Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Welfare

  • How we talk about tax: the shiftless hordes and the hard-working rich

    This is how Stuff chose to headline an article about the way income tax is paid in New Zealand: On the Facebook thumbnail, it was even worse: (Congratulations, baby, you’re…

  • How we got here

    When I saw this article about the Takapuna Kathmandu store deliberately destroying clothing, sleeping bags and tents before disposing of them, I started thinking about how the hell we got…

  • Stop letting the side down with your fat hate

    This post has been knocking around in my head for a while but it’s timely after another round of The Great Liberal Fat-Hating Sugar Tax “Debate” has played out on…

  • Recommended reading on the Panama Papers

    I’ll admit, the Panama Papers issue is a teensy bit over my head. Fortunately the internet is full of smart intelligent people, and we’ve all got our own areas of…

  • Nicola Young’s scary “solution” to people begging in Wellington

    [Content note: dehumanizing language about homeless/poor people, classism] As we stand there are four candidates confirmed running for the mayoralty of Wellington – and one of them is Nicola Young,…