Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Bob McCoskrie can get in the river

    Two years after winning the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award, Ted Dawe’s Into the River is now temporarily banned, because Bob McCoskrie hates fun. There’s something in the way we…

  • We all care

    [Content note: discussion of dead children, Syrian refugee crisis – no images] I haven’t seen a single person genuinely react to the harrowing photo of Aylan Kurdi – or any…

  • Getting the flag we want

    I admit I’m a latecomer on the Red Peak bandwagon. It’s not Red Peak’s fault. It’s a fine flag. https://twitter.com/AJemaineClement/status/639928979210670080 One funny little irony is that the anti-Red Peak criticism…

  • Earworm for the day: Skrillex

    Not my usual musical genre of choice … This song has been stuck in my head since I finally finished the main storyline of Far Cry 3 – it’s the…

  • Graphic images and clicktivism

    [Content note: discussion of dead children, refugees – no images] There’s a regular discussion which crops up around trigger warnings, graphic images, and social media. It appeared yesterday when an…