Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

  • Do National know they lost?

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but do National know they lost the election? https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/925526362101751808 The tone of National’s messaging hasn’t really shifted since the formation of…

  • The lessons from the 2017 election … so far

    Hey, we still don’t have a government! Nevertheless, the Wellington Fabians got together last night to hear Jane Clifton, Morgan Godfery, Mike Smith and me talk about the election aftermath.…

  • The immigration “debate”

    There were a few drafts of this post, as I struggled with how to address Duncan Garner’s blatantly, deliberately, openly, provocatively racist column (no one makes that much effort saying…

  • Do Good Thursday: mental health

    This week for Do Good Thursday I’m boosting this fantastic post by Jessica McAllen about the organisations who work bloody hard filling in the gaps in our under-funded, under-resourced mental…

  • Who has to apologise?

    An excellent piece by Maddie Holden at The Spinoff on the sexism of the 2017 election got me thinking. She writes: Enter Metiria Turei. We’re all familiar with the story…