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  • July 31, 2024

    Sexism is alive, well and kicking

    Glad to be quoted in a recent USA Today article reflecting on the sexist vitriol being hurled at Kamala Harris by her opponent and his supporters.

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  • July 30, 2024

    Hillbilly Hypocrisy

    JD Vance has been taking flak for comments he made back in 2021, opining that politicians who don’t have kids aren’t fit to lead. Name checking Vice President Kamala Harris in the interview (along with others, including Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg), Vance bemoaned the sorry state of affairs in a country run “by a…

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    abortion, childless-cat-ladies, hillbilly-elegy, jd-vance, reproductive-justice
  • July 29, 2024

    Summer of. . . Antiabortion Extremism

    Roxana Behdad. “Antiabortion Extremist Sentenced to Prison for Harassing NYC Planned Parenthood Staff and Patients.” Ms. Magazine. 26 July 2024. Roxana Behdad, Riya Khatod and Maya Tilley. “Antiabortion Extremists From Across the Nation Target Same D.C. Clinic Twice in One Week.” Ms. Magazine. 18 July 2024 Roxana Behdad. “House Republicans Are Jeopardizing the Rights of Women and LGBTQ+…

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    abortion, antiabortion extremist, feminism, feminist, ms. magazine
  • July 25, 2024

    From Grabbing Pussies to Dissing Cat Ladies: The Republican Descent into Litter Box Politics

    In October 2016, just weeks before the presidential election, a leaked video captured Donald Trump boasting about the spoils of fame. Of women, he said: “They let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy.” A few months later, Trump moved into the White House. Following the inauguration, millions of people…

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    cat lady, childless, feminism, feminist, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, Republican
  • May 21, 2024

    On Beach-Blonde, Bad-Built, Butch Body

    During a recent House Oversight Committee meeting, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) once more revealed herself morally unfit for office, taunting colleague Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tx) with the quip: “Your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.” After Greene refused to apologize, Rep. Crockett raised a point of order, inquiring whether House rules would…

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    beach-blonde-bad-built-butch-body, feminist, jasmine-crockett, marjorie-taylor-greene, white-women
  • March 17, 2024

    Department of Can-You-Believe-We -Are-Still-Debating-This?

    Hot take: “Being at home with their kids is not the same thing as being a great parent.” Read the full story here.

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    feminism, have it all, lily allen, Sara Moniuszko, stay at home mothers, working mothers
  • March 13, 2024

    Gaslit by the Oscars

    Now that Oscars season is over, I can’t help feeling wistful about what might have been. For a while there, it seemed certain things would culminate in an awards night celebrating Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, the movie that captured hearts and, just to be clear—minds—like none other in recent memory. Still, by the time the red…

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    barbie, feminism, feminist, greta-gerwig, margot-robbie, movies, oscars, patriarchy, ryan-gosling, sexism, snub, woman, women

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