Michael Needs Sleep

There are many things that could drive a person toward unsafe relationships and toxic, hyper-masculine men, but birth control pills of all things do not make the list. In a book by a doctor in the sketchy field “evolutionary psychology” called Sara E Hill, she claims that women on birth control are attracted to men with more “feminized” traits, and goes on to illustrate these characteristics with words and phrases typically ascribed by jocks and homophobes looking for someone to pulverize— “Mother Nature says only feckless blowhards for you. Kick those soy beta cucks out of bed NOW! Every second he doesn’t spend choking you without consent is a second he’s wasting your best years.” The problem: There’s no mechanism through which hormonal treatments can change anything fundamental to our personalities or our life choices. The real kicker— the evidence cited in the book does not even support Hill’s claims— a pattern seen among those who chronically spew eye-grabbing garbag...

It all began on Twitter. I was reading an informative thread about the panic surrounding “contact-overdoses” from fentanyl (mainly among law enforcement officers). I noticed that some  commenters were asking fair questions and being lambasted for politely daring to reveal their lack of expertise regarding the chemical properties of fentanyl and its effects on the human body, then having the audacity to express their desire for further clarification.  “I fully RESENT these people's desire to better understand this subject!!” is what I’d probably be saying if I had the same awful attitude as those on the thread who, while correctly calling out fentanyl myths, were acting like total jerks. Rather than jump into the fray and fight literally everyone, I embarked upon a frenzied and messy voyage through the fraught seas of fentanyl fact and fiction. You see, I am a provider, and today I’m here to provide you with the clarity at least seven people were deprived of on that Twitter thr...