Ivana Trump Is ours now

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In this country you can give a woman money, but she can’t buy her way out of misogyny By Liz Henry If there’s something I am proud I’ve been able to procrastinate successfully, it’s death. Despite my near constant fear, it has so far escaped me. Today, at least, it has escaped me. But the …

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The ‘uterus collector’ is an infuriating product of our history

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I’m so mad. My anger has overflowed. Learning this week that women in the ICE detention centers have been given unauthorized and unwarranted hysterectomies has us overcome with anger, guilt, grief. Women. Having their wombs taken away. Having the ability to continue their families, culture, traditions, heritage. Mothers. Taking away a woman’s right. Taking away …

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There is power in anger; but who gets to be angry?

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Anger. It’s an emotion that, from a young age—especially as women—we are told doesn’t have a place in our lives. Like other emotions (such as sadness, disgust, fear, and vulnerability), anger has to be shut away and shoved down. As women, we are unable to access these sides of the emotional spectrum. This affects certain …

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