For one, nepotism. Carl Court / Getty Here are some things that are more inappropriate than asking Ivanka Trump about the abuse allegations against her father, who is the president and also her employer: • Claiming to care about women’s issues but somehow not knowing how Planned Parenthood works.• Ruining center parts for the rest […]
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New Trump Game: Match the Scandal!
Andrew H. Walker / Getty President Trump’s administration has produced so many scandals, it’s hard to keep ’em all straight! That’s why we’re challenging YOU to “Match the Scandal.” Simply draw a line between the Trump associate and his/her scandal—BUT HERE’S THE TRICKY PART: Each person has more than one scandal, so match ’em all […]
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UPDATED: Businesses are Dropping Their Support of the NRA
Pgiam / Getty Along with President Trump, the NRA is in full-blown panic mode following a national wave of outrage spawned by the mass murder at Stoneman Douglas High School. The surviving students of the massacre have built a steadily growing movement thanks to savvy social media engagement, and an extremely impressive takedown of Sen. […]
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If We Treated Getting Guns The Way We Treat Getting Birth Control
If only the GOP would treat guns the way it wants to treat this. Tim Matsui / Getty If you wanted to buy a gun, you’d be inundated with years of cultural messaging about how wanting to shoot anything is a HUGE responsibility and makes you a bad person, but okay, you really want a […]
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CNN Town Hall: The NRA (and Rubio’s) Very Bad Day
Courtesy CNN Last night CNN hosted a Town Hall in which surviving students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, parents, and community members grilled Florida politicians (including NRA supported Marco Rubio), and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. If you haven’t already, WATCH IT ALL HERE. Because it is, plain and simply put, FIRE. Watching […]
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Match the Scandal!
Can you match the Trump cohort to his/her multiple scandals?
President Trump’s administration has produced so many scandals, it’s hard to keep ’em all straight! That’s why we’re challenging YOU to “Match the Scandal.” Simply draw a line between the Trump associate and his/her scandal—BUT HERE’S THE TRICKY PART: Each person has more than one scandal, so match ’em all and check your answers below! […]
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What’s She Mad About Now?: How to Be Abused
MARLOWE DOBBE Have you been abused?Having trouble getting anyone to believe you? Have you considered that you might be being abused wrong? Here are a few tips on how to do it if you want your friends, family, colleagues, the police, the FBI, and/or the President’s Chief of Staff to believe you: 1. Get a […]
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Tips for Ladies: How to Be Abused
Have you been abused?Having trouble getting anyone to believe you? Have you considered that you might be being abused wrong? Here are a few tips on how to do it if you want your friends, family, colleagues, the police, the FBI, and/or the President’s Chief of Staff to believe you: 1. Get a photo. If […]
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“Highlights” from Katie Roiphe’s Slate “Interview”
Roiphe says the #MeToo movement has a “weird energy.” I guess massive social change is supposed to be chill? MB Katie Roiphe, longtime sexual assault minimizer, first-time Twitter user, was interviewed at Slate this week, and despite the valiant efforts of interviewer Isaac Chotiner, who deserves a fucking raise, it’s not good. You might recall […]
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Washington State Took A Big Step Toward Comprehensive Reproductive Health Coverage This Week
The Reproductive Parity Act would require insurers that cover maternity care to also cover abortion. SEBASTIAN KACZOROWSKI / GETTY Yesterday, Washington State’s answer to Oregon’s Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA) passed out of the state senate after YEARS of Republican obstruction. The Reproductive Parity Act (RPA) would require insurers that cover maternity to care to […]
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Blame the Snakes in My Head
Dear Courtland Sykes: I blame the snakes. Last year, Missouri Senate candidate Courtland Sykes was asked what he thought of women’s rights by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and his answers surfaced last week. According to his 11-page response, he supports the right of his fiancée, Obsession by Calvin Klein*, to whip up “a home-cooked dinner […]