MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The far-right fantasy of women in pain

You asked, and we're bringing back our briefings. Today: Why Trump wants to make pregnancy debilitating again, Judith Butler on beating fascism, and guitarist Mary Halvorson at the outer limits

Hey, folks. Many of you will remember the experiment we did some time ago, offering you regular short briefings. You asked, and we’re bringing them back, with some tweaks. The idea behind them is to boil a complex world down to a few essentials (a newsy item, a step-back reflection, and a diversion) and help you make sense of things, while feeling less …