Cody McDevitt
@codymcdevitt.bsky.social
Abortion rights scholar who runs a pro-choice newsletter called Repro Rights Now, which is at reprorights.substack.com
Also the author of a forthcoming comprehensive history of the reproductive rights movement.
Screenwriter/playwright. Love music.
Also the author of a forthcoming comprehensive history of the reproductive rights movement.
Screenwriter/playwright. Love music.
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Cody McDevitt
@codymcdevitt.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Rosedale Banishment Education Fund - Nonprofit Partners
To support the costs associated with staging, filming, and distributing a play about the Rosedale Banishment. The Rosedale Banishment was a racial expulsion that erased the presence and voices of Blac...
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Over the past year, I’ve worked with leaders to adapt my book into a play. Proceeds will go to the Ron Fisher Fund, which supports Black education. We need help covering costs to stage, film, and share it with students via YouTube. Please donate.
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Saw Jennifer Lawrence’s new flick about a woman who slowly goes insane because she feels confined by an unhappy marriage and the demands of motherhood. I had a few thoughts, but the biggest thing is that psychosis usually comes more from being too plugged in instead of being removed from society.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Saw Jennifer Lawrence’s new flick about a woman who slowly goes insane because she feels confined by an unhappy marriage and the demands of motherhood. I had a few thoughts, but the biggest thing is that psychosis usually comes more from being too plugged in instead of being removed from society.
“It’s not the end of the world if Trump violates the Constitution.”
Where is the sense of urgency among older men?
Where is the sense of urgency among older men?
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“It’s not the end of the world if Trump violates the Constitution.”
Where is the sense of urgency among older men?
Where is the sense of urgency among older men?
I’ve seen memes where people say that 25-35-year-olds greatest fear is that they’re running out of time. Best thing I can say as a 41-year-old is that it depends on what you want to do. To be an A-list celebrity? Yes. You’re running out of time. But why should that be your self-measure?
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’ve seen memes where people say that 25-35-year-olds greatest fear is that they’re running out of time. Best thing I can say as a 41-year-old is that it depends on what you want to do. To be an A-list celebrity? Yes. You’re running out of time. But why should that be your self-measure?
Saw this movie, which was about the prosecution of nazis for committing the Holocaust. One of the best films of the year.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Saw this movie, which was about the prosecution of nazis for committing the Holocaust. One of the best films of the year.
I get a kick out of most of the people who knock LeBron James. Virtually all of them have never won anything significant in their lives, except the champions in that sport, who generally show respect and have fun with the GOAT talk. Still, it's more speculative and light-hearted when they do.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I get a kick out of most of the people who knock LeBron James. Virtually all of them have never won anything significant in their lives, except the champions in that sport, who generally show respect and have fun with the GOAT talk. Still, it's more speculative and light-hearted when they do.
Watched this version of Frankenstein, which I liked. I like that it makes you question who the real villain is.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Watched this version of Frankenstein, which I liked. I like that it makes you question who the real villain is.
Parasocial relationships are generally not healthy, but it seems like all celebrity gossip and tabloids are built on cultivating them. Shouldn't the focus be on getting in the same room and meeting someone like them? Maybe it's because that obsessive person will count toward the box office.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Parasocial relationships are generally not healthy, but it seems like all celebrity gossip and tabloids are built on cultivating them. Shouldn't the focus be on getting in the same room and meeting someone like them? Maybe it's because that obsessive person will count toward the box office.
Yo VIP, hit me with those peanut blossoms.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yo VIP, hit me with those peanut blossoms.
Saw The Rock's new movie, which was a fantastic biopic about Mark Kerr. It's interesting. I just learned that mixed martial arts were one of the categories in the ancient Olympics. It was called pankration, a blend of boxing and wrestling, which were also sports in the competition.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Saw The Rock's new movie, which was a fantastic biopic about Mark Kerr. It's interesting. I just learned that mixed martial arts were one of the categories in the ancient Olympics. It was called pankration, a blend of boxing and wrestling, which were also sports in the competition.
