Christine Grimaldi (she/her)

Okay it’s official I can do an unassisted pull up. I’m your god and your ruler now.

a red circle around an indecipherable handwritten name

Are you an amateur or professional handwriting analyst, genealogists, or calligrapher? Can you decipher the signature? “Rellifame” is my best guess and makes NO sense. With eternal gratitude:

ending your resignation letter with “you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl” should be considered an actionable true threat.

YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy The Olivia Nuzzi Scandal Exposed Who the Real Villain Is (ft. Marisa Kabas)

So far this is the most successful youtube episode since the view-pocolypse on the platform in mid August.

The Olivia Nuzzi Scandal Exposed Who the Real Villain Is (ft. Marisa Kabas)
youtu.be/ALbBUTHrAQE

THIS.

THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.

Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.

Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

How fitting that this comes the week Olivia Nuzzi's book comes out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose

Queue this up now for your drive home. It's available wherever you listen to podcasts!

Start your day off right with this incredible listen! (P.S. here at The Flytrap we promise to do...basically none of the things Olivia Nuzzi did.)

Excited for this! Last episode we had a total of 80+ people stop by with a bunch of consistent chatters. I'll be in chat, and Christine is going to try hard to make it for this also.

We can all watch and react to this episode together!
bsky.app/profile/canc...

Many people are saying...

Marisa brings up a point here that I’d not really thought about: her book was supposed to be her AND Lizza’s book. We don’t know the terms of the advance retention (and may never), but it’s not hard to imagine, given the club nature of these a-holes, his little blogs are meant to juice her somehow

Out now! We had a really fun chat with @marisakabas.bsky.social about Nuzzi, Lizza, Olbermann and the whole rotten corps of people around this cursed scandal!

How to do it all | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon

It’s the holidays and the end of the year and a lot of people (women) are asking, how does she do it all? Answer: she doesn’t www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

Excellent read!

Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE Until last year, Congress required reports on the pregnant, postpartum or nursing women in ICE custody, including ‘detailed justification’ for their detention. This requirement no longer exists, Kelly...

All of this is horrific, but it should be said that women in jails and prisons in every state are routinely denied care, incarcerated while pregnant, give birth in their jail cell etc.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

and who maybe got eric adams indicted ew.com/sabrina-carp...

more like Keith Older Man

Sweet Potato or Pumpkin? The Thanksgiving Pie Debate Which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from.

The stereotypes boil down to this: Pumpkin pie is favored by white northerners while sweet potato pie is a favorite among Black southerners. But for culinary historian and author Michael W. Twitty, the issue is more nuanced.

The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.

The Post’s live event blog also includes unverified speculation by LibsofTikTok and Tim Pool if you’re wondering how the paper that broke Watergate is handling a high-profile shooting in the city it ostensibly covers.

What progressives won’t say about abortion The sanitised narrative ignores ethical truths

Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.

This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.

I really enjoyed getting into the weeds with Kate and Christine on what this month’s elections means (and doesn’t mean) for the future of transphobic political ads

Here's the link for it!! bsky.app/profile/canc...

I hope you all can make it! The episode tomorrow is titled "The Death of the Anti-Trans Ad: Why Democrats’ 2025 Wins Changed Everything" with our guest @laurelpowell.net!

It is Tuesday, which means I am devoting a few hours to this project. I will be doing so on Tuesdays for the foreseeable future, so if you published stories in Bitch Media and want to consider having them republished, please get in touch! You can also drop your email below and I will reach out. 💜

sexism upsets me for many reasons but one of them is that no one ever asks me to back them up in a brawl but I’d be so good at it

If you liked my piece today, sign up to my newsletter (or become a free sub on Patreon) so you can be notified of future newsletters.

If you liked it a lot, consider becoming a paid member on my Patreon. patreon.com/katelynburns

“literary mid-off”

Perfection.