@lyzl

New York Times Bestselling author. Journalist. Find me at https://xitter.cf/t.co/mFdQKymMm4

 Iowa, USA
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Joined March 2008
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I am writing another book!! It’s about butter cows, derechos, and the future of democracy. 🌽
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I'm so glad these guys are cooking. But statistically, the cooking gap is growing, and globally, men are actually doing less cooking than they were even a few years ago. (Except in Italy.) npr.org/sections/health-shot…

Worldwide, women cook twice as much as men: One country bucks the trend

A new gallop survey finds the gender gap in home cooking has widened. Globally, women cook an average of 9 meals per week, compared to 4 meals for men. And some countries have bigger gaps than others.

npr.org
Luke Winkie@luke_winkieOct 18
I wrote a story about how basically every man I know in my station of life — millennial, in a long term relationship, in possession of a fake email job — does all the cooking in their relationship, which is something I have a lot of theories about.
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I have been arguing for a lot of caution about the hopium being smoked in Iowa. Not that I don't think change can't happen, just that elections are not run on vibes only, they are math. And the math is not great
State Navigate@StateNavigateOct 6
🚨NEW POLL🚨 IA SD-35 (Trump +21) Standard Weighting 🔵Zimmer 46% (incumbent) 🔴Stutting 43% 🔵Sand 47% 🔴Stutting 42% Weighting with 2024 Recall 🔴Stutting 47% 🔵Zimmer 45% (incumbent) 🔴Stutting 45% 🔵Sand 45% articles.statenavigate.com/i…

A Canary in the Cornfields: Is Polling Underestimating Iowa Republicans?

We polled the first district to flip to Democrats at the state legislative level during Trump’s second term. It may serve as a warning for polling accuracy in Iowa this year.

articles.statenavigate.com
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Here is a rundown of the math. If you want to flip a state you need to register new voters and GOTV. Can you do that with candidates that offer nothing new? patreon.com/LyzLenz/posts/ca…?

Can Iowa turn from red to blue? | Men Yell at Me

The national Democrats are spending a lot of money because they think they can flip Iowa. But can they? I am going to answer that question

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Just a little FYI from this same org
Kalshi Politics
@KalshiPoliticsSep 30
CNN: It looks like Rob Sand is going to be the first Democratic Governor in Iowa in 20 years Iowa Governor odds (March 29) 🟦 Rob Sand: 48% Odds today: 🟦 Rob Sand 83% (+35%)
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All the guys who are trying to "protect" women's sports can't even tell the difference between a team in Georgia and a team in Iowa.
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ohhhh he forgot women played sports xitter.cf/ArthurDelaneyHP/status…
Arthur Delaney 🇺🇸@ArthurDelaneyHPSep 29
Eric Schmitt not admitting he’s wrong, but maybe stepping down from accusing Jack Smith of perjury?
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Iowa Senate Polling 🟥 Emerson: Hinson +5 🟦 NPR/Marist: Turek +8 For context: Emerson was among the more accurate pollsters in Iowa in 2024 (Trump +10 in their final poll vs. Trump +13 actual).
InteractivePolls
@IAPolls2022Sep 22
IOWA POLL - Senate 🟦 Josh Turek: 50% 🟥 Ashley Hinson: 42% @maristpoll (A) | 9/17-20 | n=1,050 maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/…
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I was schooled based on my parents' ideals. And it took years to fill in those gaps. Some remain. I have mixed feelings about it. But I admire the courage to live for your principles. It's not a courage most people have.
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It reminds me of the line from LM Alcott's story, Transcendental Wild Oats: "To live for one's principles... is a dangerous speculation; and the failure of an ideal...is harder for the world to forgive and forget than bank robbery or the grand swindles of corrupt politicians."
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One of the more insidious right wing narratives—which has, tbh, been bought into by a lot of left populists who should know better—is the idea that labor consists of men and management consists of women.
Grace Panetta
@grace_panettaSep 18
“Most working women are nurses, food service workers, home care aides, and teachers, not marketing executives or even ‘HR ladies.’ Most women are not working particularly highly-paying, comfortable or cushy jobs at all, nor are they overwhelmingly taking over the jobs that men want.”
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Many important criticisms of her but i hate the lie that abortion is a social issue/neoliberal concern. Abortion bans disproportionately harm low income women. right now, the state denies care to large swaths of the country, entrapping women in poverty/domestic violence
Irami Osei-Frimpong
@IramiOFSep 3
Gloria Steinem got women to tie their gender identity to abortion and the aspiration of corporate success, rather than the low-wage work they were doing (and continue to do). She successfully got rich women and their daughters to throw working class women under a bus. We could have had a feminism that made sure that working women were unionized and paid. Instead, Steinem was paid to make sure your daughters wanted to be Sheryl Sandberg.
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Feminists are not more prone to mistakes and missteps than the leaders of other liberation struggles. Rather, their mistakes and missteps are given disproportionate attention, significance and publicity.
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In 2012, the NYT asked me to write about why the feminist movement never got another Gloria Steinem. I remember 2 things about this piece: a) the gorgeous Shepard Fairey illustration b) the last graf: “Only a diverse group can symbolize a movement,” she said. As for whether there should be another Gloria Steinem, she replied, “I don’t think there should have been a first one.” nytimes.com/2012/03/18/fashi…
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this is the only time I’ve cast a vote I didn’t regret
gab
@owndeceiverAug 31
Kelly Clarkson proving that she is the ONLY mainstream singer who can sing Golden on the original key live 😭

Golden - Kelly Clarkson

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The feminist movement that Steinem did much to mainstream and expand is in retreat, with women’s rights and status eroding conspicuously, and I’d like the usual suspects to consider this before they go on their ahistorical little rants about how she was a CIA stooge or whatever.
The New York Times
@nytimesSep 3
Breaking News: Gloria Steinem, the feminist crusader who galvanized the modern women’s movement, challenged sexist assumptions and fought for gender equality, has died at 92. nyti.ms/4gS9EkV

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

nytimes.com
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It’s easier for a 16yo to get married than it is for a 46yo to get a divorce
Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcoboothAug 17
I think most people would be surprised to learn how difficult it is to end a marriage in some states. For @voxdotcom I spoke with women who lived it, and with reformers who think this is the moment it could finally change. Gift link: vox.com/policy/499215/divorc…
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I wrote a whole book about this a.co/d/0barqWvK

This American Ex-Wife

Studies show that nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women—women who are tired, fed up, exhausted, and unhappy. We’ve all seen how the media portrays divorcées: sad, lonely, drowning...

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I'm not a politician, but I have had abuse tear apart my family. So, I have been there, and not for one second did I hesitate before calling out the person who did it.
nxthompson
@nxthompsonAug 4
After reading @AshleyRParker's terrific story about the terrible Miller-Moreno story, I have a lot of sympathy for this answer. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Second wave radicals like Shulamith Firestone and Ellen Willis knew they had to break off from the anti-war movement and start independent feminist groups when women tried to speak at an anti-Nixon protest, and men in the crowd yelled “Take her off the stage and fuck her.”
Liv@Liv_AgarJul 7
Heartbreaking hearing that the woman who Platner raped was hesitant to come forward because she agreed with his politics and didn’t want to damage The Movement. If you didn’t already realize, this sort of thing happens a lot more often than you hear about!
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all these hand-wringing pieces that pretend that it's been so hard having moral clarity about Platner, ignore the many, many pundits, and political operatives who have had moral clarity about him from the beginning, it's just no one wants to listen to women
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even women
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