Rebekah Kuschmider

Rebekah Kuschmider

Bio

Rebekah Kuschmider is a DC area writer with a background in non-profit management and advocacy. Her work has been seen at Babble, Scary Mommy, Huffington Post, The Mid, Redbook online, and The Broad Side. She is the creator of the blog Stay at Home Pundit and is a contributor to the upcoming book Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox (an anthology, SheWrites Press, Nov. 2015). You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Rebekah Kuschmider Articles

Lack Of Sex-Ed Leads To Skyrocketing Abortion Rates In China's Teens

If you ever want to see what happens when young people aren’t given necessary information about sex, sexual activity, or contraception, look to China.

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"The whole thing is just so empowering and relatable and even joyful?!"

You Need To Watch This Adele Parody About Calling Congress

6 months ago, a Facebook video about calling Congress wouldn’t have been viral, but here we are. This is what we have to do.

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NYC Proposes Law For Free Tampons, GBLESS

For those living in poverty, accessing menstrual supplies can be a true crisis. That’s why it’s so damn brilliant and compassionate that lawmakers New York City are proposing programs that will make menstrual supplies free and available in public schools, and homeless shelters.

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Oklahoma Judge Dismisses Sexual Assault Case Over Intoxication

A judge in Oklahoma dismissed a case involving sexual assault of a drunk 16 year old girl. Allegedly, the girl was so intoxicated that she had to be carried to the boy’s car and witnesses say she was in and out of consciousness in the car. She was later brought to a family member’s home, still unconscious. The family member had her taken to the hospital where her blood alcohol level was tested at .34 and DNA from the boy was found around her mouth and on the back of her leg.

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Image Credit: JUSTIN BARTLETT ANIMAL RESCUE

4 Tiny Kittens Rescued From Florida Dump

(Sidebar: anyone who puts baby cats in a bag and tosses them in the trash does not deserve to keep breathing the same air as normal kitty-loving people.)

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Kimmel shared the story of how an extraordinary medical team save his baby son Billy's life, and how that relates to the vital importance of keeping the ACA. (Image Credit: Flickr/Disney World Group)

Jimmy Kimmel Gets Emotional About His Infant Son Billy's Survival & 'Preexisting Conditions'

One quick phone call to your representatives in Congress to tell them to preserve access to health care under the ACA will make a difference for babies like Jimmy Kimmel's son, Billy — and so many other Americans.

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir Member Resigns Over Trump Inauguration Performance

While the campaign strategy of insulting minorities, women, immigrants, disabled people, and the LGBTQ community may win some electoral votes, it doesn’t make creative people — many of whom are women, minorities, immigrants, disabled, LGBTQ, or allies of the aforementioned — want to be seen on a stage with him.

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The ritual of sitting at my makeup table and swiping on mascara and blush is one that centers me a little for the day ahead.

Makeup And The Kardashians As Self-Care

I don’t know what you escape into when you’re overwhelmed these days, but for me? It’s makeup. That’s where the Kardashian binges come in.

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