Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: National

  • The meaning of dirty politics

    One of the strategies of the right in NZ politics has been to take any complaint levelled against them – of corruption, of malpractice, of conspiracy – and reduce it…

  • (Repost) When is a nasty attack not a nasty attack?

    Originally posted at On The Left. John Key was on Breakfast on One this morning talking about the political year past and the challenges facing him in 2015. And it was…

  • Let slip the dogwhistles of war

    In discussions, potential possibility, no commitment, carrying out a scoping mission – the plan to send NZ military forces to Iraq to combat Islamic State is only the vaguest of…

  • The downfall of John Key

    The question of the day is whether John Key mishearing, forgetting, or not wanting to answer questions about Cameron Slater’s bizarre text messages is going to be the nail in…

  • 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,…