Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Entertainment

  • DUKE: I have questions

    [Content note: sexism, transphobia] I am not outraged, offended, nor trying to censor FREEZEPEACH when it comes to TVNZ’s newly-announced channel, DUKE. I’m just … puzzled. I’m puzzled about whether…


  • Untroll Thursday: UpUpDownDown

    Inspired by Megan MacKay, Thursdays are #UnTrollTheInternet Day, when we uplift the positive stuff on the internet to remind ourselves that this amazing global platform we share doesn’t have to…


  • Earworms of the day: RIP David Bowie

    Who else to end this week with? Here’s the man himself and a few of my favourite tributes. (I’m going to note, because there’s been a lot of discussion of…


  • Christmas earworm of the day: Bad Religion

    Because it’s beautifully ironic, given Bad Religion are a bunch of aggressively secular punks. It’s also a great jam. Their entire Christmas album is well worth thrashing, if your family…


  • Christmas earworm of the day: Bad News

    In the immortal words of Patrick Gower, there’s just … one … day to go. So just to recharge your cynicism banks, here’s the chaps from Bad News.