Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: sexual violence

  • Women of #nzpol Twitter: on the incarceration of trans women in male prisons

    The “Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup” is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: [Content note: transphobia, sexual assault, corrections] It…

  • Adrienne Truscott & Jim Jefferies & rape

    I went to see the fantastic Adrienne Truscott’s Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape about Comedy last night. It’s incredibly funny, but also incredibly confronting on the subject of how…

  • Support Wellington Rape Crisis this week

    (Full disclosure: I’m a member of the WRC governance group on a voluntary and unpaid basis.) This week is Wellington Rape Crisis’ annual appeal. Despite being an organisation which provides…

  • The NFL’s copyright notice: when brand protection goes way over the line

    American football isn’t well-followed in New Zealand. The bulk of reporting on the Superbowl, for example, focuses almost entirely on the half-time show and the cost of the advertisements. But…

  • Telling quote of the day

    [Content note: rape, sexual assault, drug use] From Family First head Bob McCoskrie, on an article about a chemistry exam containing a question about Rohypnol: “There would be a red…