Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • The worst sexism ever

    Back in 2011, Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson made some really mild comments about a dude’s inappropriate behaviour at a conference. Things blew up, especially once the prince of Internet Atheism,…

  • The enduring myths of fat and weight loss

    A great summary of our society’s myths about fatness, weight loss and health from Big Fat Science, just as we hit the peak “starting a diet for the New Year”…

  • Inspiration for the day: Killer Mike and Bernie Sanders

    A great late-night YouTube find: Killer Mike of Run The Jewels talks to Bernie Sanders about politics, social justice, inequality. The six-parter starts here: My favourite quote, from part 2:…

  • No shit: money alleviates poverty

    It’s understandable why we’ve generally accepted the rightwing line that “you can’t just throw money at the problem” of poverty. It seems far too simple: people do not have enough…

  • Top 10 posts of 2015

    What a year, folks. Here’s how it looked in my little corner of the internet, with the ten most-read posts of 2015. Tony Veitch is a danger to women Not…