Feminists Without Mystique

It's okay to feel shitty and hopeless about the state of the world. One of us is out sick and the other is just feeling the exhaustion and stress of a disappointing primary season, an impending global pandemic with MIKE PENCE at the helm, and just generally the last three years have been a lot, and it's okay to take a step back and just acknowledge - it's painful to be existing in this country right now.

We see you: ICE weaponizing therapy, Ginni Thomas, Republican lawmakers in Oregon

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We dig into all the issues with the Bloomberg candidacy. There are a lot of them. Like, a lot a lot. For years and years. His whole career. We will #votebluenomatterwho - but please don't make us. 

We see you: Wendy Williams, the Baker Act, Trump, Elaine Chao, Joey Hensley, Andrew Sabisky

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We see you: Rush Limbaugh and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Attorney General Bill Barr, the firing of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his brother, Trump's shitty budget proposal, Trump's SOTU lies, Susan Collins

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Systems of government are failing in a big way, from the impeachment trial in the Senate to the clusterfuck in Iowa, democracy is struggling.

We see you: Half-time show pearl clutchers, Disney, Victoria Fuller, Dickinson College, Trump Administration, Rand Paul

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We discuss the last week of updates in the Senate impeachment hearing - will Bolton be allowed to testify? Will Susan Collins grow a spine? Will our cynicism swallow us whole? 

We see you: Fred Deutsch, Parchman prison in Mississippi, Spirit Airlines, Trump’s spiritual advisor Paula White, Eustachio Gallese and his parole officer, 90th anniversary comic "celebration" of Nancy Drew

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In recognition of MLK day, we cover racism against black Americans - spoiler alert: there are lots of problems basically everywhere you look.  

We see you: Bernie or Bust people, NYT Op-Ed Board, Amtrak, TSA, National Archives, WA state parole board

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We cover the last Democratic debate before Iowa - the energy was low. 

We see you: Trump's wall, UN "peacekeepers" in Haiti, Thinx, Microsoft/Tesla/Google/Apple, GRU, and the Wisconsin judicial system.

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We're kicking off the new decade with... war? We attempt to make sense of the recent conflict in Iran. 

We see you: the bedbug woman in Pennsylvania, the Make Women Great Again conference in Florida, Don Jr., Terry Gilliam, the groper at Disney, the person who shot children throwing snowballs

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We recap the debate, and give huge props to Andrew Yang, who easily had the best debate performance. 

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We ruminate on the very real ways in which Donald Trump is eroding long-held democratic norms, and exhibits many (most?) of the qualities of a dictator. 

We see you: NCAA, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, Google, Army Cadets and Navy Midshipmen flashing the white power sign, Harvey Weinstein, the Mormon Church

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