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

BREAKING: Purity Rings Don't Work

30% of girls who took purity pledges experienced pregnancy before marriage. To put that into perspective: only 18% of non-pledgers experienced pregnancy before marriage.

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Man Pulls Gun On Police At Capitol Visitors Center

Evidently, the man reached the security checkpoint of the Visitors Center and pulled a gun on the security force, whose job it is to prevent people with guns from infiltrating the Capitol complex and taking out US lawmakers. They shot the guy and sent him off to the the hospital for surgery. His condition is currently unknown.

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Miami Police Boycott Beyoncé​'s Formation Tour

Miami police officers have announced they will boycott Beyoncé​’s Formation tour, possibly going so far as refusing to sign up to staff the Spring show in Miami. The spokesman for the Miami Fraternal Order of Police says Beyoncé’s halftime performance “shows how she does not support law enforcement.”

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Alabama Dog Accidentally Runs Half Marathon

This past weekend, a dog wandering the streets of Elkmont, AL came across a half marathon and started trotting along with the runners.

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The Universal Standard aesthetic is sleek and minimalist. It looks to me like a great brand for wardrobe staples that you can dress up or down. (Image Credit: Instagram/universalstandard)

Universal Standard: High Quality, Plus Size Clothing That You Can Exchange Up To A Year

Universal Standard's co-founder Alexandra Waldman says she was inspired by her own misadventures in shopping for larger sizes, which resulted in “a hodgepodge look, without the ability to express your own style.”

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Wake up and smell the... patch?

You Can Drink Coffee Through Your Skin Now

For all of us who have wished we could be hooked up to an IV of coffee, the moment may have arrived! No, your doctor isn’t willing to install a PIC line for you to hook up to an urn at your local Starbucks. Instead, some entrepreneurs are crowd-funding to produce a bracelet that administers a steady stream of transdermal caffeine.

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The Women Of JC Penney's Stunning New Plus-Size Line: Models For Us All

Heads UP, Rav readers! JC Penney is launching a new boutique for plus-size clothing and they are not messing around!

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Donald Trump's Troubling Climate Change Questionnaire

The incoming Trump administration is taking aim at climate change — and probably not in the good way.

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While Hunting Pokemon, This Family Discovered An Unexpected Creature

In the weeks since Pokemon GO was unleashed on the world, people have largely settled into two camps: people who love it and want to play all the time and people who think it’s stupid and make fun of the players. Say what you will, but the haters need to pay attention to the story I’m about to tell, because chasing Pokemon led one family to save a life.

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Schools Get Apple-Averse Students To Eat Fruit With Classic Simple Fix

This kind of lunchtime alchemy is why "creative lunches" is such a popular search term on Pinterest. And it’s also why there’s an apple industry renaissance happening as we speak.

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