Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Sex and gender

  • QOTD: What do words even mean?

    Quote of the day, from Every Internet Conversation With Dudes, Ever: Woman: Let’s talk about consent. Dude: What does “consent” mean? What do words mean? “Yes?” “No?” What does anything mean?…

  • Good old-fashioned Kiwi values

    [Content warning: contains links to and quotes from violent and anti-Muslim hate speech.] David Farrar has some … interesting ideas about how to tighten up immigration policy in the wake…

  • (Repost) Informed consent: As simple as asking?

    This post originally appeared at On The Left. The experience of a woman who had an IUCD inserted without her knowledge shows that there’s still a long way to go…

  • Louise Upston and beauty pageants

    There’s a lot to unpack in our Minister of Women’s Affairs comments on beauty pageants and feminism, as reported in Stuff. She praises beauty pageants for giving young women (sorry,…

  • Supporting all the colours of the rainbow

    [Content note: this post deals with issues around gender, transphobia and gender policing. Stay safe.] In utter defiance of the Prime Minister’s insistence that the left doesn’t want to have…