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It's abhorrent that politicians are invested in disproving the experience of a 10-year-old rape victim who had to travel out of state for an abortion. But it's not surprising. The shift towards abortions with no exceptions for rape/incest is rooted in the myth that victims lie.

I wrote this piece back in April, and I keep coming back to it. Abortion restrictions are about control and a deep distrust of womxn -- nearly identical to how our systems respond to sexual violence. huffpost.com/entry/how-the-…

What are we made of but hunger and rage?

Breaking: UVALDE, Texas (AP) -- Report: Findings reveal nearly 400 officers were at Uvalde elementary school as police waited to confront gunman.

Sitting with & appreciating Carmen Maria Machado's vital words on writing/publishing this morning: (read the entire newsletter here--carmenmariamachado.substack.com/p/on-writing-a…)

This is astonishing, yet not surprising. If it feels like you're far less safe in NYC than ever before, it's not bc shootings are up. It's because the media (fueled by lies & fearmongering by NYC Mayor Eric Adams) is up. Look at this chart. Red line is shootings. Grey is media.

hazy summer morning in brooklyn

New story on this subject every week. It only gets worse.

I condemn Israel's airstrikes in Gaza to allegedly 'deter' Islamic Jihad's possible retaliation for its leader's arrest. As Int'l Law only permits the use of force in self-defense, Operation Breaking Dawn is a flagrant act of aggression. Illegal. Immoral. Irresponsible.

Let’s make it easier for people to stay home when sick or exposed, have access to high-quality masks, get tested, stay safe at work/school, and get vaccinated, before we start relaxing public health guidance and throwing our hands up in defeat. (6/6)

When we are denied a story, a light goes off. I am asking you to study the dark.

I wrote a pretty personal essay about periods in prison. I wasn’t going to do a tweet thread, but I got so many shitty, sexist DMs and emails that I am doing one now out of sheer spite. Please RT to piss off a misogynist. THREAD: cnn.com/2022/08/23/opi…

New CBO report: The poorest *half* of America -- ~150 million people -- hold only *2 percent* of the country's total wealth Wealth of top 10 percent has grown markedly since 1989 That tiny little line at the bottom of this chart is half the country

New in #The90sNotebook: I interviewed Sophie B. Hawkins about cutting through the intensely queerphobic '90s pop radio w/her groundbreaking song Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - and enduring the fallout after claiming her own identity as an omnisexual person huffpost.com/entry/sophie-b…

When Candice Frederick told me she was writing this piece we were at '90s trivia & I squealed so loud we definitely got some weird looks. It's a stellar look at both the song and what Sophie B. Hawkins put up with to get it--and keep it--out in the world. huffpost.com/entry/sophie-b…

(((Gabriel S. Jacobs))) (same handle on blooski) Anni Glissman tells me it smells like a pet store.