Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: helen clark

  • Generational change

    This paragraph in a eulogy for Jim Anderton on Newsroom, got me thinking about generational change in politics: Trapped in near-perpetual opposition since the first Labour Government of 1935-49, with…

  • QOTD: Aunty Helen on women, leadership and NZ

    Great interview of our former Prime Minister in the Sunday Star-Times yesterday, including these gems on the campaign to elect a woman Secretary-General of the UN: “I’m of the view…

  • QOTD: Jackie Blue on feminism

    From an entirely excellent open letter to renowned progressive thinker Paul Henry: Feminism is a belief that gender should not limit anyone’s chances at life and quite frankly people are…

  • Obama is not a “lame duck” President

    This post was inspired by a comment on the State of the Union post at The Standard, but it’s something I’ve been annoyed by for a while: the current framing…