Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: paid parental leave

  • The “No” Prime Minister

    A favourite meme of disingenuous rightwinger commenters is that no one likes the Left/the Opposition because we’re so negative. “You just say ‘no’ all the time, why not stand for…

  • Sexism, babies, and our assumptions about work

    It’s 2015, and we’re constantly told that sexism is over, feminism has had its day, and would you nagging witches please just simmer down already? And then this happens: An…

  • Paid parental leave back on the cards?

    I suspect the media are going to get a lot of mileage out of “the Winston effect” over the rest of this parliamentary term – but you can’t blame them,…