Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: rape culture

  • What does it say when a child rapist is painted as the victim?

    [Content note: child sexual abuse, rape culture] There are many, many horrifying aspects to this case recently heard in the Napier District Court, of a 17-year-old who repeatedly raped a…

  • Mils Muliaina, rape culture, and sharpening my pitchfork

    The news that a former All Black had been arrested in connection with a sexual assault case did not surprise me in the slightest. It cannot surprise anyone who pays…

  • Roastbusters second report: surprising yet no surprise

    [Content note: sexual violence, police inaction] Other bloggers have already posted pretty comprehensive reviews of the second IPCA report into the Roastbusters debacle. As summarised by Danyl at Dim-Post: Seven…

  • The constant threat

    [Content note: sexual assault, victim-blaming, Julian Assange] With the news that Julian Assange will now be questioned in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he’s taken refuge since 2012 after Swedish…

  • Prince Andrew, John Key and implicitly blaming the victim

    (Content note: rape, victim-blaming, domestic violence) The only appropriate response the Prime Minister of New Zealand could have made to questions about the allegations against Prince Andrew is: “No comment.”…