Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Politics

  • Supporting all the colours of the rainbow

    [Content note: this post deals with issues around gender, transphobia and gender policing. Stay safe.] In utter defiance of the Prime Minister’s insistence that the left doesn’t want to have…

  • 60 tweeps to follow this election

    Bryce Edwards had his go at a list of the top 100 tweeters to follow this election, but with only 24 women making the cut he faced terrible accusations of…

  • Tax cut cynicism

    The kind of waffle John Key is trying to spin around the topic of tax cuts is breathtaking. There might be room for tax cuts, but he can’t promise anything,…

  • The opening addresses of Election 2014

    (Updated: more links to videos for your viewing pleasure) Last night the opening party political addresses were broadcast on TV One, simultaneous with an All Blacks match and a live-tweeted…

  • Looking at the big policy picture

    (This was originally posted at The Standard.) Despite John Key’s key message du jour, the parties of the Opposition are talking policy. A (totally unscientific) look at party websites reveals…