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Period 30: A long overdue newsletter, must be my cycle-driven white matter microstructure changes
October 20, 2023
Phew, I’m back! I’m sure you missed me. I’m desperately trying to finish three chapters of the book simultaneously (which is a terrible idea by the way)...
Period 29: Join me in Chicago!
September 15, 2023
A few book-related things to get out of the way first My final book launch event is next Friday September 22nd at the amazing Women and Children First...
Period 28: The Tardis is my therapy
September 8, 2023
In the last two weeks, covid has hit our house twice (based on the timing of infection, my spouse got it while teaching and, while testing negative during...
Period 27 Miscarriages and heat
August 25, 2023
It’s the first week of classes, but not for me! I’m on teaching leave this year to focus both on some administrative work for the university and to write my...
Period 26: Journalists - stop saying that menstrual products are tested with saline and please do some reporting
August 18, 2023
Ok, sidebar newsletter. Share this one, please. Last week for the weird period fact I shared a recent paper that looked at menstrual product...
Period 25: Ultimate menstrual frisbee
August 11, 2023
I was on Taboo Science Podcast this week talking about PERIOD (which, by the way, if you’ve read it, would you consider leaving a rating or review on...
Period 24: the turning point at which these newsletters slowly turn into very long weird period facts
August 4, 2023
We’re finally home after a perhaps too-long vacation. It was good to see family, and if I could have stayed with my sister and her kids another month I...
Period 23: Getting insomnia just in time for this Cape Cod book event
July 28, 2023
I’m still on vacation but this week is the not-vacation vacation, meaning we put our youngest in camp so we could actually work during the day. My partner...
Period 22: 100 tampons and a discount code
July 14, 2023
I’ve been writing a lot for the last month… just not newsletters. I got about 35,000 words deep into my next book, which is on pregnancy loss. It turns out...
Period 21: Natural born killers
June 17, 2023
I was on Slate’s podcast The Waves this week – which was such a treat because I’m a big fan! Between being on The Waves and This Podcast Will Kill You I’ve...
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