Paula Kamen
@paulakamen.bsky.social
Playwright and author of All in My Head on women and chronic pain. For upcoming readings of Jane play, see paulakamen.com
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The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
And Jewish women’s loins have never been the same since #robertrredford
His memory is a blessing.
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His memory is a blessing.
www.nydailynews.com/2023/01/20/b...
Behind the scenes drama almost derailed Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford’s classic ‘The Way We Were’
It was a movie nobody liked making. The producer worried it cost too much, yet the director felt he was spending too little. The leading man called the script “a piece of junk,” and the…
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September 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And Jewish women’s loins have never been the same since #robertrredford
His memory is a blessing.
www.nydailynews.com/2023/01/20/b...
His memory is a blessing.
www.nydailynews.com/2023/01/20/b...
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RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC
Michiana in the fall is lovely this time of year! Come see a staged reading of Dionne’s House, about a libertine feminist philosopher obsessed with dieting, at Dunes Theatre Sept 20.
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Michiana in the fall is lovely this time of year! Come see a staged reading of Dionne’s House, about a libertine feminist philosopher obsessed with dieting, at Dunes Theatre Sept 20.
Tell all your billionaire friends to save the @uptowntheatre.bsky.social!
Paula Kamen’s article on the new book by me and Andy Pierce:
As the shuttered Uptown Theatre turns 100, a new book relives its storied past and pleads for its restoration. Here’s what we learned.
August 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tell all your billionaire friends to save the @uptowntheatre.bsky.social!
One afternoon only! This Saturday at 3:30 @yippiefest.bsky.social in Chicago. A pilot for possible “Women Act Out” comedy fest on #invisible illness.
August 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One afternoon only! This Saturday at 3:30 @yippiefest.bsky.social in Chicago. A pilot for possible “Women Act Out” comedy fest on #invisible illness.
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One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
Enlightening thread
New blog from me at @motherjones.com: 25 people were arrested today during a Congressional hearing while protesting Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts
"You will kill me."
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Enlightening thread
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Yellowhammer Fund won its lawsuit against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The court made it clear: Alabama’s laws do not extend beyond state lines to penalize people for getting or assisting with legal healthcare elsewhere.
March 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yellowhammer Fund won its lawsuit against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The court made it clear: Alabama’s laws do not extend beyond state lines to penalize people for getting or assisting with legal healthcare elsewhere.
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harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC.
time.com/7269604/el-s...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
time.com/7269604/el-s...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
March 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC.
time.com/7269604/el-s...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
time.com/7269604/el-s...
www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...
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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.
Tomorrow at Oakton College in Des Plaines, IL. I will be there after each performance to share my wisdom
February 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Tomorrow at Oakton College in Des Plaines, IL. I will be there after each performance to share my wisdom
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BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its unlawful freeze on foreign assistance funds.
The administration's illegal actions halted life-saving health programs around the globe and will cost thousands of American jobs.
The administration's illegal actions halted life-saving health programs around the globe and will cost thousands of American jobs.
February 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its unlawful freeze on foreign assistance funds.
The administration's illegal actions halted life-saving health programs around the globe and will cost thousands of American jobs.
The administration's illegal actions halted life-saving health programs around the globe and will cost thousands of American jobs.
Jane reading is sold out but online streaming is available for diehards for Monday, for the best counter programming in town
Y'all we are making a push for $1000 more this weekend. We're raising money for Planned Parenthood and Chicago Abortion Fund. Visit to donate: www.eventbrite.com/e/jane-abort...
January 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Jane reading is sold out but online streaming is available for diehards for Monday, for the best counter programming in town
Reading tonight, panel tomorrow night. The second benefit reading of this play for an abortion fund where abortion has been severely restricted.
Tampa Bay women, join us on January 6 and 7 for a two-night special event at HCC Mainstage Ybor City for Jane: Abortion and the Underground at 7pm. The next evening attend a live Zoom with three original Jane's who helped women get safe abortions. #womensbodilyautonomy
Www.powerstories.com/jane
Www.powerstories.com/jane
January 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reading tonight, panel tomorrow night. The second benefit reading of this play for an abortion fund where abortion has been severely restricted.