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medium.com | Katie Jgln
It’s time to talk about the missing chapters of our originsKatie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·11 min read·--Prehistoric hand paintings at Cueva de Las Manos in Santa Cruz, Argentina, ca. 13,000–9,000 years ago. It’s estimated that three-quarters of ancient cave art was done by women. Image licensed via Shutterstock. Life on Earth first emerged in the oceans around 3.5–4 billion years ago. Anatomically modern humans have existed for only about 300,000 years — a mere blink in evolutionary time.
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thenoosphere.substack.com | Katie Jgln
The Noösphere is an entirely reader-supported publication that brings social sciences research into frequently overlooked topics. If you read it every week and value the labour that goes into it, consider liking or sharing this essay or becoming a paid subscriber! You can also buy me a coffee instead. The panic over low birth rates is becoming impossible to ignore nowadays. And much of the blame is being placed — surprise, surprise — on women.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Katie Jgln
Member-only storyOne-dimensional narratives about the ‘underpopulation crisis’ conveniently obscure what’s really going onKatie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·8 min read·--Image licensed from ShutterstockThe panic over low birth rates is becoming impossible to ignore nowadays. And much of the blame is being placed — surprise, surprise — on women. Current US Vice President JD Vance has called it ‘deranged’ and ‘very crazy’ for women not to have children due to climate concerns.
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2 months ago | 
thenoosphere.substack.com | Katie Jgln
The Noösphere is an entirely reader-supported publication that brings social sciences research into frequently overlooked topics. If you read it every week and value the labour that goes into it, consider liking or sharing this essay or becoming a paid subscriber! You can also buy me a coffee instead.
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2 months ago | 
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The reign of strongmen may feel inevitable, but human history and evolution suggest otherwiseKatie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·8 min read·--Image licensed from ShutterstockAmong chimpanzees, one of our closest primate relatives, some high-ranking individuals — almost always males — take a gentler approach to leadership, maintaining power by forming alliances and doling out favours such as grooming and sharing food.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Katie Jgln
How the deluge of irrelevant and misleading information keeps us from focusing on what truly mattersKatie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·8 min read·--Image licensed from ShutterstockLast week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning paper straws. No, I didn’t exactly seek out this information. It crept into my feed, and instead of ignoring it, my eyes and mind betrayed me, lingering on yet another piece of manufactured noise disguised as news. This whole plastic vs.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Katie Jgln
Member-only storyOn gender perception bias and its damaging consequencesKatie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·8 min read·--Image licensed from ShutterstockMany of the headlines following last week’s Grammy Awards claimed it’s women who dominated the night. From Beyoncé finally clinching Album of the Year with Cowboy Carter to Doechii becoming the third woman ever to win Best Rap Album and Chappell Roan winning her first Grammy for Best New Artist, it perhaps did feel like it.
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2 months ago | 
thenoosphere.substack.com | Katie Jgln
The Noösphere is an entirely reader-supported publication that brings social sciences research into frequently overlooked topics. If you read it every week and value the labour that goes into it, consider liking or sharing this essay or becoming a paid subscriber! You can also buy me a coffee instead. We recently moved from a modern flat to an older house and, well, our robot vacuum cleaner wasn’t happy about it.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Katie Jgln
Member-only storyOr, at the very least, push back against the devaluation of ‘women’s work’Katie Jgln·FollowPublished inThe Noösphere·9 min read·--Image licensed from ShutterstockWe recently moved from a modern flat to an older house and, well, our robot vacuum cleaner wasn’t happy about it. It still works, sucking up dead skin cells and kitty litter as it navigates its new surroundings, but it now needs quite a bit of help getting around.
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2 months ago | 
thenoosphere.substack.com | Katie Jgln
The Noösphere is an entirely reader-supported publication that brings social sciences research into frequently overlooked topics. If you read it every week and value the labour that goes into it, consider liking or sharing this essay or becoming a paid subscriber! You can also buy me a coffee instead. ‘Do you think Trump’s administration will make it harder for your brother to get the green card?’ my Polish mother asked me on the phone the other day. I was caught off guard by the question.
