silly, non-political post for the weekend! This article on designing better women in computer games hit a bunch of my favourite…

  • Prince Andrew, John Key and implicitly blaming the victim

    (Content note: rape, victim-blaming, domestic violence) The only appropriate response the Prime Minister of New Zealand could have made to questions about the allegations against Prince Andrew is: “No comment.”…

  • Nick Smith: like a boss

    Last night on Twitter, Laila Harré noted the perfect meaninglessness of the “10 dramatic changes” Nick Smith plans to make to the Resource Management Act: 1. Add management of natural hazards…

  • 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…