The effort to add a citizenship question to the decennial census is back. This is troubling on many levels, not the least of which is that it would exclude noncitizens from the apportionment count. Tell your elected officials to vote no using this form: p2a.co/ofBjT36

There's a relationship between religious affiliation and how women experience menopause. Who knew?
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Women 50+ believe that sexual health represents a component of aging well but shaped by conflicting societal expectations. In clinical settings, sexual health discussions were often framed from a disease-focused lens. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38682301

People reporting high levels of loneliness in adolescence, and those who experience increasing loneliness over the life course, are more likely to endorse conspiracy worldviews in midlife.
nature.com/articles/s4146…

'I was left feeling like the mistake wasn’t getting divorced, but marrying in the first place.'
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

A friends with benefits relationship does not endure for long, but in various personal circumstances can be an optimal relationship.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-the…

Recent research and memoirs have a message: Ending bad marriages can dramatically improve women’s mental and even physical health.
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/w…

Despite the impact that social connection has on our well-being, research on adult friendships is scant, and even harder to come by when considering friendships between men and women. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Laws haven’t caught up with the many ways people are choosing to arrange their romantic lives outside of “traditional” marriage so it’s essential that each of us is aware how current laws might impact our romantic decisions—especially if you’re a woman. medium.com/crows-feet/whe…

It’s time to change those outdated sexist and ageist narratives, and it starts with you.
wendyvalentine.com/vicki/

It isn't a privilege to be married; marriage is privileged by the government. People should not be privileged for a romantic/sexual decision.
angelusnews.com/news/nation/ge…

Young women see marriage as a patriarchal arrangement that takes power away from them.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/persona…

Despite variations across cultures, the common thread of women as primary caregivers underscores the need for recognition and support to alleviate the burden placed on them by societal expectations.
theconversation.com/women-caregive…

Are your parents considering a gray divorce? Here's some advice on how to talk to them about it.
thestar.com/news/canada/yo…

In some cases a divorced woman can be penalized — even if she doesn’t marry or live with a new romantic partner.
medium.com/crows-feet/whe…

I got in trouble for writing a pro-union column for the paper I worked at for 19 award-winning years. So I quit. It was something like this.
kqed.org/perspectives/2…

⚠️Bad signal—CDC confirming—“cats having neurologic symptoms, rapid decline, and death” from H5N1 #birdflu . 3 more cases in cats 🐈 on dairy farms… now 6 total. ➡️The prior 3 bird flu positive cats? All dead now. Likely more. This is mammalian adaptation.
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'There's a lot of pressure on young women. Being a stay-at-home girlfriend or tradwife is an excuse to step back and do less.'
cnbc.com/amp/2024/04/24…

'In both its formula for continued youth and its contempt for elderly people, the anti-age movement, like its late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century counterparts, tends to demean and marginalize the very process of growing old.' link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…