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

"A slew of new apps have cropped up that allow patients to have an e-consult (or video consult) with a provider in their state." Image: Pixabay, kaboompics

New Apps Let You Get Birth Control Right Through Your Phone

Modern technology is creating a work-around for the hassle of getting birth control — and putting it right on your phone.

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KIDS THESE DAYS

There's A Farm Where You Can Do Yoga With Baby Goats (!!!)

If you’re lucky enough to live near Willamette Valley in Oregon, you can get a dose of outdoor yoga with cute little goats at No Regrets Farm.

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Will anyone take Mike Flynn up on his immunity offer? And what is up with how cute hippos can be?? (Image Credit: YouTube/Freedom of Press)

#RavsRadar: Mike Flynn, Russia, Turkey, Immunity, & Yes, Baby Hippos

We interrupt our regularly scheduled #FurballFriday to bring you news that retired General Mike Flynn, the disgraced former National Security Advis

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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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College students will soon have vending machine access to contraception. Welcome to the world of 2017.

#RavsRadar: Contraception From A Vending Machine On College Campus. THIS IS HAPPENING.

This isn’t your old-school, gas-station-bathroom condom dispenser, either. It's called a Wellness To Go station that sells condoms, Plan B Emergency Contraception, pregnancy tests, tampons and pads, and even over-the-counter painkillers like Advil and Tylenol.

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ALL HAIL THE DONUT QUEEN (JK, this is a republic: THE DONUT PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL)

Clinton Campaign Found To Be Front-Runner In Donuts

No word on whether Hill-dawg herself is a fan of crullers or jelly-filled.

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The GOP has been promising to kill Obamacare since before it was even passed so they won’t back down now. They’ll just keep getting weirder until they pass a bill or lose their majority in Congress.

Healthcare In 2017: 'When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro'

This week saw a new high-water mark of professional-level weird in the Senate Republicans’ attempts to repeal Obamacare and replace it was a set of tax cuts, paid for by kicking 14 million people off Medicaid.

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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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