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Monica Hesse

@monicahesse

Columnist: Washington Post. Writes about gender and society. Author: THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE, a historical mystery, due in May 2024: shorturl.at/nBLS4

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The character energy JD Vance seems to be going for is the ex-boyfriend who the big city girl runs into when she gets stranded back home for Christmas in a Hallmark movie.

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By the same token, men who have never been and can never be pregnant should never be in positions where they can make or interpret laws related to abortion or reproductive rights more broadly. The concerns of women will always be abstract to them.

By the same token, men who have never been and can never be pregnant should never be in positions where they can make or interpret laws related to abortion or reproductive rights more broadly. The concerns of women will always be abstract to them.
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Now trying to invoke the welfare queen stereotype with the sitting vice president of the united states. They're doing all the greatest hits.

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The world gives us so little, but it does give us the fact that when JD Vance talks about his Mamaw, C-Span's closed captioning thinks he's saying "mammal." "My mammal raised me...Do we have any other mammals in the room?" c-span.org/video/?537240-…

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Is there a toddler-friendly vegetarian meal kit service that comes in family-sized portions and has recipes you can make in 20 minutes or less? I would open my bank account for such a thing.

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Jeff Bridges pops in with a surprise appearance on the White Dudes for Harris call: "I accepted this call not so much because I'm white, though I am, but because I'm the Dude." Dude abides. youtube.com/watch?v=dnnKXu…

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"We're not running against Donald Trump, we're running against Don-OLD Trump" - Eric Swalwell has brought the dad jokes to this White Dudes for Trump call.

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“‘Weird’ intrudes on that narrative. What if, instead of being admired or feared, they are instead being laughed at? What if, instead of edgelords, they are actually just the kids in the corner eating glue off their hands?” washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

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THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE (Little, Brown Young Readers LBYR School & Library) by Monica Hesse will receive a starred review in the September/October 2024 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars hbook.com/story/septembe…

THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE (<a href="/LittleBrownYR/">Little, Brown Young Readers</a> <a href="/lbschool/">LBYR School & Library</a>) by <a href="/MonicaHesse/">Monica Hesse</a> will receive a starred review in the September/October 2024 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars hbook.com/story/septembe…
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I don't ever want to hear "liberal women hate white men;" literally every one of them I know would swim through boiling lava to protect Tim Walz.

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Well done, America. Whatever anyone else might say about us, 97 percent of us can look at a random amalgamation of letters and say, “Fart.” #spellingbee

Well done, America. Whatever anyone else might say about us, 97 percent of us can look at a random amalgamation of letters and say, “Fart.” #spellingbee
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“The first woman to hold an executive office in the United States was brought to you courtesy of angry, resentful men who severely underestimated the power of organized voters and a capable woman.” “Do with that what you will.” ⁦~Monica Hesse⁩ washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…