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Monica Hesse

Columnist: Washington Post. Writes about gender and society. Author: THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE, a historical mystery, due in May 2024: https://t.co/qKdvRF4RFV

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  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shows the fallacy of ‘doing your own research’ (washingtonpost.com) Robert F.

  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse

    What Trump doesn’t know about the cost of raising kids (washingtonpost.com) What Trump doesn’t know about the cost of raising kids By Monica Hesse 2025043011153700 Until I reached a kid-having age, I might have guessed that the priciest child-related expense was diapers.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse

    Scroll through Trump’s new covid website — and have your mind blown (washingtonpost.com) Scroll through Trump’s new covid website — and have your mind blown By Monica Hesse 2025042311150000 A new website launched last week, covid.gov, and even though an editor once told me that writers should never instruct readers to "drop everything and look at this," because then readers might never return to their articles, I must now ask you to drop everything and go look at this, and I will wait for...

  • 3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Monica Hesse

    ForeigndispatchWhen I moved from the Corn Belt to the US east coast for college two decades ago, I started meeting people who introduced themselves by saying they went to school “in Cambridge” or “in the Boston area”. The first time it happened, I assumed their college was so rinky-dink they were sparing me the embarrassment of admitting I had never heard of it.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse

    Harvard’s fight song (washingtonpost.com) Harvard’s fight song By Monica Hesse 2025042011002300 When I moved from the Corn Belt to the East Coast for college two decades ago, I started meeting people who introduced themselves by saying they went to school "in Cambridge" or "in the Boston area." The first time it happened, I assumed their college was so rinky-dink that they were sparing me the embarrassment of admitting that I had never heard of it.

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Monica Hesse @MonicaHesse
4 Nov 24

RT @ron_fournier: “The first woman to hold an executive office in the United States was brought to you courtesy of angry, resentful men who…

Monica Hesse
Monica Hesse @MonicaHesse
25 Oct 24

RT @PostGuild: A statement from Post Guild leadership on the Washington Post's decision to not endorse a presidential candidate https://t.c…

Monica Hesse
Monica Hesse @MonicaHesse
7 Aug 24

Well done, America. Whatever anyone else might say about us, 97 percent of us can look at a random amalgamation of letters and say, “Fart.” #spellingbee https://t.co/K0bV1mghpD