The Female Body Politic
Lorissa Rinehart, Frederic Poag, Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD, Jane RubyThe Female Body Politic explores the past, present, and future of women's participation in American democracy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 128 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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One Chance. One Choice. One Woman.
During her historic 1972 presidential campaign, Shirley Chisholm often noted a painful paradox: the very people who supported her policies refused to support her candidacy.
Famously unbossed, unbought, and fiercely progressive, Chisholm ad...
The Indigenous Women Who Could Flip the Midterms and Rewrite American History
While traditional American historians have a penchant for misrepresenting the past, in truth, Indigenous and Native women have been a guiding force in American democracy since well before Thomas Jefferson even set his cute little quill to p...
TGIFuqIT:Todd Blanche, Abortion and Epstein
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How Data Centers are Undermining Consent of the Governed
I may be speaking for myself, but when I used to think about the AI apocalypse, I imagined hordes of robots and flocks of drones waging an endless war on humanity.
Too bad it’s much more terrifying than that.
Because, as we’re finding ou...
Temper Tantrum Trump & Lindsey Graham Is Dead
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Exploring 250 years of women's participation in American democracy.
Writer, Rabble Rouser, Progressive Independent, RPG Geek
For people who refuse to be broken by oppressive systems: See more clearly. Build what matters. Befriend yourself.
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