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The Cut @thecut.com · 31/07/2025

Like one in five Americans, I receive health insurance through Medicaid. Now that Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act has passed, I can’t risk an accidental pregnancy.

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I Love Being a Mom. I Got My Tubes Tied Because of Trump.

Like one in five Americans, I receive health insurance through Medicaid. Now that Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act has passed, I can’t risk an accidental pregnancy.

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Emi Nietfeld @eminietfeld.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"I’d explained Russell’s fury not as abuse but as symptomatic of #PTSD — from childhood trauma and wartime deployment, from losing his best friends in combat and his mother too young." highlights the danger of thinking about #trauma as an excuse for bad behavior, getting more and more common

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To Care for My Family, I Thought I Had to Hide My Abuse

I wanted to believe my children’s father wouldn’t hurt us. I wanted to prove I’d care for him no matter what.

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Emi Nietfeld @eminietfeld.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

You must read this absolutely gutting essay about DV and the fear of CPS removals that keeps moms trapped in abuse. About PTSD, veteran mental health, how racism hurts everyone. About trying to be a good human and not knowing how @moashort.bsky.social @thecut.com www.thecut.com/article/repo...

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To Care for My Family, I Thought I Had to Hide My Abuse

I wanted to believe my children’s father wouldn’t hurt us. I wanted to prove I’d care for him no matter what.

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