D.L. Lee
@dlleeauthor.bsky.social
Author of the novel SISTERLY LOVE |https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5PP9D6D | Concerned about the wellbeing of women and girls.
“As a nation, the US has outgrown the status quo in which women are viewed as small men or big children in health research. To confront the crisis of chronic disease, women cannot remain sidelined in this nation’s health research agenda.”
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Bikini Medicine
Women’s health was once considered a crucial component of medicine in the US. Now, in America’s health research agenda, gynecology is sidelined.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“As a nation, the US has outgrown the status quo in which women are viewed as small men or big children in health research. To confront the crisis of chronic disease, women cannot remain sidelined in this nation’s health research agenda.”
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the thinking goes: If women do not help other women, why should anyone else? open.substack.com/pub/dlleeaut...
The Queen Bee Phenomenon
A survival strategy? Or a patriarchal tactic to entrench inequality?
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August 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
the thinking goes: If women do not help other women, why should anyone else? open.substack.com/pub/dlleeaut...
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” Schwartz added. “It keeps me up at night.”
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Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” Schwartz added. “It keeps me up at night.”
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@invisible.institute and ProPublica reviewed more than 300 sexual assault and misconduct complaints that were filed over the past decade against Chicago police officers.
But experts say that’s likely an undercount. We need your help to understand the scope and scale of this issue 👇
But experts say that’s likely an undercount. We need your help to understand the scope and scale of this issue 👇
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on…
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May 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@invisible.institute and ProPublica reviewed more than 300 sexual assault and misconduct complaints that were filed over the past decade against Chicago police officers.
But experts say that’s likely an undercount. We need your help to understand the scope and scale of this issue 👇
But experts say that’s likely an undercount. We need your help to understand the scope and scale of this issue 👇
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Our reporters will continue reporting on the fallout. If you have information, reach out to Brett Murphy on Signal at 508-523-5195 and @annamaria.bsky.social at 408-504-8131.
Our reporters will continue reporting on the fallout. If you have information, reach out to Brett Murphy on Signal at 508-523-5195 and @annamaria.bsky.social at 408-504-8131.
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
www.propublica.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
12/ Read the full story below.
Our reporters will continue reporting on the fallout. If you have information, reach out to Brett Murphy on Signal at 508-523-5195 and @annamaria.bsky.social at 408-504-8131.
Our reporters will continue reporting on the fallout. If you have information, reach out to Brett Murphy on Signal at 508-523-5195 and @annamaria.bsky.social at 408-504-8131.
Too true.
I suppose the findings are not surprising if disappointing.
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Too true.
@maddow.msnbc.com road runner? Wasn't it coyote that went over the cliff?
February 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com road runner? Wasn't it coyote that went over the cliff?
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NEW: Illinois aimed to build a network of panels to review domestic violence-related killings.
But in four years, only seven of the state’s 102 counties have agreed to join local review teams, even as domestic violence deaths continue to increase.
But in four years, only seven of the state’s 102 counties have agreed to join local review teams, even as domestic violence deaths continue to increase.
Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities
Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and…
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February 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Illinois aimed to build a network of panels to review domestic violence-related killings.
But in four years, only seven of the state’s 102 counties have agreed to join local review teams, even as domestic violence deaths continue to increase.
But in four years, only seven of the state’s 102 counties have agreed to join local review teams, even as domestic violence deaths continue to increase.
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More than 1,000 musicians — including Hans Zimmer, Billy Ocean and Kate Bush — released a lyric-less album on Tuesday to protest the British government’s proposal to expand the ways that developers can use copyright-protected works to train A.I. models.
Their Album Is Wordless. Will Their Protest Against A.I. Resound?
Musicians including Kate Bush and Billy Ocean released a “silent record” in outrage at a proposed change to British copyright law.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
More than 1,000 musicians — including Hans Zimmer, Billy Ocean and Kate Bush — released a lyric-less album on Tuesday to protest the British government’s proposal to expand the ways that developers can use copyright-protected works to train A.I. models.
'bout time we gave god the heave ho!
The U.S. has become much less Christian, driven in large part by Gen Z and younger Millennials, according to a new Pew study.
America's Christian identity is fading
Less than half of Americans under 30 identify as Christian, Pew study reveals.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
'bout time we gave god the heave ho!
This is disgraceful!
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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is disgraceful!
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Before you shame a woman for using a surrogate please consider that all men use them and nobody says shit.
February 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Before you shame a woman for using a surrogate please consider that all men use them and nobody says shit.
“Restrictions on abortion are rooted in and perpetuate misogynistic ideas about women’s subservient role in biological and social reproduction,”
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Human Rights Vs Women’s Rights
How international human rights law is putting profound moral views ahead of women’s access to healthcare.
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January 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Restrictions on abortion are rooted in and perpetuate misogynistic ideas about women’s subservient role in biological and social reproduction,”
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In the words of a very brave woman.
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The First Sermon
The parts you probably didn't hear
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January 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In the words of a very brave woman.
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The desire by a woman to be cared for and protected by a man is known as the Cinderella Complex.
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The Cinderella Complex
How women become addicted to dependence, stay in abusive relationships, and give up their careers.
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January 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The desire by a woman to be cared for and protected by a man is known as the Cinderella Complex.
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