Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Science

  • Puberty blockers

    The text of my submission to the Ministry of Health’s unnecessary and politicised review of the use of puberty blockers for young trans and nonbinary people in Aotearoa.

  • The enduring myths of fat and weight loss

    A great summary of our society’s myths about fatness, weight loss and health from Big Fat Science, just as we hit the peak “starting a diet for the New Year”…

  • QOTD: Dr Holly Dunsworth on the “ideal” pelvis

    From a fascinating article at ScienceDaily.com on a new theory about why humans gestate pregnancies for as long / as short as they do – which overturns the traditional idea…

  • Monty and Marilyn

    A puzzle: Imagine that you’re on a television game show and the host presents you with three closed doors. Behind one of them, sits a sparkling, brand-new Lincoln Continental; behind…