Jessica Grose

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jessica Grose

For a few weeks last fall, I was eating a deflated rectangle made of cottage cheese, eggs and shredded Cheddar every day for lunch. When this unholy concoction first came out of the oven, it would seem so fluffy and filled with promise; warm and buttery yellow. By the time this egg bake made it to my plate, it fell into a sad lump. It always tasted fine; I've had much worse. But it's certainly not what I would have chosen to eat regularly if I had not listened to the siren song of #proteinfluencers.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jessica Grose

Last week Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held his first news briefing as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to address a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about rates of autism among children in the United States. He used the opportunity to spread falsehoods. Kennedy claimed that "studying genetic causes" of autism is a "dead end." That's because "we know it's environmental exposure. Genes do not cause epidemics," he continued.

1 month ago | jill.substack.com | Jessica Grose |Joan Walsh |Hannah Allam |Carter Sherman

Photo by Melanie Deziel on UnsplashHappy Monday and welcome Monday Reads! Here are some fine reads from around the web, plus what you might have missed from the newsletter and elsewhere these past few weeks. Jill Filipovic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jessica Grose

Unfortunately, Linda McMahon, the education secretary, agrees with President Trump's executive order that the Department of Education should go away, but she hasn't stopped there. As a consequence of massive job cuts McMahon has enacted so far, she has hobbled the federal government's ability to gather statistics on student achievement, effective teaching practices and student literacy.

1 month ago | almendron.com | Jessica Grose

Vi los cuatro episodios de la serie de Netflix Adolescencia de un tirón prolongado y espeluznante. La historia sigue a un chico británico de 13 años, con cara de ángel, llamado Jamie, quien es acusado de asesinar a una compañera de clase, Katie, y expone las consecuencias para su familia y sus compañeros. El programa es ficción, aunque los creadores dicen que en parte se inspiraron en la atroz realidad de jóvenes violentamente misóginos.