Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: activism

  • Do Good Thursday: AUNTIES

    New year, new energy, new good, concrete things you can do to change the world. The pitch: AUNTIES is a one-off publication written by women in Aotearoa about their experiences…

  • The year of living recklessly

    That was the year that was. 2017 ended up being a bit quiet around here, but we had some good times, and it’s really important to remember what you’ve achieved…

  • So … what’s next?

    Election night was, well, a bit anticlimactic, in big-picture terms. The utter loss of the Māori Party was a shock, and a few seats changed hands, and Labour thoroughly shook…

  • Sometimes talking IS the work

    This post was inspired by recent events in online/NZ/Twitter-based conversation, but it’s also part of wider thinking I’ve been doing about activism and policing other people’s behaviour. Remember: if it’s…

  • The base is what you build on

    An easy way to dismiss the success of a staunch leftwing candidate (like Jeremy Corbyn, who is evidently providing all the inspiration for my posts this week) is to write off…