The Canadian Prime Minister Candidate’s Mom was an Underrated Feminist, Flower Child, and Friend of the Rolling Stones (YOLO)

Margaret Trudeau—AKA the mom of the guy who might become the Prime Minister of Canada on Monday—is a girl-power party girl who got YOLO with Andy Warhol, didn’t bother wearing a bra, and was just generally a progressive badass. Here’s 6 reasons why we need more people like her in politics, by Kristen Cochrane. Continue reading “The Canadian Prime Minister Candidate’s Mom was an Underrated Feminist, Flower Child, and Friend of the Rolling Stones (YOLO)”

9 Reasons Why Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is So Hot Right Now

By Kristen Cochrane //

It could be argued that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was always hot. Of course, by “hot” I mean that she was killing it as a law student, as a mother, as a lawyer, and as an Ivy League law professor during a time when this was really difficult to do as a woman. But Ruth is only getting hotter,  given that she’s an integral part in all the positive change we’ve seen made by the Supreme Court recently—most notably, legalizing same-sex marriage, the right to health care subsidies for eligible Americans under Obamacare, and deciding that Texas doesn’t have to allow Confederate Flag license plates,. Yay!
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