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A guide to not only surviving, but taking successful action in the time of Trump.
SO YOU’RE GOING to protest. Maybe the risk of a collapse of the Republic and nuclear weapons in the hands of a narcissistic, rapey reality TV host have you itching to make your voice heard. Marching down the street, you’re waving a sign, chanting with the crowd, and taking selfies—and then you see a wall […]
Where to march, demonstrate and learn during and after Inauguration Day.
Five ways to resist when you’re broke.
Don’t let elected officials get complacent in opposing Trump—let ’em know how you feel.
Favorite Presidential moments from the last eight years.
SAY IT WITH ME NOW: Birth control makes abortion rates go down. Birth control makes abortion rates go down. Birth control— istock / areeya_ann Here’s NPR: The report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports legalized abortion, puts the rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (ages 15-44) in 2014. […]
I read it so you don’t have to. Over the holidays, I read Megyn Kelly’s memoir, Settle for More. I’m not proud of this, and I felt weird reading Kelly’s book in public—like I should probably have donned Handmaid’s Tale lady-blinders, or Chloe Sevigny’s chaste outfits from Big Love, the better to signal the shitty […]
istock / jcarillet First they came for our health insurance, and now they’re coming for our doctors. Here’s Rewire: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Thursday introduced the first federal “heartbeat bill” modeled on a failed Ohio attempt to end legal abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy—before many people know they’re pregnant. “Heartbeat […]
Doug Brown I’ve been hearing a lot about the Portland chapter of the Women’s March on Washington lately—first, because the event’s original organizers weren’t addressing concerns from queer participants and participants of color, and later, when a change in leadership brought folks of color on board to organize the whole thing, resulting in some tough, […]
The president-elect tweeted his full-throated support of an American business this morning: Thank you to Linda Bean of L.L.Bean for your great support and courage. People will support you even more now. Buy L.L.Bean. @LBPerfectMaine— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2017 For those who didn’t grow up in the Northeast, L.L. Bean is a […]
iStock / CatLane Author Chuck Wendig writes books that’re exciting and creepy and funny and smart, and within the past few years, his blog has become mandatory reading for me. If you’re remotely interested in writing, publishing, or bees, I can’t recommend it highly enough. But if I was going to point you toward one […]
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