Hellbent

A feminist podcast for people who resist and persist

Episode 9: Dickwads Be Gone


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Devon and Sarah discuss listener feedback, merch, how everyone on the fucking planet hates the GOP health care proposal, and a few notable dickwads from the past few days. They also award the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery to two very deserving women and one shark.

Big news guys! WE HAVE MERCH! If you want to show your Hellbent pride with some awesome swag, head on over to the shop. Tweet us if you have any ideas for what we should put on our next round of goodies!

Key Articles

  1. There’s Now a Statue of a Fearless Little Girl Staring Down Wall Street’s Charging Bull by Claire Zillman
  2. The “Day Without a Woman” strike is going to be mostly a day without privileged women by Maureen Shaw
  3. Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege by Magally A. Miranda Alcazar and Kate D. Griffiths
  4. H.R.1275 – World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 Ed. note from D: THEY ACTUALLY TITLED IT THAT, I TOLD YOU.
  5. Jason Chaffetz: Can’t Afford Trumpcare? Don’t Buy an iPhone by Tina Nguyen
  6. Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care. by Stephen Pimpare
  7. After Halting Start, Trump Plunges Into Effort to Repeal Health Law by Maggie Haberman and Robert Pear
  8. GOP leaders turn up the pressure on reluctant Republicans to support Obamacare replacement by Lisa Mascaro and Noam N. Levey
  9. Lawmakers take up Obamacare revision without an independent scorekeeper by Karen Tumulty and Max Ehrenfreund
  10. A side-by-side comparison of Obamacare and the GOP’s replacement plan by Naom N. Levey and Kyle Kim
  11. No Wonder the Republicans Hid the Health Bill by The Editorial Board
  12. Without these 3 GOP senators, Trumpcare won’t pass the Senate by Zack Ford
  13. The fatal flaw in Trumpcare that could doom it in the Senate by Ian Milihiser
  14. Carson: ‘There were other immigrants who came in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less’ by Dan Merica
  15. EPA chief unconvinced on CO2 link to global warming by Doina Chiacu and Valerie Volcovici
  16. WikiLeaks will give tech firms access to CIA hacking tools: Assange by John Bacon
  17. C.I.A. Scrambles to Contain Damage From WikiLeaks Documents by Matthew Rosenberg, Scott Shane, and Adam Goldman
  18. WikiLeaks Will Help Tech Companies Fix Security Flaws, Assange Says by Scott Shane, David E. Sanger and Vindu Goel
  19. This Utah Physician Hopes To Give Jason Chaffetz Some ‘Strong Medicine’ In 2018 by Chris D’Angelo

Gratitude & Sanity Check Links

  1. On Galápagos, Revealing the Blue-Footed Booby’s True Colors by Natalie Angier
  2. Capital Weather Gang: This desert in the Southwest is experiencing a wildflower ‘superbloom’ by Angela Fritz
  3. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music is Going by multiple authors
  4. The Establishment Means The World To Me, And It Needs Your Help by Ijeoma Oluo
  5. The Future Is Female—And Still Unrelentingly Misogynist by Sarah Lerner – in case you missed it, this is her first paid piece for Dame Magazine Ed note from D: it is amazing and you should definitely read it! 🙂

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