Lauren Rankin
@laurenarankin.bsky.social
Author of BODIES ON THE LINE. Columnist at @truthout.org. Abortion access is my jam. she/her
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Did tampons in bathrooms ruin the workplace
Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace
Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace
Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace
Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace
Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace
Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace
Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace
Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Did tampons in bathrooms ruin the workplace
Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace
Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace
Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace
Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace
Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace
Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace
Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace
Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
There's no such thing as "conservative feminism."
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Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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“These videos aren’t produced by OB-GYNs or scientists. They aren’t based on medical information. By using a seemingly anodyne tactic in order to cunningly and covertly attack abortion rights, they are a sinister tool of anti-abortion propaganda.” — @laurenarankin.bsky.social
Ohio Republican State Rep. Melanie Miller has introduced legislation that would require Ohio public schools to show a video about “Baby Olivia,” inaccurately detailing fetal development, to students as young as the third grade.
GOP Wants to Mandate “Fetal Development Education.” It’s Anti-Abortion Nonsense.
Republicans can’t seem to convince adults to vote against abortion, so they’re trying to brainwash kids instead.
truthout.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“These videos aren’t produced by OB-GYNs or scientists. They aren’t based on medical information. By using a seemingly anodyne tactic in order to cunningly and covertly attack abortion rights, they are a sinister tool of anti-abortion propaganda.” — @laurenarankin.bsky.social
Abortion opponents have realized that they've lost public opinion among adults. Now, they're trying to brainwash children by mandating that schools show junk science videos about fetal development. And it's already the law in several states.
My latest at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/gop...
My latest at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/gop...
GOP Wants to Mandate “Fetal Development Education.” It’s Anti-Abortion Nonsense.
Republicans can’t seem to convince adults to vote against abortion, so they’re trying to brainwash kids instead.
truthout.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Abortion opponents have realized that they've lost public opinion among adults. Now, they're trying to brainwash children by mandating that schools show junk science videos about fetal development. And it's already the law in several states.
My latest at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/gop...
My latest at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/gop...
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if you want to defend the working class? buy out a street vendor’s cart so they don’t have to choose between their income or kidnapping by ICE
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
if you want to defend the working class? buy out a street vendor’s cart so they don’t have to choose between their income or kidnapping by ICE
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the grievances of the Right are 'legitimate' and exist because the Left 'goes too far.' The grievances of the Left(s) are illegitimate because they are disfavored groups who should be grateful to get to live in this country.
I am remembering how the Tea Party protests in the Obama administration (2009-2010) were covered and thinking about how that coverage compares to the No Kings protests. #contentiousky
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
the grievances of the Right are 'legitimate' and exist because the Left 'goes too far.' The grievances of the Left(s) are illegitimate because they are disfavored groups who should be grateful to get to live in this country.
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NEW: Recordings from a crisis pregnancy center conference, shared exclusively with Autonomy News, reveal that anti-abortion physicians are reluctant to prescribe abortion pill “reversal”—even as the conservative legal movement uses the supposed treatment to expand CPCs’ free speech rights.
Abortion Pill “Reversal” Is a Hoax. It's Also a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Strategy.
Speakers at a crisis pregnancy center conference made rare admissions about the challenges of providing so-called abortion “reversal,” and indicate its importance as a litigation tool.
www.autonomynews.co
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: Recordings from a crisis pregnancy center conference, shared exclusively with Autonomy News, reveal that anti-abortion physicians are reluctant to prescribe abortion pill “reversal”—even as the conservative legal movement uses the supposed treatment to expand CPCs’ free speech rights.
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Good news: y’all have already raised $300!
Bad news: she’s measured further along and the cost has gone up. She needs a total of $3,400 now in addition to the $1,000 we already pledged. Our goal is now $2,500 to raise for her and we will cover the rest of the balance.
Bad news: she’s measured further along and the cost has gone up. She needs a total of $3,400 now in addition to the $1,000 we already pledged. Our goal is now $2,500 to raise for her and we will cover the rest of the balance.
We have a minor in need of an extra $1950 for their appointment today. We already contributed $1000 — we can cover the balance as long as we can raise $750 today! www.DonorBox.org/support-the-fund
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September 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Good news: y’all have already raised $300!
Bad news: she’s measured further along and the cost has gone up. She needs a total of $3,400 now in addition to the $1,000 we already pledged. Our goal is now $2,500 to raise for her and we will cover the rest of the balance.
Bad news: she’s measured further along and the cost has gone up. She needs a total of $3,400 now in addition to the $1,000 we already pledged. Our goal is now $2,500 to raise for her and we will cover the rest of the balance.
Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the anti-abortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
RFK Jr. Opens Investigation Into the Safety of the Abortion Pill
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the antiabortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
bloom.bg
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
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Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
FDA’s Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
Vaccine deniers have learned from abortion opponents that you can ban health care without actually making it illegal––stigmatize it and make it inaccessible. It's meant to make us distrust science and disbelieve what we see with our own eyes. My latest for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/fda...
FDA’s Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
truthout.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Vaccine deniers have learned from abortion opponents that you can ban health care without actually making it illegal––stigmatize it and make it inaccessible. It's meant to make us distrust science and disbelieve what we see with our own eyes. My latest for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/fda...
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Hi Bluesky! Have I mentioned my book UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy is out October 28? It tells a bigger story of reproduction in America through the experiences of five women, and it’s available for preorder now: bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
bookshop.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hi Bluesky! Have I mentioned my book UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy is out October 28? It tells a bigger story of reproduction in America through the experiences of five women, and it’s available for preorder now: bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...
