Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Media

  • QOTD: Pratchett on privilege

    The parents of two pupils from St Bede’s College got a court injunction so their sons could row in a competition. The school had cut them from the team after they…

  • The constant threat

    [Content note: sexual assault, victim-blaming, Julian Assange] With the news that Julian Assange will now be questioned in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he’s taken refuge since 2012 after Swedish…

  • Language is power

    Two otherwise-unconnected stories tell us a lot about how our perceptions and attitudes can be deliberately manipulated with the use of language: At The Intercept, The Orwellian re-branding of “mass…

  • Fanny Price would support #SaveOurKauri

    I know, I’m a tremendous nerd, but in the discussion around the Parutoa Rd kauri and whether we prize anything over pure monetary value, I’ve found myself reflecting on this…

  • International (Working) Women’s Day

    It’s hard to know what to write on this International (Working) Women’s Day. The issues facing women living under patriarchy remain pretty much what they always are: there’s a basic…