Deborah Copaken
@dcopaken.bsky.social
CEO/Founder, Ladyparts. NYT bestselling author. Journalist. TV writer. Photographer. Worried about the end of democracy. deborahcopaken.substack.com
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“Speaking of transparency, yesterday, a 34-year-old Muslim American, Zohran Mamdani, won the election to be the next mayor of New York City in large part because of his truth-telling“
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Reclaiming our truth
Between Zohran Mamdani's win, Lily Allen's new album, and Pentagon reporters rejecting spoon-fed propaganda, it's been a good month for saying no to lies and yes to truth and transparency.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“Speaking of transparency, yesterday, a 34-year-old Muslim American, Zohran Mamdani, won the election to be the next mayor of New York City in large part because of his truth-telling“
-- Deborah Copaken @dcopaken.bsky.social
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-- Deborah Copaken @dcopaken.bsky.social
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
I am continually floored by the brilliance of both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s social media team and by the candidate himself. Please let this be a harbinger of a better, more equitable world.
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am continually floored by the brilliance of both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s social media team and by the candidate himself. Please let this be a harbinger of a better, more equitable world.
I thought I knew how to vacation. Science now tells me I was just doing it all wrong. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/you-actual...
You (actually do) need a vacation
A recent meta-analysis found that the immediate effects of a vacation are more long-lasting and profound than previously believed. As long as you focus on two things.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I thought I knew how to vacation. Science now tells me I was just doing it all wrong. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/you-actual...
This video by Progress Action Fund really hits the nail on the head. It’s both horrific and an accurate portrait of the U.S. today. youtu.be/j7SOc_8IhSY?...
Republican Kidnappers
YouTube video by Progress Action Fund
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June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This video by Progress Action Fund really hits the nail on the head. It’s both horrific and an accurate portrait of the U.S. today. youtu.be/j7SOc_8IhSY?...
When students of history look back on these moments--a city comptroller, running for mayor, asking for a judicial warrant and getting arrested by masked thugs--it will be like us reading about Nazis only worse. Because we can all see this and know it is wrong, fascist, and horrific in real time.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When students of history look back on these moments--a city comptroller, running for mayor, asking for a judicial warrant and getting arrested by masked thugs--it will be like us reading about Nazis only worse. Because we can all see this and know it is wrong, fascist, and horrific in real time.
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The average wedding in the U.S. now costs a cool $36,000. But @dcopaken.bsky.social discovered that embracing DIY elements for her daughter's wedding not only kept costs down—it brought communities together.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The average wedding in the U.S. now costs a cool $36,000. But @dcopaken.bsky.social discovered that embracing DIY elements for her daughter's wedding not only kept costs down—it brought communities together.
www.thepersistent.com/how-to-diy-a...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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“It's not a partisan issue. It’s not an ideological issue. So who voted for this? I personally don't remember Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut breast cancer research and to make menopause harder for American women,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“It's not a partisan issue. It’s not an ideological issue. So who voted for this? I personally don't remember Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut breast cancer research and to make menopause harder for American women,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
Follow the money.
The DC attorney nominee has appeared dozens of times on Russian state media
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Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times
Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Follow the money.
Thank you, Seth Rogan, for taking a public stand against tyranny. And shame on the Breakthrough Prize video editors for editing out that bravery.
While presenting an award at the event known as the Oscars of Science, 'The Studio' star pointed out the irony of tech titans' support for the Trump administration's defunding of science. The potentially embarrassing comments were edited out.
Seth Rogen’s Criticism of Silicon Valley’s Support for Trump Was Cut From the “Full” Stream of Breakthrough Prize
While presenting an award at the event known as the Oscars of Science, 'The Studio' star pointed out the irony of tech titans' support for the Trump administration's defunding of science. The potentia...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thank you, Seth Rogan, for taking a public stand against tyranny. And shame on the Breakthrough Prize video editors for editing out that bravery.