Abortion opponents have firebombed and shot up abortion clinics. They've murdered 11 abortion providers and stalked, harassed, and terrorized untold others. I personally have been doxxed, threatened, and stalked.
They aren't interested in talking to us. They hate us. They want us dead. Literally.
They aren't interested in talking to us. They hate us. They want us dead. Literally.
September 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Abortion opponents have firebombed and shot up abortion clinics. They've murdered 11 abortion providers and stalked, harassed, and terrorized untold others. I personally have been doxxed, threatened, and stalked.
They aren't interested in talking to us. They hate us. They want us dead. Literally.
They aren't interested in talking to us. They hate us. They want us dead. Literally.
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So many 'progressive' orgs behave like this and it sucks. People work here because they believe the work is important and they get treated like garbage while their employers talk a big public game about how great they are.
The Board of @apiaryps.bsky.social just surprise-fired their entire staff (amazing, dedicated folks) and put the organization on "pause" because the Board hated that the staff demanded they live up to actual RJ values. I saw this firsthand working with Apiary. I'm disgusted but not surprised.
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So many 'progressive' orgs behave like this and it sucks. People work here because they believe the work is important and they get treated like garbage while their employers talk a big public game about how great they are.
The Board of @apiaryps.bsky.social just surprise-fired their entire staff (amazing, dedicated folks) and put the organization on "pause" because the Board hated that the staff demanded they live up to actual RJ values. I saw this firsthand working with Apiary. I'm disgusted but not surprised.
September 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Board of @apiaryps.bsky.social just surprise-fired their entire staff (amazing, dedicated folks) and put the organization on "pause" because the Board hated that the staff demanded they live up to actual RJ values. I saw this firsthand working with Apiary. I'm disgusted but not surprised.
Prominent anti-abortion operatives are deeply entangled in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a woman in Texas, and it doesn't quite pass the smell test. For @truthout.org, I wrote about how abortion opponents may have found a new avenue to attack medication abortion. truthout.org/articles/wro...
Wrongful Death Suit in Texas Poses New Threats to Medication Abortion Access
Prominent anti-abortion operatives are deeply entangled in the lawsuit filed this August by a woman in Texas.
truthout.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Prominent anti-abortion operatives are deeply entangled in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a woman in Texas, and it doesn't quite pass the smell test. For @truthout.org, I wrote about how abortion opponents may have found a new avenue to attack medication abortion. truthout.org/articles/wro...
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"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.
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"It’s time to think beyond the courts; not to abandon the judiciary as a tool, but instead to reframe what justice looks like, and how we can create it for ourselves and our communities."
A federal appeals court recently upheld West Virginia's insidious medication abortion ban. For @truthout.org, I wrote about what that means, its long-term implications, and why everyone who can get pregnant should purchase medication abortion now. truthout.org/articles/fed...
Federal Appeals Court Upheld West Virginia Ban on Medication Abortion. Now What?
If the Supreme Court gets involved, it could set national precedent for states to ban medications approved by the FDA.
truthout.org
July 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"It’s time to think beyond the courts; not to abandon the judiciary as a tool, but instead to reframe what justice looks like, and how we can create it for ourselves and our communities."
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This is a BIG deal and people need to be following this - If it goes to the Supreme Court, it could allow states to go over the FDA and ban whatever medication they want to ban. (including hormones/surgeries for trans people)
A federal appeals court recently upheld West Virginia's insidious medication abortion ban. For @truthout.org, I wrote about what that means, its long-term implications, and why everyone who can get pregnant should purchase medication abortion now. truthout.org/articles/fed...
Federal Appeals Court Upheld West Virginia Ban on Medication Abortion. Now What?
If the Supreme Court gets involved, it could set national precedent for states to ban medications approved by the FDA.
truthout.org
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is a BIG deal and people need to be following this - If it goes to the Supreme Court, it could allow states to go over the FDA and ban whatever medication they want to ban. (including hormones/surgeries for trans people)
A federal appeals court recently upheld West Virginia's insidious medication abortion ban. For @truthout.org, I wrote about what that means, its long-term implications, and why everyone who can get pregnant should purchase medication abortion now. truthout.org/articles/fed...
Federal Appeals Court Upheld West Virginia Ban on Medication Abortion. Now What?
If the Supreme Court gets involved, it could set national precedent for states to ban medications approved by the FDA.
truthout.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A federal appeals court recently upheld West Virginia's insidious medication abortion ban. For @truthout.org, I wrote about what that means, its long-term implications, and why everyone who can get pregnant should purchase medication abortion now. truthout.org/articles/fed...
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
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July 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
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Adriana Smith, who was forcibly kept alive by the State of Georgia — against her family’s wishes — because she was nine weeks pregnant, was taken off life support on June 17 this year after her fetus was delivered via C-section. This is a direct result of the Dobbs decision.
3 Years in, Horrors Wrought by Anti-Abortion “Dobbs” Ruling Are Apparent to All
We live in a country that has used machines to turn a dying person into a fetus incubator against the family’s wishes.
buff.ly
June 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Adriana Smith, who was forcibly kept alive by the State of Georgia — against her family’s wishes — because she was nine weeks pregnant, was taken off life support on June 17 this year after her fetus was delivered via C-section. This is a direct result of the Dobbs decision.
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Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation
June 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation