I’m sorry that this space has been so inactive lately. I was on a real roll there for a while, able to write like the wind and post at multiple sites in any given week. But lately, I’ve fallen victim…
Author: Rebekah Kuschmider
I'm a mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by my political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
On Prejudice
I’d like to tell you three stories, two bad and one good. I’ll start with the bad. The first bad story is one you’ve no doubt heard already. It concerns Trayvon Martin, a teen-age boy who was shot to death…
At The Borad Side: Losing The War For Reproductive Rights
I’m over at The Broad Side this week with an oldie but goodie. I dusted off a post I wrote a year ao about the inevitability of losing the war for women’s reproductive rights: The anti-abortion movement instead operates on…
A Letter To Mitt Romney
Dear Mitt, May I call you Willard? I had a good friend in college named Willard and thinking of him might make me like you better. Though I do like you better than the guys you’re running against for the…
At The Broad Side: The Sexuality Wars: Women Are Under Attack, But What About Men?
I’m over at The Broad Side releasing yet more of my anger over the current wave of legislation impacting women. At this point, everything about contraception and abortion sounds less like thoughtful concern and more like ways of punishing people…
This Week in WTF: Congressman Joe The Plumber?
Since I’ve stopped working on Congressional relations, I’ve lost track of the minutia that used to occupy many of my waking thoughts. For example, I didn’t realize the new Ohio Congressional map pitted Democrats Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich against…
Birth Control! Religion! The Sky Is Falling! Or Something.
OK, this is going to be one of these posts where I get all long-winded and pedantic. Feel free to quit reading whenever you feel like it. I’ll try to throw in some cuss words to keep it interesting but…
Book Review and Giveaway: I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames by Jeni Decker
When Jeni Decker approached me about reviewing her memoir of life with her two autistic boys I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames, she got me at just the right moment: I was looking for something new to read and…
25 Things That I Have Paid For Despite Moral Objections
There’s a lot of hot air pupping around about contraception falling under mandatory insurance coverage rules. Apparently some people don’t want their money going into a group coverage pool that pays for birth control on moral or religious grounds. I…
At The DC Moms: The US Census Bureau Says Dads Are The Same As Nannies
I’m over at The DC Moms today talking about a Census Bureau report on child care that classifies what moms do as parenting but what dads do as a “child care arrangement”. Um, WTF? This regressive designation of the mother…
