Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: victim-blaming

  • What did she expect?

    The facts are this: a young woman went to Rhythm & Vines. A young man there decided to grope her. She fought back. It was caught on video. And then…

  • A great few days for sexism in New Zealand

    Team, I can’t. https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/773346276314230784 But who needs feminism any more? Let’s just lean in, amirite? If you haven’t been keeping a keen eye on the ongoing I’m talking about this…

  • Women of #nzpol: still fighting rape culture in 2016

    The women-of-#nzpol roundup is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: Well, 2016 is definitely not going to be the year…

  • Newsflash: Men aren’t wolves

    One of the weird paradoxes of patriarchy is the idea that on the one hand, men are naturally the dominant group in society because they’re more rational, have bigger brains,…

  • 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…