I spoke with some people over Thanksgiving break, and none of us have any idea when movies are out in theaters, and by the time we hear about the buzz around one, it's already left. I just read about Nuremberg, and it's not showing anywhere, or with limited showtimes. No one heard of Sinners, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I spoke with some people over Thanksgiving break, and none of us have any idea when movies are out in theaters, and by the time we hear about the buzz around one, it's already left. I just read about Nuremberg, and it's not showing anywhere, or with limited showtimes. No one heard of Sinners, etc.
One of the most powerful stories I ever wrote was about Mauthausen, also the site of the trials of Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. If I remember correctly, they tried the enlisted Nazis there and the officers at Nuremberg. Anyway, want to see this.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gene...
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gene...
Gene Collier: Modern history's most painful pages on film
As the credits rolled after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, the standing ovation for the freshly released “Nuremberg,”...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One of the most powerful stories I ever wrote was about Mauthausen, also the site of the trials of Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. If I remember correctly, they tried the enlisted Nazis there and the officers at Nuremberg. Anyway, want to see this.
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gene...
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gene...
So many quotes are falsely attributed to celebrities. The latest: a claim Robert Redford rejected, The Godfather, because he wasn't Italian for “authenticity.” He never said that. Meanwhile, Pacino later played Latino roles. Celebrity media keeps inventing fake posts to prop up people’s arguments.
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So many quotes are falsely attributed to celebrities. The latest: a claim Robert Redford rejected, The Godfather, because he wasn't Italian for “authenticity.” He never said that. Meanwhile, Pacino later played Latino roles. Celebrity media keeps inventing fake posts to prop up people’s arguments.
Saw Blue Moon, Linklater’s film with Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart—an envious, alcoholic songwriter watching Rodgers drift toward Hammerstein. Its single setting feels stage-like, but fitting: for someone stuck in longing and regret, life becomes one bar, one bartender, and missed chances.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Saw Blue Moon, Linklater’s film with Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart—an envious, alcoholic songwriter watching Rodgers drift toward Hammerstein. Its single setting feels stage-like, but fitting: for someone stuck in longing and regret, life becomes one bar, one bartender, and missed chances.
Another suggestion — and this is cliché but true — is that you should treat talented people well because more of them will come along. If you ostracize or dismiss creative outside thinkers, they're just going to say fuck you and go work for someone else or in some other field. That hurts you.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Another suggestion — and this is cliché but true — is that you should treat talented people well because more of them will come along. If you ostracize or dismiss creative outside thinkers, they're just going to say fuck you and go work for someone else or in some other field. That hurts you.
I don’t think it’s so much that I was fucked over or out of things anymore. I think that leadership is so piss poor—as is evidenced by the current state of the country—that talented people losing out on earned opportunities is the accepted norm. And people aren’t upset because they expect it.
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I don’t think it’s so much that I was fucked over or out of things anymore. I think that leadership is so piss poor—as is evidenced by the current state of the country—that talented people losing out on earned opportunities is the accepted norm. And people aren’t upset because they expect it.
You can’t say people are showing their true colors when they look for new leaders who will help them if you refuse to do anything to improve their lives. For most of us, we have to do favors to get them. Leadership is transactional unless you can inspire like Obama, which you and I can’t.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
You can’t say people are showing their true colors when they look for new leaders who will help them if you refuse to do anything to improve their lives. For most of us, we have to do favors to get them. Leadership is transactional unless you can inspire like Obama, which you and I can’t.
Birth control access. Rural care deserts. Anti-autonomy bills are creeping in from neighboring states. Minnesota’s fight is far from over.
Read the full breakdown:
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Read the full breakdown:
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What’s Really Happening in Minnesota: Inside the Fight to Protect Birth Control and Reproductive Freedom
How one of the strongest reproductive-rights states is bracing for the next wave of national rollbacks.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Birth control access. Rural care deserts. Anti-autonomy bills are creeping in from neighboring states. Minnesota’s fight is far from over.
