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Period 50: Book launch and my latest at PUP Ideas
September 3, 2026
Three quick announcements today! Are you local to me (or local-ish?)? Come to my book launch next Wednesday 9/9 at 6pm at the University YMCA in Champaign,...
Period 49: Perimenopause reporting (and grifting) can kiss my hot flashing butt
September 1, 2026
(QUICK ASIDE: MY BOOK IS OUT!!! BUY IT HERE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS GOING TO NEED LOTS OF HAND SELLING FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND IT’S AN...
Period 48: Hope and grace and pub day and Dolly
August 27, 2026
For Dolly
Period 47: Why I’ll never stop talking about Norma
July 8, 2026
As I continue to educate myself on hormonal contraception, I see a trend: plenty of smaller studies showing that hormonal contraception carries mood-related...
Period 46: Political interference in academic research
July 2, 2026
If you’re at all plugged in to science, or academia, you likely know about the OMB proposed changes. If you don’t, let me share directly from the literature...
Period 45: Adolescence and the organizing influences of sex steroid hormones
June 15, 2026
A young kid's brain on hormonal contraception....
Period 44: Setting aside time
June 11, 2026
Critical science is the investment we need
Writing under the influence
May 19, 2026
I am writing this post about seventy five percent recovered from the strongest old fashioned cocktail of my life. I am two days into a three day narration...
Period 42: Being a professor in these times
May 13, 2026
Today I’m sharing some comments I gave as a panelist for my local AAUP chapter at an event last week. This event was on the weaponization of Title VI. Title...
Period 41: Remember blogs?
May 4, 2026
She returns!
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