Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Race and colonialism

  • 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…

  • The immigration “debate”

    There were a few drafts of this post, as I struggled with how to address Duncan Garner’s blatantly, deliberately, openly, provocatively racist column (no one makes that much effort saying…

  • Round-up: how we will remember Metiria Turei as Greens co-leader

    As a follow-up to my (incredibly, overwhelming well-read!) post from Wednesday, Thank you Metiria, I wrote this for Radio NZ: I will remember Metiria Turei differently. I will remember people…

  • Were we wrong about Trump?

    A few thoughts expanded from my Twitter yesterday, on the number of leftwingers or liberals who I see saying things like “Oh, Donald Trump has calmed down since winning, he’s…

  • The Kermadecs and racist environmentalism

    I did a bit of a tweetstorm earlier today, inspired by seeing friends embroiled in frustrating conversations like this one and the decided slant of articles like this about the…