Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Politics

  • Canada and the left

    Like I said last time I blogged about the Canadian election, I’m no expert on Canadian politics. But I was a little leery of the perfect, “centrism works, see” scenario presented by…

  • The growth of the medicinal marijuana issue

    An American I was talking to the other week had seen the media coverage of Helen Kelly’s raising of the medicinal marijuana issue, and noted that marijuana is already being…

  • Who is the left’s Rodney Hide?

    I had some thoughts on Rodney Hide’s latest column in the Herald on Sunday: https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/655485977780056064 https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/655486540756336640 And they kept developing so I figured I had the makings of a blog…

  • Mhairi Black: I’m tired of being told that pain and misery are necessary for a stronger economy

    My first speech of the week post was also a Mhairi Black one, so perhaps I should just have a “Badass Things Mhairi Black Said This Week” tag … “I…

  • The myth of hiring on merit: James Shaw at the CTU conference

    Green co-leader James Shaw announced at the CTU conference last week that in any future government, when the Greens are at the Cabinet table, at least half of their seats…