Writer/activist, founding ed, Ms. Mag, Past pres. Americans for Peace Now & Authors Guild. Author, 12 books, most recently, Shanda: A Memoir of Shame & Secrecy.
Today, my Newsletter, now rebranded "NewsLetty" by a friend, contains lots of politics, feminist news, and a coda of reparative humor. https://t.co/awgdqhpOW3
Legal Bigs scared to speak out. Mandela redux. Are Dems ready for a gay POTUS? 10 top Prez prospects. Jon Stewart grills Mamdani. RIP Waskow, Stamberg. Books. Music. Art. Events. Feminism takes Bway., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/JFswE6VUsZ
How to 'Tank The Inauguration.' DJT's senility. Wisdom from Arendt, Voltaire & 2 little girls. China's Barbie. Antidotes to MAGA. No more marches. Woman, 94, paints her town. Firefighters' 19 babies., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/2VFMfRoaPj
Henhouse invasions. The phenom of Trump-only ballots. World autocracies. Matt Gaitz. Mel Brooks. Maya Angelou. Martha Stewart. John Williams. My Yom Kippur in Lisbon. Stuffies., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/4JOwPVRLLz
SNL's two Kamalas. Michelle O. on Our bodies, Ourselves. Harrison Ford from the heart. Donald scares women. Anti-Trump statues pop up everywhere. Israel-Palestine coexistence. Man/Dog/Love, by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/osB7fCXGlg
2 items today, both urgent: New effort to pivot to peace in MidEast. And 91 GOP leaders, former staffers, close associates and relatives on why Trump is dangerously unfit to be president., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/LEuoJOVTCH
JD tries to "sane-wash" DJT. Comic TraeCrowder on GOP sex hypocrites. Vance v. women. Guns v. books. Taliban forbids women to speak/laugh in public. Violinist serenades composer of Schindler's List. , by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/LIBGczugve
6 hostages shot gangland style. J'accuse Bibi. How to rebut DJT trash talk & mean memes. Kennedy's kin disavow RFK, Jr. All about love: Kamala's marriage, Doug's pride. Tim's devotion, Gus' pride., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/lIdgaPioxB
Chelsea Handler. Brat & Coconut trees decoded. George W. told no lies, had no kids. Will Swift endorse Harris? MAGA merch. Revenge porn. "Heil Hitler" in Paris. Elon Musk's trans daughter. Puppies., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/WERUMVYB7Q
Kamala's laugh. Kamala's shoes. Kamala's Jews. Who will she choose?Vance insults cat ladies. 44K Black women raise $1.6M in 3 hours. Keb' Mo's video.Yuja Wang's flying fingers. Maya Angelou's message., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/oYNkKIG58n
My mixed marriage. DJT's implausible deniability. Catch 22 redux. Flight attendant bests a bigot. Ever been to a b-mitzvah? Study proves Jewish & Arab men related. News flash: Dogs rule., by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/kgMJ0bvOvN
My daughter, NY Times journalist, Robin Pogrebin, and I will be “in conversation” about “Generations of Shanda” (family secrecy & shame ) on Thurs, August 15, at 3 PM EDT. Register for the free Zoom event sponsored by American Jewish University.https://t.co/9m5G76VzV8
Lead with the light. Father-son reunion in Gaza. Puppy love in first grade. Art for Ukraine. Women restrict women. Men, boys & dolls. Politics at warp speed. Sen. Katie Britt's "fundie baby voice." , by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/jX9xmPM7UC
Elie Wiesel on indifference. A child killed in Gaza every 15 minutes. Two mothers every hour. Seven women every two hours. Are you OK with that?, by @LettyCPogrebin https://t.co/T267mEGoTP