Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: taxpayers’ union

  • Quote of the day: Wellington City Council on the Taxpayers’ “Union”

    Hats off to Richard MacLean of Wellington City Council for nailing the time-wasting pointlessness of the National Party’s most shameless astroturfer: Mr MacLean said Mr Williams’ comments say more about the…

  • How the Dirty Politics machine continues to do its work

    “There are a few basic propositions with negative campaigning that are worth knowing about. It lowers turnout, favours the right more than the left as the right continue to turn…

  • 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…

  • Hey Jordan, pick me!

    Yesterday Jordan Williams – head of the Taxpayers’ Onion and courageous fighter for the right to call women ugly in private – sent out a tweet which got me all…