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

Sarah Palin: "Bill Nye Is As Much A Scientist As I Am"

As Americans, we all believe staunchly in freedom of speech. That fundamental concept in the American experiment has led to artistic masterworks like A Streetcar Named Desire, world-changing orators like Martin Luther King Jr, and entirely problematic stuff like everything that comes out of Sarah Palin’s mouth.

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New Vaginal Ring Protects From STDs

The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting promising results from an experimental vaginal ring for STD prevention. Like the rings for birth control, this device is a flexible ring that a woman inserts into her vagina. Instead of releasing birth control, the ring releases anti-bacterial or anti-viral medications to stop STDs before they take hold.

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Two Gay Penguins Find A New Home

According to the Daily Mail, that’s the lesson animal experts at the Berlin Zoo have learned from Stan and Ollie, two king penguins who were supposed to be part of the zoo’s penguin breeding program. Instead of mating with female penguins and perpetuating their species as zoo officials hoped they would do, Stan and Ollie pair-bonded with one another.

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Image Credit: Original image from Anthony Delanoix via Unsplash

So, Weed Wine Is Definitely A Thing 

Canna Vine is making this miraculous concoction that consists of organic marijuana and biodynamically farmed grapes. I don’t know what biodynamic farming is but it does sound very special and like it would result in good tasting wine.

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Put plainly: we aren’t teaching children of color that they can grow up to vote.

Election 2016: The Cost Of Taking Civics And History Out Of Our Schools

Institutions can and do fail citizens, but as communities we can fix some of their mistakes.

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Twitter is an equality opportunity platform, President Trump.

#RavsRadar: Scientists + Twitter = Bad News For Trump

The revolution will be tweeted. By scientists.

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No experience working in public schools. What could go wrong? (Image Credit: YouTube / PBS Newshour)

#RavsRadar: Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearing Was Really, Truly Awful

Last night, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education was in the hot seat during her confirmation hearing.

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Mayim Bialik pens essay and perpetuates victim-blaming.

Mayim Bialik Has Really Done It This Time

Your body is your very own canvas, and you have the right to turn it into whatever work of art you want to display to the world... The root cause of rape is rapists, not short skirts, push up bras, or tight pants.

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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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