Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: left

  • Generational change

    This paragraph in a eulogy for Jim Anderton on Newsroom, got me thinking about generational change in politics: Trapped in near-perpetual opposition since the first Labour Government of 1935-49, with…

  • 2017 rewind: The political prospects for 2017: living our values

    Well, isn’t that convenient: the tenth-most-read post on Boots Theory in 2017, and thus the first to be posted in this 2017 rewind series, is from the beginning of the…

  • 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…

  • The shape of our new government

    So here’s what our new government promises, as reported by Stuff: Some key points from the NZF deal: – $1b per annum Regional Development Fund, ​- Re-establish the New Zealand Forestry Service…

  • Sunday reads

    A lot of critical thinking about the state and prospects of the left this week – no surprise! Giovanni Tiso: A fresh approach no more: the return of politics in…