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

(This is the "mental health facility," by the way. Even if the sheriff's office hadn't fucked up the paperwork, the attorney's office failed this woman.)  Image: npr.org

Why Was This Rape Victim Imprisoned By A Texas Court For A Month?!?

In what might be the WTF-iest story in the history of WTF, a woman in Texas is suing the state for wrongly imprisoning her for a month, during which time she was subjected to physical and mental abuse at the hands of guards and other prisoners. What was her crime? Being a rape victim who suffered a mental collapse while testifying.

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A Fond Farewell To Joe Biden, America's Favorite Weird Uncle

The man who launched 1,000 memes will be leaving government after 43 years of service, first as a Senator from Delaware, then as Obama’s right hand man.

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#ShePersisted, yeah you'd better believe it. (Image Credit: Flickr/Tim Pierce)

#ShePersisted, Oh Yes, She Did

Persistent women have made America greater, stronger, and just more than the Founding Fathers could have envisioned. Persistent women are holding up half the American sky and NO ONE should question our right to do so.

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Amazon Knows What You've Been Buying For Valentine's Day. Creeps.

Amazon is providing what everyone has always wanted for Valentine’s Day: the ability to stalk the entire nation!

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Mueller is a former FBI director, former U.S. prosecutor, and a serious problem for the Trump team.

The Special Prosecutor Assigned To Investigate Trump's Russia Ties Is Pure Gold

The special counsel is former FBI director Robert Mueller. The same FBI director who, under President George W. Bush, threatened to quit rather than unconstitutionally wiretap U.S. citizens without a warrant. This is a by-the-book, law and order kind of guy. And his chief ally within the Department of Justice at that moment? James Comey.

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"Since the real world contains kickass Black women, the Marvel universe should certainly reflect that." Image: comicbookmovie.com

Iron Man Has A Successor — And She's A Young Black Woman!

There’s going to be a shake-up in the Avengers universe — and the new Iron Man is going to be an Iron Woman. Also? She’s Black.

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Not sure if this underwear, overwear, or meant only for fashion shoots...

#RavsRadar: Can Someone Explain The Exact Point/Purpose/Raison D'Etre Of The 'Bralette?'

We interrupt Rav’s Radar’s usual discussion of Important Items of News to discuss bras. Specifically, bralettes. Specifically, these:

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Loretta Lynch Goes Full-HBIC Denouncing NC Anti-LGBT Laws

Yesterday, in the year 2016, the first Black woman Attorney General of the United States of America handed a White, conservative Southern governor his ass on live TV. And it was splendid.

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Trump, Paul Manafort & The Guy Who Tried To Grab Taylor Swift Are Having A Bad Week

Probably the person having the worst week in the U.S. is the guy who tried to grab a handful of Taylor Swift.

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"Nudging" people to make healthier choices is a nice way of saying food shaming & manipulation.

#RavsRadar: Researcher 'Brilliantly' Proves Manipulating People's Food Choices 'Works'

The latest news in the worlds of food shaming and behavior modification comes to us from Chicago, where a

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