Rebecca Traister

writer at New York Magazine and The Cut

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Writer at large at New York Magazine; former senior writer at Salon and contributor to the New York Times magazine; author of Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women.  Her latest book is titled GOOD AND MAD: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger

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Dianne Feinstein’s failure to keep her promise of protecting abortion rights shows how she has let progressive victories slip away under their watch, says writer Rebecca Traister.

Can Sen. Feinstein still serve? She hasn’t delivered on abortion rights

Dianne Feinstein’s failure to keep her promise of protecting abortion rights shows how she has let progressive victories slip away under their watch, says writer Rebecca Traister.

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I t rarely pays to be a whistleblower. Chelsea Manning spent years in a military prison. Christine Blasey Ford still receives death threats. Edward Snowden lives in exile in Russia.

The costs of being a whistleblower

I t rarely pays to be a whistleblower. Chelsea Manning spent years in a military prison. Christine Blasey Ford still receives death threats. Edward Snowden lives in exile in Russia.

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One of America’s leading feminist writers says women have changed history since Ancient Greece. The backlash to President Trump was just the beginning.

Rebecca Traister and the Power of Women’s Anger

One of America’s leading feminist writers says women have changed history since Ancient Greece. The backlash to President Trump was just the beginning.

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