Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: National

  • Hashtags of our time: #JohnKeyLiterature

    Yesterday following John Key’s snide little put-down of Kiwi literary hero Eleanor Catton, the #JohnKeyLiterature hashtag went berserk on NZ Twitter, kicked off by the amazing @RozS_P. I highly recommend…

  • Nick Smith: like a boss

    Last night on Twitter, Laila Harré noted the perfect meaninglessness of the “10 dramatic changes” Nick Smith plans to make to the Resource Management Act: 1. Add management of natural hazards…

  • More meaningless numbers

    It’s that time of year when the Government trumpets the success of its welfare reforms. Look! they cry, benefit numbers are down! The repressive, labyrinthine, victim-blaming system works! I’ve written…

  • Who texts the PM?

    An OIA request for information about the Prime Minister deleting his text messages is back (hat-tip to @eey0re) and Wayne Eagleson has found another wafer-thin excuse for the wholesale deletion…

  • Connecting the dots on satire, Parliament, and dirty politics

    Danyl McLauchlan has a great suggestion for NZ politicians who really want to show their dedication to freedom of speech and the press in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo…