Elizabeth Bromstein

If you have strong political opinions, you might just be bored, says study

So, you know when you’re scrolling through Facebook reading whatever, because you’re in line at the grocery store or you just can’t decide what to watch on Netflix, and you see all your friends’ endlessly opinionated political postings and you think “don’t you people have anything better to do?” The answer might just be no, …

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Canada has highest rate of drunk driver killings among wealthy countries

Seriously Canada? I’m pretty happy to be in you most of the time. We’re pretty good to refugees, we have some very good restaurants, and we’re a stunningly safe place to live when compared to most of the rest of the world. But I just learned that, despite all our good things, we actually rank …

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Canadian women have the second biggest boobs in the world

Woohoo! We’re number 2! Canadian women have the second biggest boobs in the world. This is according to a study in which researchers analyzed which nations have the women with the largest and smallest breasts. According to the Telegraph, they looked at data from nearly 400,000 women born in 108 countries, comparing the mean volume and …

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Five things not to say to someone who is struggling with infertility

So, there was something called “National Infertility Week” in late April and for some reason I didn’t hear about it at the time but this week am seeing infertility-related content all over the place. I was kind of disappointed that I missed it because I struggled with infertility for a long time and I think we …

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So, you want maternity leave without kids? OK. Here’s how that should go.

In a New York Post article that’s gone viral this week, Meghann Foye, argues for “Meternity” leave – something she imagines has “all the perks of maternity leave – without having kids.” It’s a silly little article posted for the purpose of marketing her novel “Meternity,” about a woman who fakes a pregnancy and discovers some …

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