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Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King is a writer, feminist, and cat mom based in Chicago, IL. You can follow her on Twitter @ekingc and read more of her work at www.elizabethcking.com.

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7 puns that make sense in more than one language

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U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) speaks during a rally at Howard University May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Sunrise Movement held an event for the final stop of the "Road to a Green New Deal" tour to "explore what the pain of the climate crisis looks like in D.C. and for the country and what the promise of the Green New Deal means." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How supporters of the Green New Deal are showing up for workers

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Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

I don’t care if no one approves: I’m a leftist feminist and I’m not voting for Clinton, Sanders or anyone in 2016

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Bernie Sanders (AP/John Minchillo)

Sanders might be our best candidate, but don’t buy into his masterful pandering about starting a political revolution

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My high school boyfriend is marrying a man; that doesn’t mean our intimacy wasn’t real

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