Happy V-Day! No, not Valentine’s Day. V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. It was started in 1998 by writer and activist Eve Ensler, V-Day events involve performances of The Vagina Monologues, A Memory,…
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.
Round Up: A Week of Crazy
Hi (she whimpers plaintively)! This week has been…um…nutso. Not for me, so much. But for the right wing. They’ve apparently decided that the group to marginalize this political (silly) season is women. For a few cycles it was gay people…
This week in WTF: Honest Rape?
Let’s talk about Ron Paul. Ron Paul is the Kucinich of the right. He is a strange, elfin little man who says many things that are out of the mainstream of political discourse. Occasionally, he stumbles upon an essential truth…
Women’s Health Is More Than The Abortion Wars
A new article in the Christian Science Monitor trumpets that abortion is becoming a major issue in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The Republican candidates are all stating and restating their opposition to legal abortion while at the same time the…
At Babble: Funny Pregnancy Motivational Posters
I’m at Babble today with a collection of motivational posters for pregnant women. I think they’re totally hilarious. Check one out: To see the whole collection, head on over to Babble!
Round ‘Em On Up!
Boy howdy, has this been a busy week for me! I’ve been all over the interwebs talking my fool head off. Often before I should have because I’m finding that I’m reversing myself on second consideration of a few things.…
Giveaway!
Y’all, this is so rare for me. I almost never give stuff away. Actually, I’m not technically giving stuff away. The DC Moms blog is giving it away but I wrote the post. Let me back up. My friend Lydia…
I’m At Babble: My (Imaginary) Pregnant Celebrity BFF
Today is my first post at Babble’s Being Pregnant blog! Please go read it because they think I have lots of fans. Also, it’s a funny post about how I feel like Kourtney Kardashian is a my friend because were…
Contraception and Religious Universities: Yea or Nay?
Okey-dokey. I need to think this thing through and I’m going to use this handy-dandy blog of mine to do so. Bear with me here, because I suspect I’m about to reveal some inconsistencies in my own belief structure. Or…
Babble!
Do not let the title of this post fool you; I’m not planning to sit here and babble nonsensically. At least not any more than usual. Rather I wanted to share the exciting news that, beginning on February 1, I…
