All 415 articles by Lindsay Beyerstein
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Trans Fat Blood Levels Plummet Nationwide
Do you have less artery-clogging trans fat in your bloodstream than you did twelve years ago? According to... more »
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Big Win For Gay Marriage: 9th Circuit Strikes Down Prop 8
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down California's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. The court'... more »
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Ask Ron Paul: What Is ‘Honest Rape’?
Libertarian presidential hopeful Ron Paul said last week that he'd be okay with emergency contraception for victims... more »
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Kindly Old Ron Paul Would Let You Have Emergency Contraception After ‘Honest Rape’
Guess what, ladies? Dr. Ron Paul, self-proclaimed champion of personal liberty might deign to allow you emergency contraception.... more »
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Is Komen’s Apology a PR Gambit?
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, the nation's leading fundraiser for breast cancer-related causes, has issued an apology... more »
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Susan G. Komen Apologizes for Dumping Planned Parenthood
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has apologized for cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood for breast health programs.... more »
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Pink Fibbin’: Susan G. Komen’s Lies About Breast Cancer
"Can you trust a breast cancer organization whose staff and board lie about medical science, including breast cancer?"... more »
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Susan G. Komen Foundation Dumps Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood provides nearly 750,000 breast cancer screenings annually, plus breast health education, and diagnostic and surgical referrals. Some 120,000... more »
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Adam Gopnik on Mass Incarceration & Stop-and-Frisks
Adam Gopnik's New Yorker essay on mass incarceration in America has been widely, and deservedly praised for... more »
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The Global Economy and the Future of Sushi
Tim Carman takes an old school sushi chef to lunch at one of those sushi roll candy stores... more »
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CDC: Morgellons Disease Not Caused by Fibers
Morgellons disease is not caused by mysterious fibers embedded under the skin. In other news, crack bugs are... more »
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Stem Cells Reverse Erectile Dysfunction
Researchers in Louisiana used stem cell therapy to reverse erectile dysfunction in rats: Damage to parts of the... more »
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Let the Sitter Use the Damn DVR
From the Department of Weird Things to Get Uptight About: An advice-seeker asks digital manners mavens Farhad Manjoo... more »
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Snowy Owl Invasion
Snowy owls are busting out of the arctic and taking North America by storm. The New York Times... more »
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Joe Paterno Died of Lung Cancer, Not a “Broken Heart”
Disgraced former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer over the weekend at the age... more »
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Obama Administration Stands Up To the Bishops, Finally
The Obama administration has rebuffed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other religious lobby groups seeking... more »
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Newt Favors Newt Communism
Newt Gingrich's ex-wife said her husband, ever the man of ideas, proposed an open marriage as a... more »
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Dana Milbank’s Flawed “Roe Week” Hit Piece
Dana Milbank tries to discredit a new report commissioned by New York abortion provider Merle Hoffman and presented... more »
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Bloggingheads: Pollitt and Greenwald on Ron Paul
Katha Pollitt of The Nation and Glenn Greenwald of Salon appeared on Bloggingheads TV to debate the merits... more »
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WAM Prom II: Photos
Friday's WAM Prom II: Electric Boogaloo was a smashing success. Props to DJs Amanda Marcotte and Marc... more »
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Asking For It: Raises, Promotions, and Gender
The conventional wisdom is that women earn less and rise slower in business because they don't ask... more »
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NYC Event Tonight: WAM Prom II Electric Boogaloo
It's the holiest day of the feminist year: WAM Prom Night. Join DJs Amanda Marcotte and Marc... more »
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NYT Public Editor Wonders If It’s Fair To Point Out Politicians’ Lies
New York Times' public editor Arthur Brisbane took the remarkable step of asking his readers whether they want... more »
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Iconoclast Lee Siegel Breaks Taboo, Says Marilyn Monroe was Sexy
Lee Siegel complains in the New York Review of Books that "My Week With Marilyn" doesn't have... more »
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Greenwald vs. Pollitt on Ron Paul
Katha Pollitt of The Nation is getting tired of the tongue baths Ron Paul has been receiving from... more »
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Upward Mobility Stalling in the U.S.
Upward mobility is often held up by conservatives as a consolation prize for income inequality. It's easier... more »
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Dog Bites Woman in Iowa! Bachmann Edition.
Did sexism hurt Michele Bachmann's campaingn, which she declared over today? Maybe it was self-defeating for a... more »
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Behind the Scenes Video: Nude With Projected Silhouettes (NSFW)
My brother Loren and I share a love of photography. During my Christmas vacation, I helped him make... more »
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Recommended Reading
Looking for some new reading material for 2012? Here are some promising leads. Amanda Marcotte's review of Debbie... more »
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Former Football Pros Sue NFL En Masse Over Concussions
The NFL is facing legal action from former players who say they weren't told about the neurological... more »
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Good Thing There’s No Life After Death…
...or Carl Sagan would be bawling his eyes out right now. A 15-year-old girl poses with a copy... more »
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Home Birth Injury and Death Rates Matter to Policy
Injury and Death Rates Aren't Relevant to Policy? Philip Cohen has a strange post at Sociological Images... more »
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Surprise, Surprise: HPV Vaccine Does Not Cause Sluttiness
Preliminary data from a nationally representative survey of young women cast further doubt on the dubious assertion that... more »
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Four Antidotes to Hitchens Hagiography
If you're getting sick of effusive tributes to Christopher Hitchens, here are four antidotes. 1. Unlike a lot... more »
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The Ethics of Prescribing Placebos
Dr. Russell Sanders, a pseudonymous New England pediatrician blogging at Blinded Trials, has an interesting take on Micheal... more »
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Democrats Favored to Win Golden Flip Flop Award on Taxing The Rich
Don't look now, but the Democrats in Congress may be poised to jettison their proposed 1.9% tax on... more »
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Nature, Nurture, Gender, and Identical Twins
When Wyatt and Jonas Maines were born, the doctors declared them identical twin boys. By age 4, Wyatt was... more »
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Review: ‘Inside Scientology’ by Janet Reitman
In Inside Scientology, Janet Reitman meticulously documents the evolution of the sect from its roots in secular pop... more »
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Abortion Without Tears: Marie Annelle’s Story Concludes
Earlier this week, I wrote about a Canadian woman's courageous decision to blog about her very early,... more »
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Obama Overrules FDA on Plan B
The president is ritually pissing off his base for no good reason. It must be an election year. ... more »
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Better and Worse Pretexts for Drag Comedies
Better: You and a buddy witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and the only way you can... more »
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Abortion Without Tears: Marie Annelle’s Story
Marie Annelle, a Canadian mother of two, is blogging her medical abortion at The Pursuit of Harpyness. By... more »
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Beat the Winter Doldrums With Some New Food Blogs
I don't care what the almanac says, winter is officially here. Our weekly vegetable deliveries are done... more »
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Review: ‘My Week With Marilyn’
In 1956, Marilyn Monroe travelled to England to shoot The Prince and the Showgirl, a romantic comedy that would... more »
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The ‘One Man, One Woman’ Thing…
Rachel Maddow argued that Herman Cain's 13-year affair is politically relevant because Cain is a self-appointed defender... more »
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Friend or Foe: Abuse Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Lucinda Rosenfeld, Slate's friendship advice columnist, hit a new low in her latest column when she implied... more »
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“Seventh Grader” is Not a Slur: The Naked Anthropologist vs. Nick Kristof
Dr. Laura Agustín, The Naked Anthropologist, tears into New York Times columnist Nick Kristof for his... more »
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Obama May Capitulate on Birth Control Coverage This Weekend
Jodi Jacobson of Reproductive Health Realitycheck has some ominous news about the fate of contraceptive coverage under health... more »
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Fox News Anchor: Pepper Spray is “Essentially a Food Product”
Last Friday, police officers pepper sprayed a group of UC Davis students at point blank range as they... more »
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Jay Smooth’s TEDx Talk on Talking About Race
Just in time for awkward Thanksgiving dinner conversations. Video artist and radio host Jay Smooth delivers a TEDx... more »
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