Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Violence against women

  • Rape culture and Jane Austen

    Another study has shown what many feminists and progressive activists have known for a while: that for a lot of very normal people, there’s a lot of confusion about what…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Not the war on men you’re looking for

    It’s headline news: Labour supports re-starting a Law Commission review initiated by Simon Power to investigate possible changes in our judicial system including the option of adopting an inquisitorial approach in cases of…

  • What Maurice Williamson’s shock tells us about domestic violence

    In defending himself against allegations of misusing ministerial authority, Maurice Williamson said of the domestic violence charges against Donghua Liu: He had been “shocked” at the charges because Liu had…