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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For old times' sake, let us celebrate the Greens' poll results in accordance with the conservative rightwing tradition of Posting Hot Photos Of Me, Specifically

Me, a fat white brunette woman, in very pretty lilac and black strappy lingerie, striking a fabulous pose balanced on one knee and one hand, looking up at the ceiling with the other hand outstretched. A new one for Leo Molloy's weird attempted kompromat files because if there's one thing the right can't stand, it's a confident fat leftwing woman who gives them uncomfy feelings in their tum-tums.

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The state of Israel has finally sort-of-admitted they murdered Hind Rajab and her family (but only so they can pretend to have a functioning justice system to undermine the ICC) and naturally RNZ has given this the gravity it deserves: syndicating a CNN article with full passive voice honours

Screenshot of RNZ article reading "Rajab was one of seven family members travelling in a vehicle in northern Gaza on when they came under Israeli fire. Rajab survived the initial fire and pleaded on the phone for hours with Palestinian paramedics to come rescue her. Afterwards, an ambulance dispatched to save her also came under fire.

Twelve days later, Rajab's body was found in a car riddled with bullets."

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm sorry, having these two posts back-to-back on my timeline is proof this universe is a simulation and its writers are on strike

A post by Charlie Mitchell quoting an article in which Christopher Luxon talks about buying his first home in Ngaio straight out of university

A second post by Cyn mocking Christopher Luxon claiming the Molesworth Street cycleway makes it hard to get to Parliament from his luxury apartment, which is located directly across the road from Parliament

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dang it forgot to screenshot the proper thing on the Parliament website, but here you go - my submission on the *vomit* Definition of Woman And Man Bill

I make this submission on my own behalf, as a cisgender woman, a New Zealander, a public servant and a lifelong feminist. I am the mother of a daughter. I have organised rallies against rape culture and worked in the office of Jan Logie MP during her term as Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice on Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues.
I am unequivocally opposed to this Bill and appalled that it has proceeded to Select Committee.
It is a nonsensical solution to a problem that does not exist. It flies in the face of common sense, basic justice, and biological reality.
Far better qualified people than me have made submissions pointing out the ways in which this Bill is poorly drafted, legally unsound, scientifically bankrupt, and yet paradoxically represents a genuine threat to the health, safety and wellbeing of trans people, nonbinary people, intersex people, and all girls and women – cis or trans. I tautoko them.
I am driven to make this submission because the promoters of this Bill purport to represent me. They assert that their motivations are the safety and hypothetical sporting ambitions of my daughter. And I will not have this be done in my name, or hers.

Trans women as a group present no threat to me, or my identity (or my child). Acknowledging that trans women are women (or that some people who were assigned female at birth are actually men!) takes nothing away from me as a woman or a mother. My identity – the reality of my womanhood – is not so fragile it can be shattered by the existence of women with difference life experiences or biochemistry to mine, nor so simple it can be confined within the walls of my uterus.
It is beyond disappointing to see this Bill progress to Select Committee, because it is so evidently an incoherent, illogical, ideological artifact, the only material outcome of which is to further marginalize and expose trans people to harassment and discrimination. The Committee may redeem our Parliament somewhat by rejecting it in full, and making a clear statement of support for the biological reality that sex and gender are really complicated, and we’re all just trying to live our lives, and those fortunate few who think the biggest issue of our time is “what cubicle is that complete stranger doing a wee in?” may count themselves lucky and maybe consider getting a hobby.

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sweat With Pride starts Monday - and I want to do 5,000 squats to raise money for LGBTQ+ support services in the month of June. So give me a boost by sponsoring my campaign! #sweatwithpride www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Oops @3mbg.bsky.social found another game that turns me into an unmitigated asshole 😂

A table covered in playing cards loosely depicting a courtroom drama. The game is Lawyer Up and I fight dirty

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Here we go again! This June I'm doing 5 squats for every dollar you lovely people donate towards life-saving services for our LGBTQ+ whānau. GET IN 🌈🌈🌈 www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

And some proper clothes! 🇳🇿🧶 A retro style sweater for me (and a hat using up the rest of the yarn for the girl) and a t-shirt which she's almost already grown out of

A child's knitted tee in a vibrant red yarn, with rows of eyelet decoration around the cowl

Me! In a blocky retro style short-sleeved sweater worked in thick horizontal stripes of black and a variegated purple-pink yarn, posing for a classic holding-the-phone mirror selfie

A slouchy beanie worked in the same variegated pink-purple yarn lying on a table

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Sunday knitting admin update so have some finished projects! 🇳🇿🧶My first proper pair of socks, a cowl for a colleague's birthday, and a snug pair of wrist warmers

A pair of hand-knitted socks laid out on a table. The pattern is fairly plain but the cuff, heel and toe are in a bright tomato red yarn and the body is in a bright teal.

A long infinity scarf or cowl laid out on a table. It is knitted in a lacy mesh pattern broken up with rows of garter stitch, in a squishy caramel yarn. The pattern is "Copilot Cowl" on Ravelry.

A pair of wrist warmers knitted in a warm yellow yarn, laid on a table. The arm and wrist sections are knitted in inch-wide bands using different textures of knits and purls without changing colour or lacework. The pattern is "Gansey Wristwamers" on Ravelry

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Timely reminder that Ani O'Brien never cared about women's sports, didn't support abortion law reform, and does not give a single shit about challenging homophobia. She's a conservative mouthpiece whose only value to her allies is ticking some identity boxes to launder their bigotry. ~fin~

Screenshot of an opinion piece in the NZ Herald by Ani O'Brien titled "Why I shared Benjamin Doyle's screenshots and why I am furious at the Greens" demonstrating she is both a disingenuous conservative hack and a terrible writer

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Some small props to Opportunity for this meme, and for the way their Facebook comments once again prove that the anti-trans movement in Aotearoa comprises the same five people whinging about the same three ghost stories they heard at bigot summer camp

A post from Opportunity's Facebook page in the standard old John Ansell meme format, with Winston Peters on the left saying "Let's talk about what's in people's pants" and Q (that name will never not be funny) saying "Let's talk about affordable, secure energy"

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

@davidfarrier.com got the Project 32 grifters so rarked up they've literally highlighted the words "New Zealand" - and only those words - on the back of their Air NZ snack packets

The front of a small red foil bag containing Project 32 Crunchy BBQ Chickpea Puffs, handed out on an Air NZ flight today

The back of the same packet with the ingredients listed, along with the words "Packed in New Zealand from imported ingredients". Only the words "New Zealand" have been highlighted in yellow, like the text was edited by a lazy marketing manager who doesn't know how to do tracked changes properly

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Greens and TPM came through at least (apols no alt text, I'm already in bed)

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

And to round out today's tally, three gifts for friends' wee ones. 🧶🇳🇿

A knitted jacket for a baby in white merino, with a regular "dot" pattern worked into the fronts, and bright blue buttons

A hooded jacket for a baby worked in white merino with a striped pattern made up of different knitted textures, and rustic wooden buttons at the front

A jumper-style dress with a big puffy skirt with regular rows of eyelets for a pattern, knit in a bright red yarn with a small bib at the front and straps for the shoulders

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

And here's a bunch of charity knits which are hopefully already out there keeping bubs warm across Pōneke 🧶🇳🇿

Five knitted baby hats in a mix of patterns and colours, and a vest knitted in pale pink

A wee knitted bolero in bright purple yarn

A boat-necked knitted jersey for a small child, in bright purple yarn with a pale grey stripe across the chest and running down each sleeve

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Guess I should start posting some of my 2026 finished objects - or in this case, one which has been finished for months and I just got slack about updating my photos 🧶🇳🇿

A loose sleeveless vest or waistcoat, made up of crocheted granny squares in a muddle of colours - white, browns, yellow, red and navy

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Fatphobia is capitalist propaganda, kiss my fabulous ass

A fat white woman in a white two piece outfit and silver net dress posed on a pole, holding on with one knee hooked on the pole, the other leg and torso basically horizontal, toes perfectly pointed. She has one arm raised over her head like she's despairing at how fucking eager people are to have a group of marginalized people to shit on, and she looks fucking great

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Hell YES Radio New Zealand promoting transphobia again, woooooooooo national broadcaster undefeated for trash takes 🎉

A screenshot promoting RNZ's Saturday Mornings show, with an interview with Hilary Cass, horrible disingenuous transphobe, except for some reason they describe it as:

"New prescriptions for puberty blockers were to be banned by the Government just before Christmas, but an urgent High Court injunction has called a halt to the new regulations and a judicial review is set down for May.

The findings of an independent report and subsequent major clinical trial in the UK prompted the Health Minister Simeon Brown to press pause on the medications for new patients with gender dysphoria.

The four-year Cass Review, carried out for NHS England recommends limiting the use of puberty blockers to research settings. It also urges unhurried holistic care, caution around irreversible treatments, and the recognition of complex factors such as mental health, neurodiversity and social media as possible contributors to the rise in young people questioning their gender.

Baroness Dr Hilary Cass joins Susie live from the UK."

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Some of the things I love most about my wee girl are her curiosity, her tenacity, her determination to solve puzzles and understand how complex systems work, also does anyone know how to get this thing back on

A white woman's hand holding an old fashioned gold coloured doorknob, which has been wholly detached from the door it's supposed to open. The woman and her phone are reflected in the doorknob and you may be able to sense she is slightly exasperated

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Our little old dame Drusilla is seven, which is 80-90 in guinea pig years. Here she was as a newborn, next to the standard Wellington unit of measurement, a can of Garage Project

A very tiny guinea pig with black and orange fur, sitting on a table next to a standard size beer can (Hāpi Daze by Garage Project). She is about one-third the height of the can and staring very sternly at the camera.

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Every single time ... no surprises, here's Josie Vidal, lately of @newsroom.co.nz complaining about how we should all sit down and try to understand other people's points of view, on Michael Lhaws' Platform show a month ago shitting on the Green Party So reasonable, so mature, so balanced

Screenshot of Josie Vidal on The Platform's YouTube channel saying "and I guess absolutely no interest of regard in how the world works" in response to the Greens' policy against fast track mining projects

Screenshot of Josie Vidal on The Platform's YouTube channel saying "then yesterday I'm kind of back to being a little bit embarrassed about New Zealand and this kind of isolationist attitude" in response to the Greens' policy against fast track mining projects

Screenshot of Josie Vidal on The Platform's YouTube channel saying "the move by environmental activists very clearly shows that they are comfortable with disruption that harms people" in response to the Greens' policy against fast track mining projects

Screenshot of Josie Vidal on The Platform's YouTube channel saying "the Fast Track Act which has caused all the hysteria" in response to the Greens' policy against fast track mining projects

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

And finally some charity knits. If I donate 36 more items next year I'll get to 200!! 🇳🇿🧶

Two baby jackets knitted in a mottled white, pale blue and purple yarn, lying on a violently bright blue tarpaulin, what was I thinking

On the left, three knitted baby jackets in brown, bright fuchsia and dark teal yarn. On the right, two baby hats in brown and bright orange (each with a little contrasting row of triangles around the brim which give the effect of tiny crowns) and one in a very turbulent, dark-bright yarn which creates its own busy stripe pattern in blues, browns, greys, purples and greens

Three baby beanies knitted in a variety of patterns using the same three colours - one white with a dark red knitted brim, one dark red with a geometric pattern of white around the centre band, and one in a slightly chaotic stripe of the white, dark red, and yellow

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Gifts for new bubs: a wee ensemble for a long-awaited one and a pair of hats for coworkers 🇳🇿🧶

A knitted jacket and hat for a baby, in soft white yarn. The body and middle band of the hat are worked in a stitch that looks like rows of little scallop shells

Two small beanies for babies, knitted in soft white yarn, with a fake cable stitch pattern that looks like vertical columns of twisted rope

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Final 2025 finished objects roundup! First, three lovely gifts for friends and whānau 🇳🇿🧶

A knitted woollen beanie in soft, squishy yarn, with a tall band of penguins smooching all around the circumference

A "hexi cardi" or cardigan made of two single hexagonal pieces because fibre arts are witchcraft, striped in concentric rows of bright violet, pale silver and bright teal with a half-shell ruffled edge around the bottom hem and sleeves

A bright purple/fuchsia knitted handwarmer being modelled on a fat white woman's hand. The top of the handwarmer is stitched in a bumpy cabled pattern

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Played the revamped Parks edition, more engaging AND still one of the most beautiful board games out there

A spread of four large playing cards on a table depicting the Mesa Verde, Black Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon national park sites in gorgeous retro style art

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Next on the list... assembling granny squares 😭 🧶🇳🇿

A chaotic arrangement of granny squares crocheted in red, yellow, white, navy, light and dark brown, laid out on a grey table

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

She's done! (Still needs blocking so she's a bit rumpled but it counts!) 🧶🇳🇿

A child's crochet cardigan lying on a grey table. The cardigan is worked in concentric stripes of purple, pale grey and dark teal starting from the underarm and radiating out to the shoulders, centre opening and hem. The purple yarn has been worked in a half-shell stitch around the cuffs and bottom hem. It closes with a dark gunmetal button one third of the way down the front opening.

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Okay, personal goal for the month is No New WIP November because I just gotta finish some of these projects that have been on the needles and hooks all year 😅 What I'm working on today: a newish piece, solid hexi cardi for the kōtiro 🧶🇳🇿

A crumpled crochet hexagon with concentric stripes in purple, pale grey and dark teal

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Essential election-year viewing, folks. You'll laugh (a bit) you'll cry (a LOT) you'll see ordinary people (legends) fight the system to ensure every worker can come home safe at the end of the day www.flicks.co.nz/movie/pike-r...

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

FINALLY got one of J's games to the table ❤️❤️❤️ @3mbg.bsky.social Hey folks did you know my man is a bloody great game designer because it turns out...

Photo of a very bright cyberpunk board game set up on a table (Shadow Moon Syndicates, published by Arkus Games)

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

And this bit, THIS FUCKING BIT of their response. When they say "first-hand perspectives", when they say "people directly involved" deserve a platform, who do they consider first-hand? Not the dead trans kid! Fuck no! But their bigoted parents represented by a political lobby group? Hell yeah!

"We do, however, in considering the Media Council's decision, disagree with their finding on balance and fairness. RNZ interviewed people who had direct relationships with Alex. Those were their stories to tell. It sends an alarming message to newsrooms if they are expected to balance first-hand perspectives from people directly involved in a story and information contained in verified documentation with second-hand sources."

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I've been a bit quiet this week. Longer version on Facebook, shorter version: my grandma passed very suddenly on Monday. She was an incredibly strong-minded woman and a huge part of my life. My daughter is named after her. I think I'm going to feel devastated for a long time.

Two women in the distance (my mother and grandmother) walking away from the camera along a rough sandy beach (Cheltenham in Auckland), fringed with pōhutukawa

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Do you think the editorial team at the Herald ever reflect on the fact that they've cultivated a Facebook audience who will leave 270 laugh reactions on a story about a woman's resignation for health reasons (and a bunch if defamatory shit in the comments!) or nah

Screenshot of a post on the Herald's Facebook page about the Green Party chief of staff's resignation, featuring the laugh emoji

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

A random assortment of recent finished objects 🧶🇳🇿

A small child, face obscured by a heart emoji, wearing a poncho and oversized beret crocheted in thick stripes of black, purple, red, yellow and aqua yarn

A beanie knitted in vibrant purple and silver yarns, with the word "persist" written around the middle above the brim

A crocheted blanket in bright yellow, green, white and dark purple, laid over a yellow and grey sofa

A baby cardigan knitted in white, laid on a grey table

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

FINALLY broke out Nightshift, the strip club board game designed by Exotic Cancer, an Aussie artist and former stripper. Very fun, a bit spicy, great mechanics and artwork

Photo of very pink and purple board game components themed around a strip club, including paper money, tokens depicting shot glasses and champagne flutes, and a long dance stage in the middle of the board

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Maybe it's just one of those things I never noticed before, but does Instagram ever put that "Instagram is not affiliated with this organisation" disclaimer on sponsored posts which AREN'T supporting Palestine?

Screenshot of a sponsored post on Instagram advertising the World Food Programme's relief campaign in Gaza. Instagram has posted a disclaimer at the bottom just so you know they don't give a fuck about helping starving Palestinians

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is the only time you've ever posted about China.

Screenshot of Bluesky search page, demonstrating vibrantfacts has never posted about China except for this post

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Timeline synergy. Or maybe the child Knows Something

Two Bluesky posts. The first is @oldmatecans chanting "Jelly and ice cream when the Platform dies" and the second is me recounting how my 4-year-old will present me with a bowl and spoon and point at the kitchen saying "freezer" when I tell her she can't have ice cream, like a cat bringing me a dead mouse because I can't hunt properly

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Submissions don't have to be long-winded and detailed, folks. Make your voice heard, shout out the people and organisations who are across the detail, keep showing up to tell this government of dickwads "NO".

A screenshot from the Parliament website with my submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill, reading: "I oppose the Regulatory Standards Bill. It is a partisan attempt to rig the entire machine of government in favour of an unpopular and unworkable set of "principles" which do not represent the best interests of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand. I support the much more detailed submissions of Dr Jane Kelsey and Dr Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao, and urge the Select Committee to listen to them and other experts who are able to address the technicalities, context and potential harms of this Bill. My recommendation: reject this Bill in its entirety."

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The people who laugh-react on Facebook when you use the word "tautoko" in a comment

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Four years ago today this little bear had heart surgery. You'd never know it now. Feeling lots of feelings.

A split screen photo. On the left is a small baby, smiling and swaddled in white sheets on a hospital bed. On the right is the same girl, now four, dressed in an aggressively floral winter coat and checkerboard leggings, going out for a walk and still smiling.

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

#sweatwithpride has kicked off and the burpee count is at 26. Make me do more - and support life-saving services for our LGBTQ+ whānau - at the link www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

Me, a fat white woman in a black T shirt with the words "Sweat With Pride" on the front, holding a purple water bottle and looking unimpressed with myself

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Been feeling bleh this week so treated myself to a new cast on 🧶🇳🇿

A piece of knitted fabric being held up to the camera. It is striped using solid black yarn with a vibrant pink, purple and red variegated yarn

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Sweat with Pride starts next week! And until 10am tomorrow morning, any donation of TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS puts me in the draw to win some sweet gym gear to help me get my sweat on! Help a girl out? www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

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