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Katha Pollitt
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Politics, poetry, feminism, books, life. New Book is Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights (Picador). tinyurl.com/ovv83mz Woman. Life. Freedom.
New York City, Clinton, CT
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Dec 28, 2022
    Liber is THE feminist literary review you need to read! Poetry, book reviews, interviews, fiction! Anne Carson, Bessie Head, Laurie Stone, Mary Jo Bang, and more. Subscribe at liberreview.com and follow us at @liberreview to find out what's going on.
    LIBER: A Feminist Review
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Mar 8, 2017
    "Women--you have to treat em like sh*t." --Donald J. Trump.
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    Donald J. Trump
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    Mar 8, 2017
    I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Mar 18, 2017
    My favorite Bible story is the one where Jesus picks up a stone and says, actually I am without sin, let me start this off.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Sep 9, 2017
    Replying to @digby56 @mattyglesias and @dylanlscott
    Or maybe she realized if she doesn't tell her story, men like you will tell her story.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Apr 11, 2017
    This is the day Sean Spicer became Presidential.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Aug 24, 2023
    There is no such thing as a day before birth abortion. #GOPDebate
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Jan 5, 2018
    Replying to @thedailybeast
    It's never too early to start the sexist drumbeat against a potentially powerful woman. I hear she has a shrill voice, too.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Dec 7, 2017
    "Things that made sense" like mexican rapists took your job, and global warming is a Chinese hoax, and I can bring back coal. Also, black people are criminals and women are disgusting.
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    VICE
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    Dec 6, 2017
    Replying to @VICE @evepeyser and @BernieSanders
    .@BernieSanders: "I think that the vast majority of Trump supporters are people who are in pain, who are struggling economically… and they turned to Trump because Trump said things that made sense.” bit.ly/2zUI0hq
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Oct 5, 2016
    My new @thenation column: The positive case for Hillary. thenation.com/article/12-rea…
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Aug 18, 2017
    Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, William Lloyd Garrison, William Wilberforce...
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    Matt Walsh
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    Aug 17, 2017
    Challenge: name five historical figures from mid 19th century or earlier who wouldn't be considered extremely racist by modern standards
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Sep 5, 2021
    I miss George Carlin.
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Jan 8, 2022
    Mammogram?
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    Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸
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    Jan 7, 2022
    "Think about it. Before COVID, did anyone go out and seek testing to determine if they were sick?" @GovRonDeSantis today
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Nov 8, 2017
    Wow! Such good news on a morning of good news!
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    Katha Pollitt
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    Jun 25, 2023
    Have we reached peak stupidity yet? Whose brilliant idea was it to warn readers that a novel published in the 1920s had some views and language of its time?
    Ernest Hemingway masterpiece given a trigger warning by publisher
    From telegraph.co.uk
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