Not to be that friend who’s too woke, but I think we might have to cool it with the jokey tweets about hormonal horniness.

People keep comparing Adriana Smith, who died in February and whose body is being kept on life support while her fetus develops, to The Handmaid’s Tale. But the pop culture reference pales in comparison to what this actually resembles: the reproductive coercion faced by enslaved women

Authors Chantal Braganza and Bee Quammie recently published books that tackle motherhood—but not how these types of memoirs typically do. In today’s newsletter, we’re breaking down the motherhood memoir industrial complex

The BBC journalist’s new documentary about extremist Israeli settlers is really well-done. But, it’s really only revelatory because Western media has for the most part ignored Palestinian voices.

The popularity of those viral TikToks that supposedly showed Chinese manufacturers telling American consumers how to buy luxury handbag dupes (directly from them, obvs) were definitely signs of economic anxiety. But some other things were going on, too.

Culture writer Niko Stratis’ new memoir touches on growing up in the Yukon, the role music has played in her life and her experience as a trans woman—but I’d argue the most revelatory parts of the book are the ones that touch on socioeconomic status.