I first published the following on my blog a year ago. At that time, I was watching the laws I mention in the post unroll across the feminist landscape with horror and a growing resignation that rolling back this tide of anti-choice legislation in the states was going to be a decades-long struggle. I had [...]
About Rebekah Kuschmider
Rebekah Kuschmider is a DC area mom with an over-developed sense of irreverence, socialist tendencies, a cable news addiction, and a blog. Rebekah has an undergraduate degree in theatre and Master’s in Arts Policy and Administration and a decade of experience managing arts organizations and advocating in the public health sector. This summer, she abruptly decided to try staying at home, which is even less lucrative than the non-profit sector. Rebekah also blogs about her life, her thoughts, and her opinions at Mom-In-A-Million.com. She is a contributing writer at The DC Moms and writes So Here’s The Thing, a weekly column at the Washington Times Communities. She was voted one of the Top 25 Political Mom Blogs at Circle of Moms. Her work has also been seen at Salon.com.
The Sexuality Wars: Women Are Under Attack, But What About Men?
For the past month, I have felt under assault. At every turn, someone in the political space was talking about some aspect of women’s sexuality and doing it in a way that was intended to limit it. My neighbors to the south in Virginia – as well as in other states – were fighting their [...]
The Politics of Women’s Choices: Let Women Choose
Men in politics are talking a lot about women these days. They are not talking about pay inequality, the impact of the economy and housing crisis on women. They are not talking about education opportunities for women. They are not talking about the role women are playing in economic recovery. They are talking, in detached [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure v. Planned Parenthood, Breast Cancer v. Abortion
Yesterday, the news broke that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a major funder of breast cancer prevention in the United States, will be withdrawing their support to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. Komen has been making grants to Planned Parenthood since 2005, usually around half a million dollars per year. The stated reason [...]
The Staggered Primary System: It’s Just Not Fair To Voters
The GOP primaries are underway, one grueling battle after another. After close to a year of constant coverage of the candidates as they entered the race and began to sprinkle money around key states, it’s almost surprising that there’s more to the process than web ads, cable news debates, and people tweeting the good, the [...]
Pizza is a Vegetable?
The internets are abuzz this week with the news that Congress has declared pizza to be a vegetable. This is the kind of decisive action that reminds Americans that Congress is really working for the best interests of Jon Stewart’s ratings. I mean, really. Calling pizza a vegetable is reminiscent of the that old Bill [...]
On Fetal Personhood
There is a new front in the assault on women’s right of self-determination. That sounds over-dramatic to say. I wish it was. But in fact there is a movement at work in this country to put women’s rights to make medical choices for themselves, specifically during pregnancy, in severe jeopardy. It’s disguised as yet another [...]
On American Exceptionalism
Every once in a while I hear the phrase “American Exceptionalism.” It’s usually used in the context of one politician tearing another down by saying that they don’t believe in it. The inference there is that the speaker does believe in American Exceptionalism and is therefore a better American because he or should wont tolerate [...]
Can Occupy Wall Street Work?
The Occupy Wall Street movement has gained considerable traction in the four weeks since it started. Moreover, it’s gained the attention of the media and the general public. Reactions to the fiery determination of the so-called 99% to be heard is causing either head-scratching bewilderment, vehement cheering or scathing vitriol. The Occupiers have been compared [...]
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The Truth About Mormons and Mitt Romney
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Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
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I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
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A Practicing Catholic Sends a Letter to Her Bishop
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What Women are Learning from The Learning Channel
