Hold onto your hats, first of several posts today. Expand Medicaid.
We're not starting at the beginning. We're jumping straight in and hope that you have the time and energy to jump with us. There is a lot...
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Last Minute Appeal! (and we mean *last minute*)
Tomorrow morning! 8am! Senate Labor/Health! They just sent Workplace transparency - 2 to Senate Labor/Health at 8am tomorrow morning!...
Legislative Update/Legislative Preview (could well be as boring as it sounds)
Reader: If you are having a pleasant morning, read this one thing. And then stop reading. THREE LEGISLATORS FILED A BILL BASED ON A...
Once again, this post is altogether different than it started out
We started this post over the weekend. Over the weekend, we were wondering about the pandemic. Thinking radical things like, "Maybe...
Today in Misogyny
Today in misogyny, we're all consumed with which women in the political landscape need to be thrown out. The fights over Marjorie Taylor...
Women Deserve to Be Equally Recognized in State Statutes
Published in the Casper Star Tribune on February 3, 2021 (subscribe today!) By Jen Simon and former Rep. Sara Burlingame We can all agree...
Light Saturday Reading: Misogyny, Patriarchy & Liz Cheney
It's Saturday morning! Did you spend your week longing for an example of what patriarchy looks like in action? Grab a cup of coffee and...
It's time to value and empower the women who run Wyoming's nonprofits
Published in WyoFile on January 26, 2021 Support nonprofit journalism — donate to WyoFile today. By Jen Simon and Britney Wallesch Gov....
On the Cusp of Something Else Entirely: resources for the restless and the hopeful
2020, believe it or not, was for optimism (in the face of uncertainty). For possibility (because no one knew what might happen). For...
Perdimos
When I was living in Ecuador, there was a World Cup Soccer qualifying match in the capital city of Quito, where I was living at the time....
This is why we include movies in our quarantine kits (and tv shows and books)
Listen. We include essays because there's a shit ton to read every day all the time and someone should sift through it for you. We...
Hey! Here are the dates you need.
The Legislature is back in session! Because of COVID-19, the schedule is different than in past years. Here’s what you can expect...
The Original Post Was Something Else Entirely.
I was worried about January 6th. Like, really worried. Like, texting-other-people-to-share-my-worry worried. (On the plus side, who...
Boxing Day QK
Now's the time that the light is coming back (or, so they say, it is pretty graybird and snow-globe-y outside right now so it feels like...
Gender & The Budget
[Note: A version of this was published in the Sunday Edition of the Casper Star Tribune on 12/20/20 as a column by Jen Simon. Subscribe...
Electoral College quarantine kit
Electors are meeting and voting for the next President of the United States as we speak. Do you have questions? Are they things like: Why...
How's everyone doing out there? A check-in quarantine kit.
First things first, how's your health? And how's your mental health? You hanging in? Or hanging on? In the best of times, Wyoming is thin...
Thanksgiving Weekend Quarantine Kit
First, you're at home, right?? You're not in an airport or recently arriving from an airport or welcoming people who came from an...
Wyoming would benefit from more women in office
Jen published this in the Casper Star Tribune this week: I’ve heard it said recently that “men represent women superbly” in the ...
Post-Election Quarantine Kit
Offered without commentary. Essays/Poems "Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women." by Anne Helen Petersen How Racial...