Pantsuit Politics

Y’all, we are back on vaccines, and I want to be honest with you about why this one is personal for me. I put one of my kids on an alternate vaccine schedule. It took me years and a whole lot of humility to come back from it, so when this administration talks about putting parents in the driver’s seat, I understand exactly who they are talking to and exactly how good it feels...

Hello, every feed and text thread and Instagram account is all Dolly Parton all the time, and we’re here to share our thoughts on the passing of an American icon.

We discuss:

how Dolly Parton went from prolific country star to cultural institution

her business acumen

her experience living a full spectrum of socio-economic experiences

her roo...

Good morning, y’all. It’s Tuesday, August 25th — we double-checked, we’re sure, we got it. Beth signed a syllabus yesterday and dated it 2024, so honestly, grade us on a curve.

I used to work with someone who drove me crazy. The best way I could describe her was by saying that she moved things from her inbox to her outbox: everything was either above or below her pay grade.

I kept thinking about that during this conversation, as Sarah and I talked about the right-wing media’s reaction to left-wing conversation about Natalie Harp. There’s a sp...

Some housekeeping to start: if you’ve noticed the first minute or two of the show going missing, that’s a Substack setting that automatically trims the “how was your weekend” warm-up — now switched off, thanks to the Substack team (thank you to our heroes, Cara, Bailey, and Cora!). And the bigger news: after taking suggestions, the show has an official …