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 McBride, 25, is the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign." Image: glaad.org

This Badass Woman Is Breaking Barriers At The Democratic Convention

If you tune in to the Democratic National Convention today, you’ll see history being made. No, not the nomination of the first female candidate for a major party. You’ll see the first appearance of an out transgender person at a major party convention.

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Butter: still food.

Butter's Officially Good Now, But As Far As I'm Concerned, It's Always Been Good

Yesterday, the big news in food science was that BUTTER ISN’T BAD FOR YOU AFTER ALL! It turns out that butter, like other saturated fats, isn’t the health demon-food that we were once told it was. I think now we’re supposed to do Kermit-arms and dance around rejoicing that we can butter our toast with impunity.

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Michael Bloomberg Says No To A Third Party Run

Yesterday, former New York Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced he will not mount a third party bid for the White House.

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"Duke first won office three years ago when he was elected as a joke. But it turns out he’s so beloved by the townspeople that they have re-elected him twice now!" Image: www.wday.com

The Mayor Of This Minnesota Town Is A Politician We Can All Get Behind

Hopeful readers, may I present to you, the three-time mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota: DUKE!

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"Sort of the way they brought the Garden of Eden to life, complete with dinosaurs and humans living together."

This New Kentucky Attraction Is Possibly The Strangest Attraction

Have you ever wondered what Noah’s Ark looked like? Would you like to go inside the Biblical vessel and see how the last family on earth after the Great Flood lived and how they kept all the animals? Well, you’re in luck! Tomorrow a museum called the Ark Encounter is opening in Kentucky!

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Head Spinning From Countless News Outlets? This Feminist Public Policy Expert Has Answers.

The news cycle feels like a roller coaster ride these days. We’re all sitting in this little car, plunging up and down without any control over anything. But at least we have Dan Rather along for the ride.

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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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"This year’s contraceptive bounty is so big that tabloids are already calling Rio the raunchiest Olympics ever." Image: flickr.com

The IOC Has Ordered A Truly Staggering Number Of Condoms For The Rio Olympic Games

If the preparations for the athletes are any indication, the Olympic Village may be one sexy spot!

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“We’ve seen these [llamas] successfully used in the Scottish Highlands keeping off foxes, and in an American study they reduced sheep kills from dogs and coyotes by 66 per cent; half of those farms saw predation stop entirely.”

Of Lynx & Llamas: Great Britain May Bring Back The Wild Cat If Llamas Cooperate

Would a llama really take out a lynx? The Lynx Trust says yes, but sheep farmers remain unconvinced. While no ruling has been made on lynx or llama introduction, the winner of this battle royale may end up being the sheep that fuel the local economy and many a Sunday dinner.

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Trump's Ridiculousness Round-Up For October

October is nearly over and with it the ninth month of the Trump administration let's address some of Trump's Ridiculousness. We can't make this stuff up!

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