Nebraska is hostile to women who menstruate. To be perfectly honest, we suggest not living here, let alone any forced birth state, governed by fetal supremacists. That said, if you are currently stuck living in Nebraska, we have abortion and reproductive health resources for you. We will update this post as laws change. Nebraska Abortion…
Oppression
Why is Book Banning Anti-American? A Guest Post
We are pleased to bring you a guest post from a reader with an inspired idea that we wish we’d thought of first! Please welcome the creator and editor of Tsunami of Pornography, and read on for her thoughts. By Wendy L. Callahan We the people know that book banning isn’t just wrong – it…
Nebraska Meadowlark Calls Out Linda Vermooten’s Push for Christian Nationalist Agenda in Education
OUTSIDE OF LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska Meadowlark has raised concerns over a year of messaging from Linda Vermooten, candidate for the Nebraska State Board of Education, that promotes book banning, discrimination, and criminalizing teachers and librarians. Linda Vermooten’s agenda signals a shift away from providing equitable opportunities and she intends to implement divisive and politically…
Glossary of Terms
Welcome to our glossary of terms! If there are words you see used time and again, but you aren’t sure what they mean, we’ve got you covered. If we’re missing something, let us know! Biological Sex – also sex at birth; whether you were born with male or female reproductive organs. Not to be confused…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 3 or the tl;dr
We had a reader request that we lay out our Linda Vermooten posts as a timeline. Ask and ye shall receive. We’re going to condense this significantly, so here you go! Linda Vermooten: The Origin Story Linda was born and raised by an extremely Christian family in South Africa during Apartheid. She has only attended…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 2
Trigger warning: we reference sexual assault multiple times in the latter half of this post, both directly from Linda’s own words (audio provided) and the testimony against Donald Trump by one of his adolescent victims. Please prioritize your well-being if reading about this may be detrimental to your mental health. As we stated at the…
Linda Vermooten for Nebraska State Board of Education, Part 1
In the Nebraska State Board of Education race this election, there is a concerted effort by the right to “flip” seats, which would swing the board from a fairly balanced membership to a hard right shift, to candidates backed by Moms for Liberty and Protect Nebraska Children. Those candidates are: District 1: Liz Davids District…
Nebraska GOP Embraces Extremism
Nebraska county GOP groups around the state have fully embraced the alt-right mentality, to the extent that no self-respecting Republican wants to be associated with them. Cass, Douglas, Sarpy and Saunders Counties are prime examples of this shift in mentality from traditional conservatism to hardline tactics and beliefs that bear striking similarities with Hitler’s fascist…
Independence from the Culture War
What, exactly, is this culture war the far right imagines they’re fighting? And why do they believe so strongly that they are in a war for the future of their country? There is a clear divide of “Us vs. Them” and of freedom-loving people vs. controlling fanatics who have devised plans to destroy every aspect…
A Rural Survival Guide
So you’re stuck living in rural Nebraska, probably because you’re a teenager, migrant worker, or a woman married to an angry white man. Perhaps you are living with depression or anxiety in one of our extensive mental health care deserts, or think you can’t seek help because there’s a stigma attached to a man seeking…