Like one in five Americans, I receive health insurance through Medicaid. Now that Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act has passed, I can’t risk an accidental pregnancy.

"I’d explained Russell’s fury not as abuse but as symptomatic of #PTSD — from childhood trauma and wartime deployment, from losing his best friends in combat and his mother too young." highlights the danger of thinking about #trauma as an excuse for bad behavior, getting more and more common

You must read this absolutely gutting essay about DV and the fear of CPS removals that keeps moms trapped in abuse. About PTSD, veteran mental health, how racism hurts everyone. About trying to be a good human and not knowing how @moashort.bsky.social @thecut.com www.thecut.com/article/repo...

This piece, by my brilliant grad student, Moa Short, will slay you. Please share it far and wide. @moashort.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/repo...