Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Cranium’s Christmas sign: why is mainstream Kiwi culture so unfunny?

    [Content note: transphobia, insincere apologies] I’ve posted before about the paradox which occurs when privileged types – usually middle-aged white dudes – tell incredibly unfunny, bigoted jokes, and then whinge…


  • Labour’s reshuffle announced today

    Andrew Little is set to announce a new Shadow Cabinet today  -I know, I know, the phrase Shadow Cabinet is so #ukpol but it’s also too cool not to use:…


  • Women of #nzpol Twitter: marching for climate justice

    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: Yesterday up and down the country people…


  • The despair of “obesity battlers”

    A few tweets I made this morning after seeing this lamentation on Radio NZ’s website: https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/669985558492397568 This is an idea I’ve had rattling around in my head for a while…


  • 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.…