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We take an unabashed look at the issues our readers are really talking about. And like our readers, DAME is smart, quick-witted, opinionated and unapologetic. Recalling the golden age of women’s magazines, DAME boasts an enviable roster of some of the best voices of our time. Authoritative, seasoned writers breaking stories; crafting eloquent, moving essays; offering expert advice; and weighing in

on the conversations of the moment with their unique takes on relationships, gender politics, s*x, entertainment, the arts, business, politics, Internet culture, health and everything in-between.

15/07/2025

The benefit of the doubt given to Trump and his administration, and the relentless skepticism directed at his critics, is glaring. He and his people are spoken of euphemistically: “racially charged rhetoric,” when he says racist things, or a “combative tone,” when he’s being verbally abusive.

Meanwhile, patently true statements — that he is violating federal law and engaging in discrimination against entire groups of Americans — are qualified and softened.

The more outlandish and dangerous his claims, the more determined it seems the press is to normalize the occupant of the Oval Office.

The more outlandish and dangerous his claims, the more determined is the press to normalize the increasingly delusional occupant of the Oval Office.

10/07/2025

Who Will Deliver Our Babies?

The recent GOP
budget bill cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid over 10 years. This isn't just policy—it's personal.
Here's why this matters for EVERY family:

🚼 Medicaid covers 40%+ of births nationwide
🏥 Hospitals lose thousands per delivery compared to private insurance
👶L&D units must stay staffed 24/7 but only get paid per birth
‼️1 in 25 obstetric units closed just between 2021-2022

The result? Over 1 in 3 US counties are now "maternity care deserts"—no obstetric care available at all.

As one expert noted: "It's shocking that more than half of all U.S. counties don't even have a hospital that provides any obstetric care at all."

We're becoming like rural sub-Saharan Africa in terms of distances people must travel for basic childbirth care.

Twenty years ago, in the midst of a multi-day labor with my son, I asked the labor and delivery (L&D) nurse when I might expect to finally deliver. She smiled, squeezed my hand in between contractions, and told me, “The baby will come when he is ready to. These things don’t happen on a schedule!...

08/07/2025

With the recent measles outbreaks, the U.S. is experiencing the devastating impact of "alternative facts," which will only worsen under RFK Jr's MAHA campaign.

But there are ways to successfully debunk medical misinformation.

A few weeks ago, a friend posted the first photos of her newborn daughter on social media. Amid the oohs and aahs (and the inevitable posting of different connections’ birth horror stories), one of comments, from the new mother’s aunt, jumped out at me. “What a gorgeous little girl! Keep her t...

26/06/2025

A new lawsuit reveals that 9,000 foster children in Tennessee are being "warehoused" in jail-like conditions without basic necessities. But this isn't just a Tennessee problem—it's happening across America.

Here's what most people don't know:

🏠 Housing problems are one of the TOP reasons children are taken from families
👶 Kids as young as 7 are sleeping on office floors in child welfare agencies
🔒 Some foster children are literally housed in jails when other placements aren't available
📊 Half of America's homeless adults were once foster children

The system meant to protect vulnerable children is actually creating a pipeline to homelessness.

But there are actually hopeful solutions.

Read the full story here:

On May 19, 2025, a class of up to 9,000 foster children sued the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services in a bombshell federal lawsuit. They alleged that the child welfare agency “warehouses children” who aren’t in permanent homes. They are placed in stopgap institutions — reminiscent...

19/06/2025

With abortion becoming increasingly inaccessible, more people are discussing seeking a form of permanent birth control because they fear getting pregnant against their will.

On a Reddit forum dedicated to discussing forms of permanent birth control, more than 17,000 users from across the U.S. post daily to learn more about what options are available to them, who they can trust, and how to navigate medical systems that often disregard their autonomy.

Surgical procedures are increasingly the the only viable way of taking control over bodily autonomy — of making sure bodies cannot be forced into an unwanted pregnancy by a ra**st or their government.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Justice Samuel Alito asserted that the pro-choice arguments that had upheld Roe for nearly half a century were “damaging” and “wrong.” He wrote that “the contending sides ... make impassioned and conflicting arguments about the effects of the aborti...

