Rebekah Kuschmider
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The body and face we have today is such a tenuous thing. The longer I live, the more strongly aware I am that there are no promises of health or wholeness. Beauty is fleeting, and does it matter anyway if your body suddenly ceases to work the way it "should"? Would I regret the days I spent peering at imperfections if suddenly my sight were gone?
Read...The question of where trans people get to go to pee has been in the news a lot lately.
Read...Attendees of the Sanders event stood along the street when Clinton’s motorcade arrived and threw 1,000 $1 bills at her vehicle. Twitter was alight with notices about “making it rain” on Hillary’s car. I have questions.
Read...As of April 8, several forms of birth control are available directly from pharmacists without a doctor’s prescription.
Read...Some of Republican senators' discomfort with voting for their health bill is due to groups of frantic activists who have been pummeling the Senate phone lines, showing up at Senate offices, and even staging a “People’s Filibuster” by rallying on the steps of the Capitol. All of them are begging their elected officials to represent the interests of the sick and the poor, not just the rich and powerful.
Read...Yesterday, former New York Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced he will not mount a third party bid for the White House.
Read...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.
Read...The incoming Trump administration is taking aim at climate change — and probably not in the good way.
Read...Earlier this week, the Trump administration decided that the most pressing issue on their plates is where school children pee.
Read...Today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling on the case Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. What was at issue was the regulations the state of Texas wanted to impose on abortion providers as outlined in the controversial HB2 law. You remember it: it was the one that State Senator Wendy David filibustered while we all cheered.
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