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

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Happy National Doughnut Day!

So why are you still sitting here reading this? Get up! Grab your keys! Go get a doughnut!

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Hillary Clinton Has Evolved

This weekend, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton decided to get off the stump and go for a nice walk with several thousand of her best friends. Specifically, LGBTQ friends. More specifically, she hit the streets of NYC to join in the annual Pride parade. She is the first presidential candidate to ever do this.

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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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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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School robots are invaluable tools for students who need them.

School Robots Are Making Education For Severely Sick Kids Possible

School robots are invaluable tools for students who need them part time and also for students like Randy, for whom they’re the only path to the classroom.

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Kourtney Kardashian's Ridiculous Morning Ritual

In the latest chapter of “Celebrities Drink What Now?,” Glamour magazine is reporting that Kourtney Kardashian starts her day with a teaspoon of melted ghee.

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It seems that Trump and DeVos would like America’s colleges to look less like America and more like the membership of Mar-A- Lago. (Image Credit: Flickr/Kyle Sullivan)

The Biggest Problem In Education According To Trump: Discrimination Against White Students

Yeah. That’s the higher education issue that’s of most concern to the citizens of the United States: race conscious admissions policies. Investigating ways to give white people more chances to sue colleges that make a point of admitting people of color doesn't sound racist at all...

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Golden Girls Cafe Opening In Manhattan — Time For A Road Trip!

You all know what that means, right? Matching “Thank you for being a friend” t-shirts and “Picture it! Sicily, 1932!” tote bags for everyone! Wheeee! Oh, and cheesecake. So much cheesecake!

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Breakfast At Hogwarts

Put on your robes, grab your spell books, and get down to the Great Hall! It’s breakfast time at Hogwarts!

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BREAKING: Sex. It's Good For You.

Woohoo! Sex is good for your brain! IT’S SCIENCE!

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