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

Hey, guess what - coffee in moderation is A-okay. Who knew?!!

#RavsRadar: Today, In News We Already Knew: Some Coffee = Not Bad For You

After much deliberation, the Food Police have determined that caffeine, in moderation, is still not bad for people. You are free to drink 400 mg of caffeine a day— the equivalent of 36 ounces of regular coffee — and nothing bad will happen to you.

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Punishing people who seek abortion is a tactic the anti-choice movement has always used.

"Punishing" Women For Seeking Abortion Is Nothing New

The anti-choice movement is and has always been about fear and shame. If it weren't, you’d see anti-abortion protestors standing outside clinics with charter buses that take patients to social work centers where they assist them in getting housing, childcare, job support — including maternity leave, enrollment in food programs, and parenting classes.

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Chelsea Clinton is raising awareness of the need for basic sanitary products that women face worldwide... and here in the U.S. (Image Credit: Instagram/clintonfoundation)

#RavsRadar: Chelsea Clinton Speaks Out About Challenges Underprivileged Women Face During Menstruation

Chelsea Clinton took the time to pen an eye-opening essay for Well and Good about the lack of support for girls and women during menstruation and breastfeeding.

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Good bras are never cheap, and cheap bras are seldom any good.

The Real Reason Good Bras Are So F#%king Expensive

It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is no such thing as a perfect bra. More annoying is the equally-universally acknowledged truth that good bras are never cheap, and cheap bras are seldom any good.

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BREAKING: Purity Rings Don't Work

30% of girls who took purity pledges experienced pregnancy before marriage. To put that into perspective: only 18% of non-pledgers experienced pregnancy before marriage.

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Texas, like the rest of the US, has a near-zero complication rate for abortions. But apparently it's still... dangerous somehow?

Here's What Went Down In Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt

Yes. That’s right. Texas passed laws to allegedly make abortion safer when abortion is already nearly perfectly safe. Our good friend Justice Breyer honed in on this yesterday, when he asked the lawyer defending the law how often Texas patients are transferred from abortion provider to hospital.

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Rumors around Capitol Hill at the end of last week suggest that the Republicans are close to being finished with their AHCA bill, and they also think they’re close to having enough votes to pass it. (Image Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore)

Senate Republicans Are Planning Their AHCA Legislation In Stealth Mode

There is a working group of 14 Republican men and one Republican woman (the woman was added after the outcry about the original all-male revue-style workgroup got loud enough) who are creating the Senate version of the bill in secret. Behind closed doors. No hearings to discuss major points of the law. No input from stakeholder groups like hospitals, patient advocacy groups, doctors, or insurance companies. No input from Senate Democrats.

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Hurricane Harvey is a catastrophic situation. Houston needs our help.

Houston Needs Your Help - Here's How You Can Give It

If you answered can, please go to Houston. People need your help. Hurricane Harvey is a catastrophic situation.

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Kourtney’s so-called detox plan sounds more like masochism than nutrition. (Image Credit: Instagram/kourtneykardash)

Kourtney Kardashian Detox Plan: Just Say NO

Kourtney Kardashian is a good source of entertainment and style inspiration. However, her detox diet sounds stupid and probably bad for you and also won’t detox you because you are not toxic.

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