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As the blue check overlord continues to wreak havoc, I think we just keep up with the keeping up, which, for me, involves staying in connection with my people, aka why I’ve been here for 13+ years. So, here’s my linktree: linktr.ee/inner_moppet Follow, so i can follow back💙

This made me incandescent with rage. Kristin Cavallari has millions of followers across multiple platforms. She has a skincare line; she's obviously beautiful. These three factors lend her some credibility to certain people, and using that influence to spread dangerous misinformation is unacceptable. The YouTube video of this interview has many comments thanking her for the information—people stating that they're sharing her interview with others. Horrible. This man, Dr. Ryan Monahan, is not a medical doctor, much less a medical dermatologist. His bio says he received his “master's and Doctoral degrees in Eastern Medicine at Emperor's College in Santa Monica.” Ryan laments that people have spent most of their time in the sun for centuries until the past 100 years. Ryan, lots of things have changed thanks to science. People also used to have a life expectancy of 30 years old. The consensus is unequivocal: wearing sunscreen with a high SPF on all exposed areas daily, regardless of the weather and how much time you spend outdoors, is the best way to protect your skin. This does not mean wearing sunscreen should give you a false sense of confidence; protecting your skin from unnecessary exposure is still important. Wearing sunscreen daily will also improve the quality and evenness of your skin. To cover some of the insane misinformation in this video clip: The notion that you can "train" your skin to tolerate more sun by gradually increasing exposure is false and minimizes the dangers of UV exposure. There's no safe way to build a "base coat" to protect from UV radiation. The idea undermines the real risks of chronic sun exposure, including skin cancer. Study after study over many years also shows that even with sunscreen, your body can still synthesize enough vitamin D. Coconut oil will not protect you from the sun; what is this, the 80s?! Suggesting that antioxidants like astaxanthin can replace sunscreen is scientifically unfounded and dangerous. And those sunspots they talk about? Sunspots are a euphemism for damage from the sun! Something you would have *less* of if you wore sunscreen! @KristinCav @DrRyanMonahan

This is a good piece, @jemelehill. But money is the least of the problems we face if females can’t compete in our own athletic fields. While we celebrate @CaitlinClark22 & @Reese10Angel, in the pressing “what’s next?” that you posit, the answer is that women’s sports are being deleted. We’re being disrupted, subjugated and erased by biological men. Again. Still. There is slow creep from a corner of the country that is simultaneously betraying females and our achievements, while ensuring that eventually they will be no more. It’s been only 52 years since women earned this right under Title XI - instituted by Pres. Nixon. This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a women’s rights issue. Only women uniting from all races & affiliations can protect what’s ours… the progress, the wins, the economic opportunity, the honor, the shattering of stereotypes, the educational value of scholarships… and preserve it for future generations of girls. Men aren’t going to do it for us. If we don’t, the questions you raise in your column will most assuredly be moot. The ‘gatekeepers’ will no longer exist because there will be no gate left to keep.