11/06/2025

On Saturday evening, Donald Trump announced that he was deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. He did so using a rarely used law that allows the president to take control of a National Guard if there is a “a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”

This is a calculated attempt by the Trump administration to provoke a conflict. They hope to show cities in chaos in order to justify accelerating “deportations.

This is an incredibly worrying step in the country’s march toward authoritarianism. The U.S. has a long, dark history of deploying troops to attack protestors that dates back to the 19th century. Can we learn how to fight back from the past.

29/05/2025

Trump’s policies are driven not only by his innumerable grievances, but by his notion that the U.S. is weak and his particular brand of fascism makes him appear strong.

He believes that any kind of international alliance or cooperation is really a sign of weakness: Power is when other countries supplicate themselves, not when they work together.

Trump wants quick and easy victories, and when he fails to nail them down, he declares he’s won anyway, no matter how bad the deal is.

But the truth is, Trump’s preoccupation with projecting strength makes him relatively easy to beat in any diplomatic context.

Today we look at the disastrous foreign policy from this administration in the context of history.

Donald Trump has managed to upend the foreign policy consensus that has existed for the last 80 years in the United States. Decades-old alliances are on the verge of collapse. Trump is making erratic claims that he will create a resort in Gaza after ethnically cleansing the Palestinians. The country...

27/05/2025

Trump's head of Health and Human Services, a disseminator of misinformation, believes autism is "catastrophic for our country."

His assertions should frighten us all.

When viewed through the lens of Trump and his administration's natalism, RFK Jr.’s plans come into focus: It’s all about eugenics. Something the United States has a long history of.

During his first major speech since inauguration back in early March, President Trump attacked autistic people, providing a mishmash of incorrect statistics to forward his stated goal to “get toxins out of our environment” in order to decrease autism diagnoses. He appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

22/05/2025

🚨 MEDICAID ALERT: 46 states now cover doula care through Medicaid - care that reduces C-sections, saves lives, and improves outcomes for the families who need it most.

But potential Medicaid cuts in the Trump/GOP's Big, Ugly Bill could roll back these hard-won benefits. States might reduce reimbursement rates, limit appointments, or scrap pilot programs entirely if federal funding is gutted.

This isn't just about birth support - it's about whether we're serious about addressing our maternal health crisis. Black women are the only group whose maternal mortality rates didn't improve in 2024. Doula care is one evidence-based solution that's finally becoming accessible.

Medicaid pays for 40% of US births. When we cut Medicaid, we're cutting support for the families who need it most.

When Marie Holmes was pregnant with her daughter in 2014, she knew she wanted a doula to support her during her labor. It wasn’t easy to swing it—money was tight because Holmes, a New York City public school teacher at the time, would have to go on unpaid leave after her daughter’s birth. But ...

20/05/2025

The term "stagflation" is making a comeback, and it's not just economic jargon—it's about to impact your wallet. When growth stalls while prices AND unemployment rise, it's signs of a economy in trouble.

The 1970s are back and not in a good music way.

Trump’s tariffs are bringing a dreaded trio of economic forces to bear. Here’s how to survive the squeeze.

08/05/2025

None of these “deportations” should be happening.

And these aren’t even deportations; they're a violent form of exile. People are being snatched and sent to places rife with violence, torture and s*xual abuse.

The United States, under Trump, is building a series of concentration camps and gulags overseas.

Dachau opened almost immediately after Hi**er came to power and began with imprisoning “criminals”—communists and social democrats. Sound familiar?

24/04/2025

Trump let unelected billionaire Elon Musk gut the federal government. With DOGE nefariously mining and deleting data, Americans are hitting back, dumping Tesla—the car and the stock. And it seems to be making an impact.

So, today we're taking a deep dive into boycotts.

American voters got more than they bargained for when they elected Donald Trump for another go-round in the Oval Office. Trump deputized his sieg-heiling benefactor, Elon Musk, to become his “governing partner” without anyone’s consent. But Musk got his money’s worth after donating $200 mill...

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