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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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[PHOTO: Ayanna Pressley, Andy Levin, and Debbie Wassermann Schultz participate in an abortion rights rally]

Culture & Conversation Abortion

I Had to Leave Massachusetts for My Abortion. Not Anymore.

Dec 21, 12:00pm T.S. Mendola

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.

[Photo: Donald Trump looks on during the State of the Union speech in 2019]

Culture & Conversation Abortion

When Your President Calls You a Murderer

Feb 6, 7:57am T.S. Mendola

I have had a third-trimester abortion. And I am not alone.

Commentary Law and Policy

Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Bad Character Has Nothing to Do With His Bad Politics

Oct 2, 11:44am

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.

[Photo: Students participate in a protest against gun violence outside the White House in D.C.]

Culture & Conversation Abortion

What If Buying a Gun Were Like Getting an Abortion?

Mar 5, 5:32pm T.S. Mendola

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?