Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Where those Kiwimeter questions came from

    TVNZ’s Kiwimeter quiz has caused a lot of conversation. I don’t call it a “survey” because that seems like far too serious a title for something which slots respondents into…

  • Sometimes talking IS the work

    This post was inspired by recent events in online/NZ/Twitter-based conversation, but it’s also part of wider thinking I’ve been doing about activism and policing other people’s behaviour. Remember: if it’s…

  • Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup: International Women’s Day

    Yesterday was International [Working] Women’s Day, and NZ Twitter celebrated it in appropriate fashion by multi-tasking the shit out of it. We talked aaaaaaaaaaall the issues: Declaring that women presenting…

  • Earworm of the day: Madonna

    A coworker has got me hooked on the Rebel Heart album. Here’s a couple of my favourites. A slightly more risque tune: And a sweet little number to round you…

  • Untroll Thursday: Amazing JPL posters

    Inspired by Megan MacKay, Thursdays are #UnTrollTheInternet Day, when we uplift the positive stuff on the internet to remind ourselves that this amazing global platform we share doesn’t have to…