Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: captain awkward

  • Untroll Thursday: Captain Awkward

    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…

  • A reader asks: how do I tell my pushy colonial parents “no”?

    With apologies to Captain Awkward. Dear Boots Theory, I’m a young, go-getting nation state. I like doing things my way, for my reasons. But my parents just don’t understand that…

  • The focus on paid work

    We talk about paid work a lot in NZ politics. It’s the cure for any societal ill you care to name: poverty, mental illness, economic growth, domestic violence. But the…