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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    What parents get wrong about eating disorders, including blaming themselves (opens the original)

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    Dr. Lauren Hartman is a double board certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist with nearly 20 years of experience caring for young people. She runs a private practice in Berkeley, California, Aspen Grove Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, where she specializes in eating disorders, and serves on the Eating Disorder Committee for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Her new book, Freeing Children and Young Adults from Shame, S

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Five resources for overcoming “good girl” tendencies (opens the original)

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    This month, we’ve spent some time focusing on how to let our “good girl” tendencies go and to stop sacrificing who we are and what we want. Today, I want to share with you some resources to help you stop prioritizing everyone else’s needs and to put yourself first… for once. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9thb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27bef07f-f538

  3. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Jennifer Weiss-Wolf on why menopause is political (opens the original)

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    is a lawyer, author, and longtime advocate for gender equality. She is executive director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at NYU Law and leads partnerships and strategy at Ms. Magazine. Jennifer spent over a decade turning menstruation, something women were told to keep private, into a matter of public policy, and her new book, When in Menopause: A User’s Manual and Citizen’s Guide, does the same for menopause, making the case th

  4. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Sarah Stankorb on on why women are losing their religion (opens the original)

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    is the author of Disobedient Women, a USA Today national bestseller, and her reporting has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Slate, and VICE, among others. Her new book, Damned If She Does, looks at the millions of women who have quit American churches over the last several decades, tracing the threads that conne

  5. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Jessica Tarlov on winning arguments without losing friends (opens the original)

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    is a liberal co-host of The Five on FOX News, the most watched show in cable news, and a fixture on the network’s election night and breaking news coverage. She also co-hosts the podcast Raging Moderates with NYU professor Scott Galloway and previously worked as a Democratic pollster specializing in GenZ and Millennial trends, holding a PhD in political science from the London School of Economics. Her new book, I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends, is a how to guide f

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