Read the full breakdown:
🔗 reprorights.substack.com/p/whats-real...
Read the full breakdown:
🔗 reprorights.substack.com/p/whats-real...
New interview for Repro Rights Now: Katrina Kimport breaks down how Dobbs didn’t just change abortion access—it exposed the inequities that were already there.
Read the full piece: reprorights.substack.com/p/how-dobbs-...
Read the full piece: reprorights.substack.com/p/how-dobbs-...
How Dobbs Exposed the Fault Lines Beneath Abortion Access
A new anthology shows how Dobbs exposed long-standing flaws that shaped abortion access for decades.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New interview for Repro Rights Now: Katrina Kimport breaks down how Dobbs didn’t just change abortion access—it exposed the inequities that were already there.
Read the full piece: reprorights.substack.com/p/how-dobbs-...
Read the full piece: reprorights.substack.com/p/how-dobbs-...
I don't know why so many liberals find it fashionable to be a Luddite when it comes to AI. Virtually every other technology you use is based on human suffering. That's hypocritical.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I don't know why so many liberals find it fashionable to be a Luddite when it comes to AI. Virtually every other technology you use is based on human suffering. That's hypocritical.
Fodder for my next book, which will be an argument for gun control. I’ve never been a believer in staying in your lane. Broaden your horizons. Learn new things and discuss them. And have fun while doing it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Fodder for my next book, which will be an argument for gun control. I’ve never been a believer in staying in your lane. Broaden your horizons. Learn new things and discuss them. And have fun while doing it.
When people say this is the sexiest man alive, I assume it means the sexiest to women. There's nothing wrong with having a spread saying sexiest man alive if your publication is geared toward gay men. But if your readers are primarily women, I'd assume they'd want to be able to have sex with him.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When people say this is the sexiest man alive, I assume it means the sexiest to women. There's nothing wrong with having a spread saying sexiest man alive if your publication is geared toward gay men. But if your readers are primarily women, I'd assume they'd want to be able to have sex with him.
New interview: SIECUS’s Alison Macklin breaks down how sex education is being misrepresented—and what’s actually happening in classrooms across the country.
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Inside the Debate Over Sex Education: What SIECUS Says the Public Is Getting Wrong
SIECUS public affairs director Alison Macklin discusses misinformation, uneven state policies, and the growing political scrutiny surrounding sex education.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
New interview: SIECUS’s Alison Macklin breaks down how sex education is being misrepresented—and what’s actually happening in classrooms across the country.
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reprorights.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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reprorights.substack.com/p/inside-the...
I spent six years of my life traveling all over the world, documenting and advocating for reproductive rights. I understand that a lot of politics is selling yourself as a champion of it. But most of us don't get glamorous spreads in New York magazines as a result, especially if we didn't do much.
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I spent six years of my life traveling all over the world, documenting and advocating for reproductive rights. I understand that a lot of politics is selling yourself as a champion of it. But most of us don't get glamorous spreads in New York magazines as a result, especially if we didn't do much.
I don't know much about Mamdani, but I have a hunch that if mainstream Democrats had run a federal prosecutor or district attorney for mayor who sounded like an old-fashioned Democrat without any scandals, he would have likely won had he hired a savvy and innovative social media team.
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don't know much about Mamdani, but I have a hunch that if mainstream Democrats had run a federal prosecutor or district attorney for mayor who sounded like an old-fashioned Democrat without any scandals, he would have likely won had he hired a savvy and innovative social media team.
Hollywood had several box-office bombs this year, including some movies with its biggest stars. Multitude of factors. Partly poor marketing. But they've also done a poor job of building younger people up and passing the torch. Usually, it's men in their 30s and 40s driving it. None is truly famous.
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hollywood had several box-office bombs this year, including some movies with its biggest stars. Multitude of factors. Partly poor marketing. But they've also done a poor job of building younger people up and passing the torch. Usually, it's men in their 30s and 40s driving it. None is truly famous.