Lindy West

Nov 25, 2024 | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith |Lindy West |Jessica Valenti

CW: This essay includes several mentions of specific weights and BMI, in reference to contraception. One night when my friend Grace was 23, she had unprotected sex with her long-term boyfriend, James. “We got drunk at a wedding and didn’t use anything,” she says. “Immediately afterwards, it was like, Oh my God, what have we done?” Grace sent James straight out to the drugstore to get emergency contraception.

Mar 28, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Lindy West

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Feb 15, 2024 | kuow.org | Lindy West

This is not Lindy West's granola. It is a creative commons photo of granola that we found on Wikipedia. I am the designated granola maker in my house. This is my most important job, and I say that as a MOTHER. Every few weeks I take all the orphaned dry goods in the pantry—the last handful of roasted peanuts, the dregs of a bag of coconut, half a cup of chia seeds in an old shoe—and toss them into a big metal bowl with a few cups of oats (three? four??????).

Dec 19, 2023 | dlmayfield.substack.com | Lindy West |D.L. Mayfield

Welcome to Healing is My Special Interest, the newsletter at the intersection of late-diagnosed autism and healing from high control religions. This is my annual best of 2023 post, and it’s heavy on the healing from high control religion, and not on learning about autism stuff. Which, sort of reflects my year! I will be taking a break from the newsletter for one week and will be back January 2nd excited to dig into how the HELL are we going to survive 2024?

Aug 31, 2023 | freerepublic.com | Lindy West

Free RepublicBrowse · SearchGeneral/ChatTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. Stanford study debunks beer goggles myth, reveals alcohol’s confidence boosthttps://thethaiger.com/world/news/545812/ ^ | 8/31/23 | Nishi EtiPosted on by DallasBiffResearchers have shed new light on the age-old concept of “beer goggles”, debunking the popular belief that alcohol enhances attractiveness perception.