Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: language

  • Marama Davidson’s campaign launch

    I was beyond excited to see Marama Davidson stand up to announce her bid for the co-leadership of the Greens. I’ve been a Marama fan for an age, so I…

  • Applying lessons: the way we talk about the TPP

    Anyone who knows me in offline life has heard me raving about the awesomeness of Anat Shenker-Osorio this week. She was on Q&A yesterday (video requires Flash, sorry) and she’s…

  • No, YOU get a sense of humour

    Henry Denton: You Brits really don’t have a sense of humor do you? Elsie: We do if something’s funny, sir. – Gosford Park Two stories popped up on my Twitter…

  • A glitch in the Matrix

      I’m sure there are rational explanations for the hilarious similarities between John Key (or at least, his office) stating that there is “no factual basis” to his allegations that…

  • QOTD: Mansplaining in Macquarie

    Macquarie Dictionary has declared “mansplaining” to be its word of the year, and some people aren’t happy about that. Amy Gray responds in The Guardian: Of course there are criticisms…