A great write-up of my campaign launch event appeared on Stuff today:
Pole-dancing is not often used to launch political campaigns, but it seemed like a natural fit to Stephanie Rodgers – public servant, part-time pole dancing teacher, and Green candidate for the Wellington electorate of Ōhāriu.
“I don’t think any electorate has seen a pole show campaign launch before,” said Rodgers.
After discussion with her campaign manager they landed on the idea of hosting pole show at Wellington’s Fringe Bar as a way to bring Rodger’s passion for pole dancing and her political campaign together. The event on June 22 will be her campaign launch and a fundraiser.
She’s been pole dancing in her spare time for six years, and said the pole show was about bringing her full personality to politics.
I’m really stoked by the positive reception it’s gotten, and dazzled by the lineup of far-right conservative hacks who denounced me as a harbinger of the end of days. How I will do without the votes of transphobes, advocates for child-beating and anti-vax conspiracy theorists, I do not know.
Stephanie Rodgers 