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Mar 16, 2021

BMI, mortality, weight stigma, science… sigh

Hey all, I really enjoy Health Care Triage, a video series on health-related issues that often includes the phrase “To the research!” —…

BMI, mortality, weight stigma, science… sigh

Emily Nagoski

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Mar 11, 2020

how to survive a long-haul flight — 2020/coronovirus update

In 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…

BURNOUT paperback cover

Emily Nagoski

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Jan 6, 2020

dreaming and nightmares: a little science for exhausted feminists

Sleep. It’s important. So important, we made an entire podcast episode about it, and that episode is the second longest we’ve recorded…

Emily Nagoski

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Jan 6, 2020

10 Tips to Fall Asleep (or Back Asleep)

Sleep is important.

Emily Nagoski

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Apr 7, 2019

Why (and How to) Be Beautiful — tl;dr: smash the patriarchy

Today 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…

Why (and How to) Be Beautiful — tl;dr: smash the patriarchy

Emily Nagoski

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Sep 25, 2018

what to do when someone tells you they were sexually assaulted

With #metoo and #believesurvivors amplifying the conversation around sexual violence, more and more survivors are talking about what…

what to do when someone tells you they were sexually assaulted

Emily Nagoski

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Sep 11, 2018

how to survive the midterms

I’ve spent the last three years researching and writing a book called Burnout. My goal was to help women who feel overwhelmed and exhausted…

Emily Nagoski

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Sep 7, 2018

Girl? Let’s Talk about Your Beautiful Face

Of course I read Girl, Wash Your Face, the massively bestselling self-help book for women. I’ve spent the last three years writing a…

Girl? Let’s Talk about Your Beautiful Face

Emily Nagoski

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Aug 16, 2018

four books that are the opposite of 2018

Do 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…

four books that are the opposite of 2018

Emily Nagoski

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May 5, 2018

I’m sorry you’re lonely but it’s not my job to help you: the science of incels

Moira Donegan’s piece in Cosmopolitan (yes, COSMO) succinctly captures the nauseated disbelief and righteous refusal with which women…

I’m sorry you’re lonely but it’s not my job to help you: the science of incels

Emily Nagoski

Emily Nagoski

sex educator, author, researcher, and activist. also: nerd. http://go.ted.com/emilynagoski and @emilynagoski

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