@harvard.edu not only stood up to Trump, it redesigned its website to highlight groundbreaking scientific work that relies on funding. For me, being deaf, research into hair regeneration was fascinating! This is how you stand up to fascism and tyranny. I'm proud of my alma mater. www.harvard.edu
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April 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@harvard.edu not only stood up to Trump, it redesigned its website to highlight groundbreaking scientific work that relies on funding. For me, being deaf, research into hair regeneration was fascinating! This is how you stand up to fascism and tyranny. I'm proud of my alma mater. www.harvard.edu
I just moved in with my partner. And his wife. open.substack.com/pub/deborahc...
Moving vans and thwarted plans
Since leaving college, I've moved 18 times within 3 different countries. Most were forced. All were stressful. But this move, combining two families under one roof, was both different and revelatory.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I just moved in with my partner. And his wife. open.substack.com/pub/deborahc...
Here’s a mandate I can get behind: let all children born to mothers who do the hard work of carrying, birthing, nursing, and (more often than not) raising them take their mother’s surname at birth from now on. Go, Italy! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Proposal to automatically give babies mother’s surname ignites row in Italy
Politician says idea would be ‘compensation for centuries-old injustice’ of children being assigned father’s name
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March 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here’s a mandate I can get behind: let all children born to mothers who do the hard work of carrying, birthing, nursing, and (more often than not) raising them take their mother’s surname at birth from now on. Go, Italy! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Since White House says info in the chat was not classified, seems like @JeffreyGoldberg has the all clear to lay out everything in there....
March 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Since White House says info in the chat was not classified, seems like @JeffreyGoldberg has the all clear to lay out everything in there....
Why bother to care about what "vibe" of tablecloth to pick for a wedding when democracy is crumbling? Because we must. Because love should always trump (ahem) hate. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/planning-a...
Planning a wedding during the apocalypse
Tablescapes, hellscapes, and why celebrating love in a time of hate in America is not unseemly. It's the only antidote.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Why bother to care about what "vibe" of tablecloth to pick for a wedding when democracy is crumbling? Because we must. Because love should always trump (ahem) hate. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/planning-a...
Some more good news: all of these young women just became doctors. It’s Match Day. They will be fanning out across the U.S. to care for patients. My daughter’s in the purple dress. She’s heading to the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine Family med residency program. Congrats to all!
March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some more good news: all of these young women just became doctors. It’s Match Day. They will be fanning out across the U.S. to care for patients. My daughter’s in the purple dress. She’s heading to the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine Family med residency program. Congrats to all!
Some good news. For once.
Congestion pricing is an unqualified triumph. One of the most immediately, strikingly successful public policies of my lifetime.
“The MTA as a whole is averaging 448K more public transit riders per day this year…The MTA ridership growth since congestion pricing went into effect is almost 50% larger than the total ridership of America’s next-largest subway system.” bettercities.substack.com/p/congestion...
March 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some good news. For once.
Anyone know where to get Paxlovid these days? Capsule doesn't have it. My local Brooklyn pharmacy doesn't have it. Ah, Covid. The gift that keeps on giving.
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Anyone know where to get Paxlovid these days? Capsule doesn't have it. My local Brooklyn pharmacy doesn't have it. Ah, Covid. The gift that keeps on giving.
With so little research on UTIs in women and how to prevent them, we need to be our own advocates. One male doctor told me to take a weekly bleach bath and daily Macrobid. Then he slut shamed me. We need to do better. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/probiotics...
Probiotics and UTI prevention
After a lifetime of UTIs that turned debilitating in menopause, I have finally landed on a several-step precautionary protocol that (knock wood) has been working.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
With so little research on UTIs in women and how to prevent them, we need to be our own advocates. One male doctor told me to take a weekly bleach bath and daily Macrobid. Then he slut shamed me. We need to do better. deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/probiotics...
I, um, what?
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
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March 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I, um, what?
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
Coming soon, to a hospital near you: my daughter, Dr. Sasha Kogan. Who is the first person I call every time I'm confused about what happened in The Pitt and who just found out she matched into a family medicine residency.
March 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Coming soon, to a hospital near you: my daughter, Dr. Sasha Kogan. Who is the first person I call every time I'm confused about what happened in The Pitt and who just found out she matched into a family medicine residency.