Danielle Campoamor
freelance journalist
Danielle Campoamor is a freelance journalist who has been published in Teen Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, CNN Opinion, Playboy, Newsweek, BuzzFeed and Marie Claire, among others.
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Chappell Roan is right. Raising kids in this country can be hell.
We’re sleep deprived and dead-eyed because raising another human being is hard but also because ours is a country that only pays lip service to mothers.
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RFK Jr., measles and the mom math I shouldn’t have to be doing again
We survived the nightmare of watching our son battle RSV in the pediatric ICU. It never occurred to us that we’d later have to worry about measles with our daughter.
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Pete Hegseth’s confirmation is another painful reminder for American women
Hegseth has tended to blame “left-wing media” for turning him into a victim of a “smear campaign” orchestrated by “anonymous sources.”
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Matt Gaetz declined Trump’s Cabinet pick. That doesn’t fix a major problem.
To be surprised at any of Trump’s controversial picks feels painfully naive.
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How abortion bans overcomplicate the lives of pregnant mothers like me
I knew moving to a rural South Dakota town with a high risk pregnancy would be complicated. But no one could have prepared me for all the challenges.
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JD Vance’s debate performance was a masterclass on how to gaslight women
Vance admits Republicans have a problem when it comes to women’s trust. That doesn’t mean he has a plan.
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American women don’t need a ‘protector’ — especially not one like Trump
Yes, many women are scared and tired and worried about their futures. Trump will not be the one to save them.
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The horrific France rape case exposes a disheartening truth about accountability
The disturbing allegations seem endless, yet there is one in particular that nearly every woman I’ve seen post about this atrocious case cannot shake.
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The most powerful moment of the DNC so far was also the most sickening
I am forever grateful to Amanda Zurawski, Kaitlyn Joshua and Hadley Duvall. But I also look forward to the day when I never have to hear another story like theirs told publicly again.
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I don’t live in Minnesota. But thanks to Tim Walz, my life-saving OB-GYN does.
Why I will make the choice, over and over again during my high-risk pregnancy, to cross state lines and ensure prenatal care that could legally include an abortion.