7 Sep 2020

Stop calling the Prime Minister "Cindy" pleads journalist

From Afternoons, 1:26 pm on 7 September 2020

Senior Stuff journalist Andrea Vance has outlined why the Prime Minister's detractors should stop calling her "Cindy" when posting about her.

She points out its sexist and only done by those who are trying to diminish Jacinda Ardern's power and agency.

Andrea talks to Jesse about why the use of "Cindy" by her opponents has irritated her so much.

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