HUGE day for the 33/34 year old cohort!! So proud!!

Good morning, 41 states restrict access to abortion care in some way. There are only *9 states* (plus DC) that do not have restrictions on care.

Just got my hands on my first IRL copy and she is even more beautiful than I dreamed, y’all! Out 1/13, available for preorder now 🩷 (and don’t forget to save your receipt for a surprise from my publisher!) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becca...

Continuing education for parenting is like one of my primary hobbies. More strategies for effective communication? New science to better understand her needs? Like, inject that into my veins!!

It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.

Something I like about being in my 30s is that I no longer feel the need to perform perfect competency, simply because I trust in my ability to learn what I don’t know.

Heading from holiday season straight into book launch then on to Valentine’s Day is a dream scenario for me. I really love celebrating.

Do any of y’all have tips for transitioning to Patreon? I’m trying to create a central hub for my various things!

I wrote about this a long time ago, here: open.substack.com/pub/thesweet...

Watching The Family Stone, obviously

Okay but why do pumpkin flavored things mostly just taste like dirt

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One of my guiding lights in life is to reduce/alleviate/at the very least recognize other people’s (and my own) suffering, whenever and wherever possible. This seems absolutely basic to me.

I want all people to have peaceful, safe, and loving mornings with their families like the I one I had today. I don’t understand how this is a point of contention for anyone - I truly don’t. How can inflicting or justifying suffering be how you choose to spend your time and energy in this life?

It’s clear that there’s no amount of cruelty or violence or death or destruction that will be enough for (so many) people to care. What do we even do with that sickening reality.

Greta is just such a good model for how not to be a coward

I'm furious on behalf of everyone who was brutalized by ICE today in Chicago. My GOD, this is completely horrible. I've been in meetings most of today and I just checked messages and see that comrades & friends were part of the people they brutalized today.

seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that” me: “Bob Dylan” 7yo: “is that yr friend” me: “no a singer” 7yo: “not a very good singer”

My main takeaway is that Pamela Anderson def still holds the showgirl crown for this year

I mean this is definitely her worst

Hey y’all, putting out feelers about events for my upcoming book THE ABORTION COMPANION! If you are a bookseller, event space, organization, book club, creator, artist, educator, writer, baker, activist, etc who would like to partner please reply here and I will reach out 🩷

Repost if you love people who have abortions 🩷

these kids kick ass

I hate the Hyde Amendment and you should too! It prohibits federal funds, like Medicaid, from being used to pay for abortion care. It sucks soooo bad.

There’s no tension between parenting and having abortions. Parents who have abortions know this, so listen to us. We know what’s best for our families.

Also, fellow red- and purple-staters, this script can and should be adapted for our own politicians. I've not done a Red State Scripts edition in a long time for capacity reasons, but I'm still calling Cornyn and Cruz to holler at their asses every week. Don't let 'em think their constituents agree!

Just saw “Brand Pastor” in someone’s linkedin bio 💀

My main takeaway here is that there’s no point in trying to be “nice” to people who are terrible - they will be hateful anyway. Better to focus your energy on supporting the people who need it - without apology, with your whole chest.

God I love not being a tradwife

Not your family, friends, partner, government, or doctor. No one. And especially not me 🩷

When I was 21 I found out I was pregnant - I didn’t want to be, so I decided to have a medication abortion. I took two sets of pills: mifepristone and misoprostol. I chose a medication abortion because it helped me feel more in control, and I felt more comfortable in my own home. Happy bday mife!

I love and respect people who have abortions 🩷

When I was 21 I found out I was pregnant - I didn’t want to be, so I decided to have a medication abortion. I took two sets of pills: mifepristone and misoprostol. I chose a medication abortion because it helped me feel more in control, and I felt more comfortable in my own home. Happy bday mife!

There’s literally zero room for anti-abortion politicians representing us. Ezra Klein can shove it.

Millions of people in this country DO NOT VOTE. They can and should be enlisted in an anti-fascist fight.

Currently reading my book out loud to myself to practice for the audiobook recording and y’all, I’m so proud - if only my scared 21 yo self could see me now! It’s the book I needed when I had my abortion, and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world. Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

If you’d like to review/blurb my second book THE ABORTION COMPANION (out 1/13!) please let me know 🩷

Really don’t love the proliferation of modern day Phyllis Schlaflys

Okay but who is buying all of these $300 secondhand babaa sweaters? The supply seems so much higher than the demand?

You know who actually cares about the wellbeing of pregnant people? Those of us out here fighting for abortion rights.

People *really* do not understand how diminished your rights can be during pregnancy.

Mifepristone is safer than Tylenol btw! (They are both incredibly safe medications)

Each time I’ve been pregnant I’ve been shocked by the myriad ways we are expected to just suffer.

Pregnant people deserve pain relief. This ridiculous and unscientific attack on acetaminophen joins a long line of efforts to control pregnant people.

ICYMI: our data analysis on the rise in sepsis rates in Texas after the abortion ban won an ONA award 🏆 @andreasuozzo.com

Does anyone know how to get off this ride or

Abbott signed HB7 into law this week and I need y’all to understand that means that starting in December there will an 100k bounty on anyone’s head here in Texas who helps someone access an abortion.

Horrible men have children and wives. That is literally foundational to this violence - hiding behind white supremacist ideas about family.