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

"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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The moral of the story is that a broken arm is actually an emergency, and feel free to take your kid to the emergency room.

Today's WTF Regarding Health Care In America

Today, our journey ‘round the news has us revisiting the notion of health care delivery systems and their costs. We’ll be dealing with the economic principles of demand elasticity and market issues around non-transparent pricing. We’ll also hear a story about a Congressman who let his kid spend a night with an untreated broken arm because the emergency room seemed expensive.

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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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Image from Disney Pixar's Up

Lassie Speaks!  The New Tech Innovation For Working Dogs

Now, if you need me, I’m going to see if I can rig something similar for my dog so she can tell me if she’s barking at real danger or just a cheeky squirrel.

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Serena Williams ft. the fucks she gives about Raymond Moore

Raymond Moore: "Lady Players" Carried By Men In Tennis

“You know, in my next life, when I come back, I want to be someone in the WTA because they ride on the coattails of the men. They don't make any decisions, and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky. If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born because they have carried this sport. They really have.”

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Carrie Fisher To Be Honored By Harvard For Mental Health Activism

There is no word yet if Fisher is bringing her dog Gary to the event. (We sure hope so.)

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John Kasich Inspires Mass Exodus Of Women From Their Kitchens

Ohio Governor and Republican Presidential aspirant John Kasich reassured the gathered crowd that a lack of support has never deterred him from seeking office. He referenced an early campaign in his career when “I didn’t have anybody for me. We just got an army of people who —and many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door to door and put yard signs up.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow Shares Her Bizarre Beauty Tips

Like Gwyneth, I’m a mom of two kids, so I’m kind of hung up on the fact that she has the time to take a whole bath every night. I usually only manage to squeeze in a prison shower after the kids are in bed and before I collapse, so this brush-and-bathe routine is really amazing to me.

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Today, President Obama nominated DC Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For SCOTUS, Gives Zero F*cks

BOOM, GOP. Try talking smack about the guy who got the death penalty for homegrown terrorist, Timothy McVeigh. Dare ya!

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