Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics. Among her noteworthy findings is that the birth control pill approved by FDA in 1960 led to increased college enrollment among women.
washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…

The president of the most powerful conservative legal group in the country says banning birth control is at the top of his wishlist:

“We are on a winning trajectory...It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake.”

newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

and he's vaccinated to boot

threads.net/@clare_oc 👋

maybe, just maybe, if the conclusion is that they’re safe, the headline could be a declarative statement rather than a question

IDK If You Saw, But They Cookin You in the QTs: A case study of the erosion of white gatekeeping in academia and the subsequent meltdown.

Loudly sobbing in a crowded cafe.

The sheer amount of transphobes dismissing their siding with Literal Nazis as unimportant or some sort of trans scam is beyond ridiculous. Fuck them all.

People who say 'there wasn't all this debate about trans people five years ago' are SO CLOSE to understanding what 'moral panic' means. SO SO close!

Maybe it *is* time to rebrand these as “blood oreos.” 🧐

I could be milliseconds from being hit by a bus in the street and my reaction would be nowhere near as dramatic as it is when I drop an AirPod.

Clicked ~not~ expecting a story I wrote way back on the enigmatic (former) bangle billionaire Carolyn Rafaelian to be linked, but here we are! An interesting pairing, Jane and Carolyn.

For my first piece in Slate, I reported on the rise and fall of every nineties girl's favorite bath time accessory–– the bath oil bead. Thanks to my editor Isabelle Kohn, CSE for giving me the space to write about this vital subject. slate.com/human-interest…

Idk how to explain it but the best romcoms of all time always have a female lead who is acting like this

With exploding technology and increased worker productivity, it’s time to move toward a four-day work week with no loss of pay. Workers must benefit from technology, not just corporate CEOs.
washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

I know I’d never get sucked into a cult because I loooove telling people no and not leaving my house