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Feb 18, 20214 min read

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...

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Feb 7, 20214 min read

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...

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Feb 3, 20213 min read

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...

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Jan 30, 20213 min read

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...

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Jan 27, 20215 min read

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....

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Jan 24, 20215 min read

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...

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Jan 19, 20211 min read

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....

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Jan 19, 20212 min read

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...

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Jan 16, 20212 min read

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...

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Jan 9, 20215 min read

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...

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Dec 26, 20206 min read

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...

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Dec 19, 20203 min read

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...

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Dec 14, 20203 min read

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...

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Dec 9, 20204 min read

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...

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Nov 26, 20203 min read

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...

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Nov 21, 20203 min read

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 ...

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Nov 15, 20204 min read

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...

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Nov 5, 20202 min read

Complaint about Comments from Sen. Anderson (ya, another one...)

The last time Minerals met and Sen. Anderson took the chairman's gavel, we had to submit a complaint. Folks, here we are again. Casual...

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Nov 3, 20204 min read

Election Day Quarantine Kit

Raise your hand if you slept through the night! Yeah, we didn't think so. 2020 has been a miracle of time: Both lightning fast and...

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Oct 29, 20204 min read

How Long Do We Have to Keep Talking About This?

Does that title sound world weary? It might be. A little. Sorry about that. But, for reals, how long do we have to keep talking about...

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