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Lauren W.

Lauren W.

SERENITY NOW! Forget Unity; Dems Need a Strategic Alliance

Y’all, we’re about to hit the anniversary of the worst day ever and I’m maxed out on rage. I’m beyond maxed out. I’ve reached a level of…

Oct 17, 2017

Oct 17, 2017

Lauren W.

Legislating Compassion: Dems, Ernst, and the AARP-sponsored Credit for Caring Act Panel July 13

A friend asked me to listen to the AARP-sponsored panel yesterday featuring Sen. Ernst (R-IA, my senator), Sen. Baldwin (D-WI), Rep…

Jul 14, 2017

Jul 14, 2017

Lauren W.

Indivisible is not “the new tea party;” please stop saying that.

I get it. I get the comparison. Huge movement on the heels of the election of a President. Activism through engagement with legislators…

Apr 4, 2017

Apr 4, 2017

Lauren W.

If you want women to run, do our fucking dishes.

Here in my corner of Indivisible Iowa, we’ve been talking to one another about upcoming elections and finding solid candidates for these…

Mar 22, 2017

If you want women to run, do our fucking dishes.

Mar 22, 2017

Lauren W.

Our Indivisible Challenge: Organizing an Org, Organizing an Online Community

I’ve been too busy to even write up what has been going on in Indivisible Iowa or my personal political life. The Congressional recess…

Mar 13, 2017

Mar 13, 2017

Lauren W.

ALL 50 State Senate Districts in Iowa have Indivisible Chapters

Please check out my post in one of Iowa’s best Democratic blogs, Bleeding Heartland, about the Indivisible movement in Iowa, which has…

Feb 21, 2017

Feb 21, 2017

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“The Fun’s in the Fight”: Flipping the Script on All This Shit

My Facebook feed has been a shitstorm of panic since Jan 22 as the tyranny and the bullshit of the Trump administration unfurls at a rapid…

Jan 31, 2017

“The Fun’s in the Fight”: Flipping the Script on All This Shit

Jan 31, 2017

Lauren W.

Praising Viola Davis, Listening to Disabled Activists post-Golden Globes

Yesterday I posted a vociferous defense of Meryl Streep’s speech at the Golden Globes a few days ago. I stand by that. BUT, there have been…

Jan 10, 2017

Jan 10, 2017

Lauren W.

Newsflash: Meryl Streep can say whatever the fuck she wants**, ya right-wing haters

Unshockingly, Trump supporters are shitting themselves over a powerful woman speaking on a national stage articulating a vision of a…

Jan 9, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

Lauren W.

Self-Care for Despair in the New… Yair. Year. Whatever.

It’s been almost 2 months and it ain’t getting any easier to deal with the reality of a post-election world yet. Everyone is ready to flip…

Dec 31, 2016

Dec 31, 2016

Lauren W.

Lauren W.

Good troublemaker • blunt and neighborly • Chapter Leader and District Coordinator for Indivisible Iowa (eastern Iowa)

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