Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: orwell

  • The Treaty Principles Bill

    My submission – made at the last moment because I’m a neurodivergent millennial – on David Seymour’s terrible legislation.

  • Nicola Young’s scary “solution” to people begging in Wellington

    [Content note: dehumanizing language about homeless/poor people, classism] As we stand there are four candidates confirmed running for the mayoralty of Wellington – and one of them is Nicola Young,…

  • Language is power

    Two otherwise-unconnected stories tell us a lot about how our perceptions and attitudes can be deliberately manipulated with the use of language: At The Intercept, The Orwellian re-branding of “mass…