T.S. Mendola
T.S. Mendola is an academic editor and writer. She has published at The Rumpus, The Modern Language Review, The Yearbook of Comparative Literature, Narrative Culture, and Health Affairs. She can be found on Twitter @tsmendola.
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Culture & Conversation Abortion
I Had to Leave Massachusetts for My Abortion. Not Anymore.
Massachusetts is a safer state for pregnant people than it was last week. I'll take the win, but the moment doesn't feel victorious.
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Culture & Conversation Abortion
When Your President Calls You a Murderer
I have had a third-trimester abortion. And I am not alone.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Bad Character Has Nothing to Do With His Bad Politics
The same argument that connects the accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh to his record implicitly admits the converse: that good politics are a sign of good character.
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Culture & Conversation Abortion
What If Buying a Gun Were Like Getting an Abortion?
It’s worth asking: What would a world look like where “pro-life” activists were as rabidly committed to protecting schoolchildren as they are to defending blastocysts?
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