Rebecca Traister
@rtraister.bsky.social
Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack.
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Excellent read. Here’s the gift link. archive.is/2025.11.26-1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excellent read. Here’s the gift link. archive.is/2025.11.26-1...
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This piece by @rtraister.bsky.social is like an antidote to snake venom. Read it and it will save your life. The backlash to “me too” was never about moderation it was about submission. Feminism has not gone too far. The world of men simply moves at the pace of a glacier from its Neanderthal past.
“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This piece by @rtraister.bsky.social is like an antidote to snake venom. Read it and it will save your life. The backlash to “me too” was never about moderation it was about submission. Feminism has not gone too far. The world of men simply moves at the pace of a glacier from its Neanderthal past.
“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
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"The contention “Me Too went too far” is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"The contention “Me Too went too far” is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
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Great stuff from the inimitable Rebecca Traister.
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great stuff from the inimitable Rebecca Traister.
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
“Reports of patriarchy’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. But so, too, have reports of feminism’s.”
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"The contention 'Me Too went too far' is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The contention 'Me Too went too far' is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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🎯Me Too Forever: Why the backlash was short-lived, by @rtraister.bsky.social
www.thecut.com/article/why-... Or wildly exaggerated? Like cancellation, this “backlash” wasn’t data-based (or reality? Laws passed!) It’s performative misinfo spread by foreign bots & GOP-owned media?
Bask in the sanity
www.thecut.com/article/why-... Or wildly exaggerated? Like cancellation, this “backlash” wasn’t data-based (or reality? Laws passed!) It’s performative misinfo spread by foreign bots & GOP-owned media?
Bask in the sanity
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🎯Me Too Forever: Why the backlash was short-lived, by @rtraister.bsky.social
www.thecut.com/article/why-... Or wildly exaggerated? Like cancellation, this “backlash” wasn’t data-based (or reality? Laws passed!) It’s performative misinfo spread by foreign bots & GOP-owned media?
Bask in the sanity
www.thecut.com/article/why-... Or wildly exaggerated? Like cancellation, this “backlash” wasn’t data-based (or reality? Laws passed!) It’s performative misinfo spread by foreign bots & GOP-owned media?
Bask in the sanity
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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@rtraister.bsky.social Had a great piece in New York Magazine this week about elderly politicians not wanting to leave. Here she is discussing with @samseder.bsky.social youtu.be/ptQMELpIO3E?...
The Democrats Have An Olds Problem | Rebecca Traister | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@rtraister.bsky.social Had a great piece in New York Magazine this week about elderly politicians not wanting to leave. Here she is discussing with @samseder.bsky.social youtu.be/ptQMELpIO3E?...
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
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I want people to understand that in my youth, a youth that happened somewhere between the youth of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell, ex-Prince Andrew, et al & that of their victims, the term "jail bait" was framed as a compliment.
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I want people to understand that in my youth, a youth that happened somewhere between the youth of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell, ex-Prince Andrew, et al & that of their victims, the term "jail bait" was framed as a compliment.
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Mamdani: “NYC will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, LED by an immigrant!”
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November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: “NYC will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, LED by an immigrant!”
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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It is so embarrassing that Schumer STILL declined to say who he voted for. And yet another underscore on @rtraister.bsky.social's excellent piece on the Democrats who won't gtfo.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It is so embarrassing that Schumer STILL declined to say who he voted for. And yet another underscore on @rtraister.bsky.social's excellent piece on the Democrats who won't gtfo.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
While we're waiting to watch (eep, I hope) a new generation sweep into political power -- in some cases, against the wishes of Democratic elders -- here's the piece I published yesterday on the party's gerontocracy:
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
While we're waiting to watch (eep, I hope) a new generation sweep into political power -- in some cases, against the wishes of Democratic elders -- here's the piece I published yesterday on the party's gerontocracy:
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This is a great @rtraister.bsky.social piece on gnarled hands clinging to power but I love this quote. Aren’t we all looking for our “go to Northern Ireland and figure out the troubles thing?”
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is a great @rtraister.bsky.social piece on gnarled hands clinging to power but I love this quote. Aren’t we all looking for our “go to Northern Ireland and figure out the troubles thing?”
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“Looking at our deeper history can offer…reminders of how it has very often been hard…but also that the violent inequities, the losses, the disappointments of that past have been the impetus for change…innovation and evolution. Against all odds these days, I am optimistic“
@rtraister.bsky.social
@rtraister.bsky.social
It's been forever...and yet: today!
Maine, New York City, Murphy Brown, Zohran Mamdani and the first Rebecca Traister
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November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Looking at our deeper history can offer…reminders of how it has very often been hard…but also that the violent inequities, the losses, the disappointments of that past have been the impetus for change…innovation and evolution. Against all odds these days, I am optimistic“
@rtraister.bsky.social
@rtraister.bsky.social
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A searing coda from @rtraister.bsky.social, correctly indicting Dems' tendency to lean on and coddle gerontocrats: "The short-term grab at a familiar past got us through an immediate crisis, yes, but simultaneously assured a longer-term and more corrosive defeat." nymag.com/intelligence...
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A searing coda from @rtraister.bsky.social, correctly indicting Dems' tendency to lean on and coddle gerontocrats: "The short-term grab at a familiar past got us through an immediate crisis, yes, but simultaneously assured a longer-term and more corrosive defeat." nymag.com/intelligence...
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This is a very intense, interesting read from @rtraister.bsky.social about what the deal is with elder establishment Dems who scoff at the idea of retirement nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is a very intense, interesting read from @rtraister.bsky.social about what the deal is with elder establishment Dems who scoff at the idea of retirement nymag.com/intelligence...
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"It’s certainly not the first time an old world has been dying as a new world struggles to be born; the clash between past and future is eternal. But each age is gifted its own specific monsters, and ours are doozies." — @rtraister.bsky.social
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"It’s certainly not the first time an old world has been dying as a new world struggles to be born; the clash between past and future is eternal. But each age is gifted its own specific monsters, and ours are doozies." — @rtraister.bsky.social
I was closing a story last week and am late to this but was pretty bowled over by it
Citing a Trump order about “restoring biological truth,” the VA is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their care covered by the government.
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I was closing a story last week and am late to this but was pretty bowled over by it
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it's clear reading this @rtraister.bsky.social piece how little the Democratic Party thinks it erred in running Joe Biden at his age
Also this memorable quote: "Many can’t imagine doing anything in which they won’t be heavily staffed and relevant all the time.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
Also this memorable quote: "Many can’t imagine doing anything in which they won’t be heavily staffed and relevant all the time.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
it's clear reading this @rtraister.bsky.social piece how little the Democratic Party thinks it erred in running Joe Biden at his age
Also this memorable quote: "Many can’t imagine doing anything in which they won’t be heavily staffed and relevant all the time.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
Also this memorable quote: "Many can’t imagine doing anything in which they won’t be heavily staffed and relevant all the time.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
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And here's @rtraister.bsky.social on the Olds v the Youngs: nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
And here's @rtraister.bsky.social on the Olds v the Youngs: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Bumping this biting and deeply relevant @rtraister.bsky.social piece from right before the primary, on election eve.
This Fucking Guy:
This Fucking Guy:
This Fucking Guy
I lived in New York City for twenty-five years and I don’t live there anymore.
rebeccatraister.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Bumping this biting and deeply relevant @rtraister.bsky.social piece from right before the primary, on election eve.
This Fucking Guy:
This Fucking Guy: