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In the final act of @BarbieTheMovie, America Ferrera — playing Gloria, a working mom visiting from the real world — gives a rousing speech about the conflicting standards that women are expected to meet. wapo.st/4c3i6uh

inspired by 'Barbie' . . . and real life

The “Barbie” speech defeated pretend patriarchy, Kate Cohen writes.

This one’s for the real world. wapo.st/3P7cB3H

'I worry about the availability of weight-loss drugs,' Kate Cohen writes.

'Imagine if — to protect [kids] from the stigma of being fat — parents begin to fall for the lures not of orthodontics (teeth correcting) but of orthomorphics (shape correcting).' wapo.st/493di5T

The word 'God' appears 41 times in the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that destroying embryos counts as killing a child.

We must protect our secular democracy and take a stand for the separation of church and state while we still can.

OMG featured on THE social media account. Definite book launch highlight . . .

Thank you for this library love letter Kate Cohen 💕💕💕
We were treated to Kate talking about her new book, “We of Little Faith,” at the library today. She finished the talk by reading from her acknowledgements, which… acknowledged us 😊

Underscoring what now?

Headline and subhead both infuriating. 'Parental Rights'? 'Did not seem to move many voters'? WHAT?

Here it is: 'Voters Moved Decisively to Keep Fascists off School Boards'

ooh this should be good

“I always was an atheist, but I didn’t think of myself as atheist until I had children,” Kate Cohen says.

“When I had children ... I had to tell them the truth as I knew it, which was that God was made up.” wapo.st/3sq1tqu

Oh my goodness I had so much fun talking to Jeff Pearlman that I'm worried what I said. Yang was slung, for sure.

New Two Writers Slinging Yang stars Kate Cohen — The Washington Post columnist, author of 'We of Little Faith.' Apple Pods podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kat… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0j11LB… #writing #Atheism

I'd gotten used to ignoring 'IN GOD WE TRUST' engraved in the wall above the Speaker's rostrum, but damn if it doesn't look menacing now . . .

Speaker Mike Johnson? Anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, anti-gun safety, anti-democracy.

This is what theocracy looks like.

Thank you for your work, Evan Stewart !

“When you lie, you’re really creating a barrier between yourself and other people,” Kate Cohen, on why she encourages nonbelievers to admit they are atheists “religionnews.com/2023/10/03/in-… via RNS

An argument for honesty and courage.

With thanks to Jen Balderama for brilliant editing, Ellen Weinstein for terrific art, and the whole team at Washington Post Opinions.

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