Rebecca Traister

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Writer at Large & Contributing editor . Order All The Single Ladies, here: . rtraister{at}gmail

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    Feb 28

    All the Single Ladies is out on Tuesday & the LA Times calls it "singularly triumphant." Order it here:

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  2. 8 hours ago

    which is one reason all of these takes quoting Trump voters insisting their support for him isn't about race are not compelling

    racism is not a declaratory thing. Most racist people don't declare themselves as such, and saying you aren't one doesn't make it so.
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  3. 2 hours ago

    the thing about this Thanksgiving is that even if everybody at your table voted the same the conversation is still going to be excruciating

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  4. 6 hours ago

    It’s only going to get worse. Much, much worse. Will totally dwarf whatever COI existed with Clinton Foundation.

    With Ivanka’s jewelry ad, Trump companies begin to seek to profit off election result
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  5. 8 hours ago

    Trying again: "The idea of a 'women’s vote' is both a lofty American dream and an ugly little myth"

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  6. 8 hours ago

    Sorry that last was from this:

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  7. 10 hours ago

    You will be, as soon as I figure it out. FWIW in past years, unmarried ww have voted MORE conservatively than unmarried woc. But still Dem.

    I would like to read on Trump’s strength with unmarried white women
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  8. 10 hours ago

    Et tu, unmarried white women?

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  9. 11 hours ago

    But plainspoken & trustworthy, guys. Plainspoken & trustworthy. "Uncle Joe." (Which...was always weird in itself).

    don't forget Biden's zeal for capital punishment
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  10. 11 hours ago

    After a year of "I can't be sexist because I love Elizabeth Warren" retorts, it probably shouldn't have surprised me at all.

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  11. 11 hours ago

    I in fact hadn't realized till now how firmly some people had bought into the "I voted for Obama so I can't be racist" belief system.

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  12. 11 hours ago

    Vain hope that analysis like 's & 's might decrease volume of "couldn't be racism because they voted for Obama" voices.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    "never been a moment...in which black people’s gains haven't been perceived by some white Americans as their loss"

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  14. 12 hours ago

    Obama's "support in heavily white areas was built not on racial egalitarianism but on a feeling of self-interest:"

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  15. 12 hours ago

    Can't thank enough for saving us from today's morass of crappy analysis w this smart reported piece:

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  16. 12 hours ago

    Area cat lady blames everything on men

    Area Man Considers Self Ally To Women Unless They Threaten His Status In Literally Any Way:
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  17. 12 hours ago

    Yes. I know. This is central to my point.

    Biden, extremely popular, trusted by WWC, minimal scandal/"appearance of impropriety" baggage.
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  18. 12 hours ago

    Oh god...I'm so tired...

    You do realize this story IS from the Onion, right, and doesn't represent a real news or opinion?
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  19. 12 hours ago

    Glad aversion to HRC had everything to do with progressive policy and trustworthiness & nothing to do with gender:

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  20. 12 hours ago

    Biden, who wrote crime bill, voted for welfare reform & Hyde, has deep ties to credit card industry & didn't permit Angela Wright to testify

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  21. 12 hours ago

    Missed T. Frank piece calling HRC "party hack" who believed it was "her turn" & praises instead Joe Biden's "powerful plainspoken style."

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