BMI, mortality, weight stigma, science… sighHey all, I really enjoy Health Care Triage, a video series on health-related issues that often includes the phrase “To the research!” —…Mar 16, 20215Mar 16, 20215
how to survive a long-haul flight — 2020/coronovirus updateIn 2018 I wrote this summary of what I learned from watching several dozen “what I take on a flight” videos on YouTube. Mostly what people…Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020
dreaming and nightmares: a little science for exhausted feministsSleep. It’s important. So important, we made an entire podcast episode about it, and that episode is the second longest we’ve recorded…Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020
Why (and How to) Be Beautiful — tl;dr: smash the patriarchyToday I read an op-ed piece in the New York Times by writer Megan Nolan, titled, “Why Do We All Have to Be Beautiful?” with the subtitle…Apr 7, 20193Apr 7, 20193
what to do when someone tells you they were sexually assaultedWith #metoo and #believesurvivors amplifying the conversation around sexual violence, more and more survivors are talking about what…Sep 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018
how to survive the midtermsI’ve spent the last three years researching and writing a book called Burnout. My goal was to help women who feel overwhelmed and exhausted…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
Girl? Let’s Talk about Your Beautiful FaceOf course I read Girl, Wash Your Face, the massively bestselling self-help book for women. I’ve spent the last three years writing a…Sep 7, 20182Sep 7, 20182
four books that are the opposite of 2018Do you, like me, need a way to spend your time that isn’t merely avoidance of the horrorshow that is 2018, but actively counteracts its ill…Aug 16, 2018Aug 16, 2018
I’m sorry you’re lonely but it’s not my job to help you: the science of incelsMoira Donegan’s piece in Cosmopolitan (*yes*, COSMO) succinctly captures the nauseated disbelief and righteous refusal with which women…May 5, 201887May 5, 201887
