Curious Feminist
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It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet
Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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February 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
January 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“The oppresor would not be so strong if he did not accomplices among the oppressed.” #simonedebeauvoir
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December 7, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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“Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women.” #JessicaCalarco #HoldingItTogether #books #feminism #quotes #sociology
November 26, 2024 at 9:07 AM
“Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women.” #JessicaCalarco #HoldingItTogether #books #feminism #quotes #sociology
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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November 17, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is not time for despair. No place for self pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” #ToniMorrison #FeministQuotes #Feminism #Authors
November 23, 2024 at 12:01 AM
“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is not time for despair. No place for self pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” #ToniMorrison #FeministQuotes #Feminism #Authors
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I wrote about how the Resistance is dead, and also very much alive:
The Resistance Is Dead. Long Live the Resistance?
The women who set out to bury Donald Trump are doing things differently now.
nymag.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:16 PM
I wrote about how the Resistance is dead, and also very much alive: