Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: sexism

  • Do Good Thursday: #KnitforJacinda and Little Sprouts

    Here’s a lovely convergence of events. I’d been meaning to cover Little Sprouts for Do Good Thursday for a while, and then the whole idea of New Zealanders knitting for…

  • 2017 rewind: Who has to apologise?

    We’re into the top 5 most-read posts on Boots Theory in 2017. First up, we revisit the Metiria Turei story, and ask ourselves why so many people’s lasting impression is,…

  • Who has to apologise?

    An excellent piece by Maddie Holden at The Spinoff on the sexism of the 2017 election got me thinking. She writes: Enter Metiria Turei. We’re all familiar with the story…

  • Werewolf on leftwing misogyny

    Two stonkingly good posts over at Werewolf this week – both superficially about the ongoing tantrums of Martyn Bradbury, but more fundamentally about the direction for the left and the…

  • QOTD: Somebody has to prepare that steak

    I’m having difficulty finishing Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?, the feminist critique of economics by Katrine Marçal. It’s just too real. Every few pages I put it down with a…