Cindi Leive

3 weeks ago | wearethemeteor.com | Cindi Leive

By Cindi LeiveOne of the many developments of the last decade—along with the rise of AI, Trumpism and tradwives—is the vast and varied world known as “wellness,” which includes everything from that meditation app on your phone to billion-dollar biohacking. Journalist Amy Larocca has spent seven years making sense of it all, and her book, How to Be Well: Navigating our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time, is out today.

Jan 24, 2025 | glamour.com | Cindi Leive

The first time I really sat down with Cecile Richards, it was early in her tenure at Planned Parenthood, at a big round breakfast table in a midtown Manhattan restaurant. I’d been told she was new to New York—though not, of course, new to the spotlight, as a longtime labor organizer and the daughter of iconic Texas governor Ann Richards—and didn’t know that many women in media. Would I arrange a few editors to come meet her? I did, and by the time our plates were cleared, had two thoughts: 1.

Jan 14, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Cindi Leive

Share In 2021, the Smithsonian acquired something called the Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit for Sexual Assault Examination. It was a 10-by-6-inch cardboard container filled mostly with items you could buy at any pharmacy, but for millions of American women, the “rape kit,” as this 1970s invention is now known, was a revolution in a box.Oh, and one important detail: The Chicago police sergeant Louis Vitullo didn’t invent the kit that initially bore his name.

Jan 14, 2025 | nytimes.com | Cindi Leive

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE RAPE KIT: A True Crime Story, by Pagan KennedyIn 2021, the Smithsonian acquired something called the Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit for Sexual Assault Examination. It was a 10-by-6-inch cardboard container filled mostly with items you could buy at any pharmacy, but for millions of American women, the "rape kit," as this 1970s invention is now known, was a revolution in a box.

Sep 21, 2024 | wearethemeteor.com | Cindi Leive

BY CINDI LEIVESomeone recently described Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson to me as a “magical human being,” which makes sense: She’s a marine biologist who somehow makes very dense climate science accessible, and she’s also a lot of fun (last week, she and actor Jason Sudeikis hosted a climate variety show at the Brooklyn Museum). But her greatest magic trick is her optimism.