Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Military/International

  • Move left to win? Move left to win!

    Via my personal idol Anat Shenker-Osorio, an interesting article from The Atlantic on the Working Families Party, who are finding fascinating new ways to drag the political conversation back to…


  • 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:…


  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Today (well, tomorrow our time) the United States celebrates Thanksgiving. My first exposure to this holiday was through the movie Addams Family Values, and I think it was pretty comprehensive.…


  • When survivors speak out

    Content note: discussion of sexual violence and the experience of survivors. Yesterday I did a round-up of the women’s voices on Twitter talking about recent events in Parliament, where women…


  • Women of #nzpol Twitter: on John Key, David Carter and using rape for political gain

    The “Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup” is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: If you’re even peripherally aware of what…