Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Society

  • 2017 rewind: The immigration “debate”

    Boy, this issue never goes away. Wait, am I talking about toxic immigration narratives, or mainstream media pundit-dudes making prats of themselves? Originally published 8 October 2017 There were a…


  • What did she expect?

    The facts are this: a young woman went to Rhythm & Vines. A young man there decided to grope her. She fought back. It was caught on video. And then…


  • 2017 rewind: The political prospects for 2017: living our values

    Well, isn’t that convenient: the tenth-most-read post on Boots Theory in 2017, and thus the first to be posted in this 2017 rewind series, is from the beginning of the…


  • Kia ora, Dan Whitrow

    Davey Whitelaw has a really interesting piece in the Otago Daily Times today about the increasing presence and role of te reo Māori in New Zealand. He notes, very aptly:…


  • Photo of the day

    The week, the year, the electoral term … https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/928032532351795201