Do Not Give Away Our Shot!!
I woke up at about 2 am to use the bathroom, as women my age are prone to do. After a profoundly unsatisfying pee, I checked Twitter. I’ve got a friend on a crazy COVID-19 sleep schedule and he’s...
View ArticleAndy Mills, Audio Producer and Noted Harasser of Women, Keeps Failing Upwards
I listen to a lot of podcasts and radio shows, and yet I had never heard of Andy Mills until women in radio started speaking out against him. If you have ever listened to Radiolab (on WNYC) or the...
View ArticleFirst Mary Sue? First SciFi?
... the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, The Duchess of Newcastle publishes a book that has been called the first example of science fiction and the first occurrence of the Mary Sue...
View ArticleThe Coolest Woman I Have Ever Met…
Today I had a meeting with a woman who is, in all seriousness, the coolest woman I have ever met. I feel the need to convey her coolness to you in this post because it is a mitzvah to share this level...
View ArticleHow Men are (Really) Discriminated Against in the Workplace
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! “Men obstructed from entering female-dominated occupations,” oh my god you guys...
View ArticleBanning Masks in a Pandemic (But Only for Muslim Women)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! So I was scrolling through news headlines the other day and I saw something that...
View ArticlePunishing Women for Speaking Up
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Back at the end of February, I made a big fat mistake. I posted a video about a...
View ArticleFetal Heartbeat Bills: No Fetus, No Heartbeat, No Heart
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last week, Texas governor Greg Abbott made a bold declaration in favor of bodily...
View ArticleSecretly Murdering Your Husband: The one weird trick that baffled researchers
When a European research group submitted a paper this year on their use of menstrual blood-derived stem cells (MenSCs) to a respected medical journal (which also, presumably, exists in this year), they...
View ArticleWhy Girls Don’t Play with LEGOs
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I LOVE Legos. And you know I love Legos based on the mere fact that I say...
View Article4 Reasons Incels Love Terrorism
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: You know it’s gonna be a spicy video when I start out with a content...
View ArticleA Time to Re-Open…
I started tweeting about this a little bit ago, but I now realize it might be enough thinking to be its own post. On Monday I was invited to give a talk, hosted by some old friends and new...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean For The Show To Go On?
Earlier today a rag-tag group of people gathered in Northridge Park in Coralville, Iowa. I walked over to a table and saw some little children drawing on pennants with puffy paint. They were creating...
View ArticlePTSD? That’s Something Soldiers Have. Not Mothers: An Ode to My Dad
I started this post back on the 20th of May, my dad’s birthday. It took me this long to be able to come back to it. I have always prided myself on being the epitome of stability. A rock that people...
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