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

How You Can Get A Slurpee For Paying Your Taxes (Yes, Really)

If you owe the feds a tax payment and don’t want to pay by check or e-transfer, you can make a cash payment in person at 7-11 stores. This is incredibly helpful for people who don’t have bank accounts or credit cards — or people who need to get taxes paid locally, at a spot near public transportation.

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"It's really the holy grail of bioengineering for regenerative medicine."

3D Printing Just Made A Functioning Mouse Ovary

Once the tiny 3D printed ovary was built, scientists were able to put living tissue harvested from mice into it — specifically, the follicles holding eggs — and implant the whole thing into a living mouse.

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Fight off creeping existential dread with puppy cuteness. (Image Credit: Twitter/@cuteemergency)

TWITTER PUPPIES: The Temporary Cure For Existential Dread Brought On By Trump

Hello. I am writing to you from a place of rage over the House of Representatives’ misguided attempts to reform health care.

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Some religious owners of businesses feel that the exemption forms present a substantial burden on their ability to NOT pay for birth control.

Here's What You Need To Know About Zubick v Burwell

The long battle to pick apart the Affordable Care Act continues today in the Supreme Court, with yet another case about the portion of the law that

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Image via Pottermore.com

We Can't Make This Sh*t Up: The Video Game You Play With Your Vagina

First of all, it seems practically criminal that they don’t call the device a joystick. I mean, really? Really.

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Go Get It On! Sex Might Help Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

Reason number 6,742 Why Sex Is Awesome: It might help prevent prostate cancer!

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What, you don't use your mop as a mic?

Ask A Feminist: Can I Be A Feminist If I'm A SAHM?

As a political philosophy, feminism proposes that women are entitled to all the same rights as men under the law. There was a time when this was a radical notion and it required a whole lot of hard work to make certain crucial elements of that possible. Such as a the right of women to vote. Or to own property. Or to obtain divorce. Or sign contracts. Or use birth control.

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John Kasich Inspires Mass Exodus Of Women From Their Kitchens

Ohio Governor and Republican Presidential aspirant John Kasich reassured the gathered crowd that a lack of support has never deterred him from seeking office. He referenced an early campaign in his career when “I didn’t have anybody for me. We just got an army of people who —and many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door to door and put yard signs up.”

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UK Warns LGBT Travelers Of Homophobic Laws In NC & MS

Yesterday, the the British Foreign Office updated its travel guidance regarding the US to reflect the risks to gay people who travel to North Carolina and Mississippi. The new laws passed in those states regarding the rights of LGBTQ people have made waves across the pond, and the Brits don’t want any of their own caught in a bigotry riptide.

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(This is the "mental health facility," by the way. Even if the sheriff's office hadn't fucked up the paperwork, the attorney's office failed this woman.)  Image: npr.org

Why Was This Rape Victim Imprisoned By A Texas Court For A Month?!?

In what might be the WTF-iest story in the history of WTF, a woman in Texas is suing the state for wrongly imprisoning her for a month, during which time she was subjected to physical and mental abuse at the hands of guards and other prisoners. What was her crime? Being a rape victim who suffered a mental collapse while testifying.

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