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

"I think we can all join him in wishing the couple many happy years together!" Image: Twitter, Vice President Biden

Joe Biden: Vice President, Beloved Public Figure, Same-Sex-Wedding Officiant

Joe Biden has been a lot of things to a lot of people. He was a senator for the people of Delaware.

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Ask A Feminist: Should We Take Donald Trump's Sexism Seriously?

One thing that is absolutely true is that Donald Trump insults everyone. He’s been loser-ing and dummy-ing his way across the slate of GOP presidential hopefuls for months now. It’s actually jaw-droppingly awful, because it’s pretty evident that he insults EVERYONE. He can’t pull it together enough to be polite under any circumstance, which means he would turn a state dinner into a Real Housewives-style table-turning circus. In fact, I could see him calling Netanyahu a “prostitution whore” and that terrifies me.

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How You Can Get A Slurpee For Paying Your Taxes (Yes, Really)

If you owe the feds a tax payment and don’t want to pay by check or e-transfer, you can make a cash payment in person at 7-11 stores. This is incredibly helpful for people who don’t have bank accounts or credit cards — or people who need to get taxes paid locally, at a spot near public transportation.

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Image: Cocks Not Glocks Facebook page. Artist: Aubrey Langford.

Why Are Thousands Of Texas Students Carrying Around Dildos Today?

If you happen to be on the University of Texas, Austin campus on Wednesday, August 24th, be prepared to rock out with your cock out. Well, your dildo out.

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#HalalPaint allows Muslim women to lacquer up without worrying that their polish conflicts with wudhu guidelines. (Image Credit: Instagram/boshemian_girl)

New Wudhu-Friendly Line Of Nail Polish For Muslim Women - #HalalPaint

Nail polish maker Orly has teamed up with Muslim Girl, a great lifestyle and current affairs website started by a young Muslim woman, to develop a line of breathable nail polishes that allow water and oxygen to penetrate the lacquer. The new line, called #HalalPaint, will debut this summer.

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The Question About Childbirth We've Waited 200 Years To Ask

Not too many people would talk about childbirth and say, “Longer labor? More pushing?

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Cancer survivors will tell you that from the moment a doctor says, “You have cancer,” it consumes your life. It’s not only terrifying, it’s disruptive to the lives of entire families.

Calling Double Mastectomies "Overkill" Misses The Point

Women I’ve known with breast cancer are willing to go through screening, diagnosis, and treatment once — and only once.

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Paul Ryan & House representatives passed the AHcA, a "moral monstrosity" in the words of Nancy Pelosi. (Image Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore)

How & Why To Fight The Health Care Bill Republicans Just Passed

Paul Ryan and 216 other Republican representatives (but no Democrats, FYI) voted to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which is an attempt to unmake everything that the Affordable Act (Obamacare, if you’re a nasty woman or bad hombre) did to make health insurance more accessible, more comprehensive, and less expensive.

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir Member Resigns Over Trump Inauguration Performance

While the campaign strategy of insulting minorities, women, immigrants, disabled people, and the LGBTQ community may win some electoral votes, it doesn’t make creative people — many of whom are women, minorities, immigrants, disabled, LGBTQ, or allies of the aforementioned — want to be seen on a stage with him.

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"ACO reviewed 60 years of research and found no compelling evidence that routine exams serves catch cancer or other conditions in asymptomatic patients." Image: Thinkstock

We Probably Don't Need Yearly Pelvic Exams, According To Science

If you’re like me, you’ve probably been getting annual pelvic exams since you were a teenager. You did this because conventional wisdom told you that you needed a Pap smear and a physical exam to keep your vagina and uterus up and running. Also, your doctor probably held your birth control prescription hostage every year until you came in to get checked out.

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