Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Midweek lunch break

    Here’s Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe with every TV news report on the economy rolled into one.

  • The “No” Prime Minister

    A favourite meme of disingenuous rightwinger commenters is that no one likes the Left/the Opposition because we’re so negative. “You just say ‘no’ all the time, why not stand for…

  • 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…

  • 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…