Aug 04, 2022

Nobody Told Me How Lonely Perimenopause Would Feel

“It’s really hard to explain mood swings, low sex drive, and hormones that play ping pong inside your body to anyone that isn’t going through it. But trying to get your partner and kids to understand why you feel like you are going to lose it at any moment is especially difficult,” writes Diana Park today, in a really honest piece about how isolating perimenopause can feel. So who does get it? Read to find out.

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

TOOT SWEET?

Get A Whiff Of This — A New Device Lets You Bottle Your Baby’s Farts For Sentimental Safekeeping

It’s the ultimate in silly, unnecessary things you can’t resist adding to your cart. Well played, Frida Baby. Well played. Read More

PROTECT YOUR KIDS

Only 45% Of Children Are Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Headed Into The School Year

Less than half of children and teens are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and only a tenth have been boosted. Read More

A COLORFUL QUERY

Why Are All Gray Hair Shampoos Purple? Inquiring Minds (& Hairs) Need To Know

What does “brassy” even mean? And why can’t going gray mean less work, not more? And is all this stuff just made up to sell us things we don’t need? Read More

JUST ME

Learning About My Neurodivergence Was A Gift

“I was freed. I was less tired. It went from a whisper of ‘I’m different’ packaged in shame, a massive cloud of confusion lingering overhead year after year, to a proud declaration: ‘I’m autistic,’” writes Meg Raby in this thought-provoking piece about what it meant to her when she learned she was autistic. Read it — and see how it impacts your perspective on things like screening.

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