Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Online media

  • Untroll Thursday

    My favourite YouTube comedian Megan MacKay wants us to #UntrollTheInternet. I’ve written before about a point she makes, which is that we can take responsibility for the comments we allow…


  • I say no to rape-promoting meetups in my city

    [Serious content note for pick-up artist rhetoric, rape culture, racism, anti-Semitism, sexual assault and psychological manipulation] 6 February won’t just be Waitangi Day and Bob Marley’s birthday this year. It…


  • Women of #nzpol: still fighting rape culture in 2016

    The women-of-#nzpol roundup is brought to you in the interests of amplifying women’s voices in the political debate and also because: Well, 2016 is definitely not going to be the year…


  • Comments sections

    Tauriq Moosa linked to a 2014 article of his on comments sections after making this tweet: https://twitter.com/tauriqmoosa/status/686485629484576768 His current handle being “end comments sections” which may give away the punchline…


  • The worst sexism ever

    Back in 2011, Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson made some really mild comments about a dude’s inappropriate behaviour at a conference. Things blew up, especially once the prince of Internet Atheism,…