Rachel Barabash
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Erika Kirk drag queen gets huge backlash from raging conservatives: 'Disgusting filth' https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/28/erika-kirk-drag-queen-gets-huge-backlash-from-raging-conservatives-disgusting-filth/?utm_content=1769882402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Erika Kirk drag queen gets huge backlash from raging conservatives: 'Disgusting filth'
Drag queen Lauren Banall, who has gone viral with performances as Erika Kirk, has been hit with huge backlash from raging conservatives.
www.thepinknews.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Erika Kirk drag queen gets huge backlash from raging conservatives: 'Disgusting filth' https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/28/erika-kirk-drag-queen-gets-huge-backlash-from-raging-conservatives-disgusting-filth/?utm_content=1769882402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Catherine O’Hara died
January 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Catherine O’Hara died
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Pentatonix star Scott Hoying and his husband, Mark, revealed the gender of their baby in a truly show-stopping manner, writing original lyrics to ‘Someone In The Crowd’ from the Oscar-winning 2016 film ‘La La Land’ and shooting a music video to share the news on their social media on 29 January.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Pentatonix star Scott Hoying and his husband, Mark, revealed the gender of their baby in a truly show-stopping manner, writing original lyrics to ‘Someone In The Crowd’ from the Oscar-winning 2016 film ‘La La Land’ and shooting a music video to share the news on their social media on 29 January.
I’m on vacation in Florida. It’s a lot warmer than Massachusetts here.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I’m on vacation in Florida. It’s a lot warmer than Massachusetts here.
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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
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'Deeply concerning': Drug and alcohol deaths significantly higher among queer people, study finds
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Drug and alcohol deaths higher among queer people, study finds
Drug and alcohol related deaths are significantly higher among queer people, a “ deeply concerning” study has found.
www.thepinknews.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM
'Deeply concerning': Drug and alcohol deaths significantly higher among queer people, study finds
https://bit.ly/4b89VyJ
https://bit.ly/4b89VyJ
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Reposted by Rachel Barabash
A study found that 40% of children who died in pediatric hospitalizations would still be alive if they’d had insurance.
Trump and Republicans’ healthcare cuts are a war on children.
Trump and Republicans’ healthcare cuts are a war on children.
Trump’s Health Care Cuts Are a War on Children - The American Prospect
GOP funding cuts mean that more children will grow up with the lifelong implications of untreated illnesses.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A study found that 40% of children who died in pediatric hospitalizations would still be alive if they’d had insurance.
Trump and Republicans’ healthcare cuts are a war on children.
Trump and Republicans’ healthcare cuts are a war on children.
MAGA logic is totally illogical
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
MAGA logic is totally illogical
This season of Canada’s Drag Race is great!
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This season of Canada’s Drag Race is great!
I finally watched Heated Rivalry!
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I finally watched Heated Rivalry!
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Marissa Bode has opened up about changing her character Nessarose's storyline in Wicked: For Good to be 'less harmful for disabled people'.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Marissa Bode has opened up about changing her character Nessarose's storyline in Wicked: For Good to be 'less harmful for disabled people'.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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With RSD it’s easy to blame yourself for perceived rejection. I remind myself that I am not a mind reader and I don’t know what’s going on
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
With RSD it’s easy to blame yourself for perceived rejection. I remind myself that I am not a mind reader and I don’t know what’s going on
Anti-Zionist is NOT the same as antisemitism! Not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews. I’m Jewish but not a Zionist.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Anti-Zionist is NOT the same as antisemitism! Not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews. I’m Jewish but not a Zionist.
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Project Esther – the right-wing playbook to destroy the Palestinian rights movement – stirs up fear by equating any critisicm of Israel to antisemitism. Here’s how that played out in the NYC mayoral election.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Project Esther – the right-wing playbook to destroy the Palestinian rights movement – stirs up fear by equating any critisicm of Israel to antisemitism. Here’s how that played out in the NYC mayoral election.
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"Combined exposure to verbal abuse and witnessing of do-
mestic violence was associated with extraordinarily large
adverse effects, particularly on dissociation."
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. Am J of Psychiatry
mestic violence was associated with extraordinarily large
adverse effects, particularly on dissociation."
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. Am J of Psychiatry
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"Combined exposure to verbal abuse and witnessing of do-
mestic violence was associated with extraordinarily large
adverse effects, particularly on dissociation."
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. Am J of Psychiatry
mestic violence was associated with extraordinarily large
adverse effects, particularly on dissociation."
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. Am J of Psychiatry
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Conclusions: Parental verbal aggression
was a potent form of maltreatment.
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. American journal of psychiatry, 163(6), 993-1000.
was a potent form of maltreatment.
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. American journal of psychiatry, 163(6), 993-1000.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Conclusions: Parental verbal aggression
was a potent form of maltreatment.
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. American journal of psychiatry, 163(6), 993-1000.
was a potent form of maltreatment.
Teicher et al (2006). Sticks, stones, and hurtful words: relative effects of various forms of childhood maltreatment. American journal of psychiatry, 163(6), 993-1000.
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Having ADHD is like living inside a blender that never learned about the "off" button. Exhausting doesn't even begin to cover it. 🫠 #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #ADHDLife #ADHD
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Having ADHD is like living inside a blender that never learned about the "off" button. Exhausting doesn't even begin to cover it. 🫠 #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #ADHDLife #ADHD