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Nicole Peeler in Human Parts·7 min read

The Joy of (Caveman) SexOr, how a fictional character taught me to love and accept my body

Zachary Walston, PT, DPT, OCS in Runner's Life·5 min read

Does Your Strike Pattern or Step-Rate Influence Your Injury Risk?Re-evaluating common recommendations from coaches and physios

Yael Wolfe in Liberty·8 min read

Why Does Middle Age Have Me Seriously Considering Sex Work?And would my fussy, perimenopausal body cooperate?

Steven C. Hayes·6 min read

The Most Important Skill Set in Mental HealthWhat We Found After Analyzing Nearly 55.000 Studies

Shin Jie Yong in Microbial Instincts·10 min read

The Viral Origin of Alzheimer’s Disease Remains Undecoded. But What We’ve Seen…Viruses like HSV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 might trigger Alzheimer’s disease.

Jim Clyde Monge in Generative AI·5 min read

MidJourney v5.2 VS Stable Diffusion XL 0.9 — Same Prompt, Different ResultsComparing MidJourney v5.2 and Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) v0.9 images using similar text prompt. Which AI…

Karen Nimmo in On The Couch·5 min read

10 Things Nobody Told You About “Forever” RelationshipsThe truth might hurt :)

Darshak Rana in Better Humans·8 min read

3 Bad Habits That Are Actually Healthy (According To Science)Let’s stop the collective guilt, shall we?

Enrique Dans·3 min read

If you’ve signed up for Threads, believe me, you’ll soon regret itMeta’s Twitter clone, Threads, is a desperate bid to take advantage of its rival’s moment of weakness and…

E.B. Johnson in Practical Growth·9 min read

The Biggest Warning Signs You May (Actually) Be a Codependent PersonLook out for these behaviors to protect yourself from a potentially dangerous relationship pattern.

Chris Davidson in In Fitness And In Health·6 min read

2 is The Magic Number for Building Healthy Habits After 40How to squeeze in all tasks you need to stay healthy and in shape as you get older.

The Useful Tech in Mac O’Clock·11 min read

9 New Must-Have macOS Productivity Apps For Daily UsageHow did you manage all these days without these apps?

Dr. Samantha Rodman Whiten (Dr. Psych Mom)·8 min read

If Kissing Is An Implicit Sexual Contract, This Is Why Your Wife Doesn’t Touch…The majority of men who read my stuff err on the side of being too passive and scared of what their wives…

Aphinya Dechalert·5 min read

Why do we still bother with Angular?There’s more to it than just the steep learning curve

Carlyn Beccia in Sexography·6 min read

The Latest Studies on Sexual Attraction Would Make Darwin SickBut it explains why evolutionary psychology is problematic.See more of what you like and less of what you don’t.Control your recommendationsRead from anywhere.

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𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗬 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡: 𝗜𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗢 𝗩𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗢 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗢 

Chissà che cosa passò nella mente degli uomini che il 17/03/1892 varcarono la soglia del cimitero di Exeter, Rhode Island, con l'obiettivo di esumare i corpi di Olive, Elize e Mercy Brown. Immagino che fossero terrorizzati, seppur motivati dalla fede cristiana che li aveva spinti fin lì; in fondo, dal loro punto di vista, l' abominevole azione che erano in procinto di compiere serviva a salvare una vita: quella di Edwin, figlio di Olive e fratello di Elize e Mercy. 

Egli era da tempo malato di tisi, la stessa patologia che, nel giro di una manciata di anni, si era portata via entrambe le sorelle e la madre. La coincidenza non era passata inosservata ai membri della piccola comunità di Exeter, che in essa avevano scorto lo zampino del Male. La convinzione che una delle tre defunte, sotto forma di vampiro, si fosse presa la briga di spargere il morbo all'interno dell'onesta famiglia dei Brown, era finita col diventare una tetra certezza. Così, dopo non poche pressioni, George Brown, padre di Edwin, aveva autorizzato l'esumazione delle defunte. 

La macabra operazione era avvenuta sotto gli occhi degli abitanti e del medico del paese. I corpi di Olive e di Elize presentavano tutti i segni tipici della decomposizione: furono così rapidamente riposti nel luogo da cui erano stati strappati. Quello di Mercy, però, appariva fin troppo ben conservato; le unghie e i capelli erano cresciuti e, particolare agghiacciante, l'area intorno alla bocca presentava evidenti tracce di sangue. 

Oggi la scienza può spiegare tutti questi fenomeni senza necessariamente associarli al paranormale ma, agli occhi degli abitanti di Exeter, la salma di Mercy dovette rappresentare un'inequivocabile conferma di ciò che già sospettavano. Procedettero quindi a ficcarle un paletto nel petto, le asportarono il cuore ed il fegato e, dopo averli ridotti in cenere, li mescolarono a un tonico che avrebbe dovuto guarire il povero Edwin. 

Il tonico naturalmente non funzionò: Edwin si spense a distanza di poche settimane. Ma il mito di Mercy Brown, primo vampiro d'America, permane fino ai giorni nostri. 

Art by Carlyn Beccia

𝗦𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗱𝗶 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼, 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗼 𝗜 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://amzn.to/3Qd9yFr

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Tapisserie finale d’Arachné, peu avant de se transformer en araignée, par Carlyn Beccia 

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Middle School Monday: Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters by Carlyn Beccia 

This book takes a deep dive on eight famous monsters that are fictional, but which were also inspired by real people, creatures, and historical events. Each chapter explores the monster’s fictional history, but then takes off in all different directions that readers might not expect. For example, the chapter on Frankenstein’s monster includes the real history of trying to reanimate corpses, how and why Mary Shelly wrote her novel, and famous mad scientists. The chapter on Dracula includes the history of vampires in Hollywood, and how to tell the difference between the dead and the undead. The chapter on zombies includes the items that should be in your zombie preparedness kit. The chapter on werewolves includes real shape-shifting creatures. The stories themselves, plus the awesome and eye-catching illustrations, will draw curious readers like moths to a flame.

Give this book to kids, teens, and even adults who are fans of monsters (and monster books), history, science, and truth that is stranger than fiction!

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Some of these mysteries about famous people’s body parts I didn’t need to know (in retrospect). Elvis’ wart for example. Other stories I had heard about a little bit like George Washington’s teeth or Phineas’ skull. But, most of these body parts’ stories were new and weird, and sometimes horrifying too. Yikes.

It’s the perfect combination of a little bit cool, a little bit of science and learning, and a lot of creepy.

You may like this book If you Liked: Something Rotten by Heather L. Montgomery, How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg, or The Human Body Book by Steve Parker

They Lost Their Heads! What Happened to Washington's Teeth, Einstein's Brain, and Other Famous Body Parts by Carlyn Beccia

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BIG Summer Nonfiction Reads Roundup!

BIG Summer Nonfiction Reads Roundup!

From sharks, to space, to stories of survival in the wild, I’ve got books for all sorts of nonfiction tastes! Let’s start with the oogie stuff and go from there.

They Lost Their Heads! What Happened to Washington’s Teeth, Einstein’s Brain, and Other Famous Body Parts, by Carlyn Beccia, (Apr. 2018, Bloomsbury), $18.99, ISBN: 9780802737458

Recommended for readers 10+

If you have readers who loved…

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Men Keep Fishcatting Me. Yes, you read that right. Not… | by Carlyn Beccia | Heart Affairs | Medium

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Are You Digisexual?— Purchases of Humanoid Sexbots Surged in 2020 | by Carlyn Beccia | Sexography | Dec, 2020 | Medium

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Love Advice that Plato Believed will Destroy Your Relationship | by Carlyn Beccia | Sep, 2020 | P.S. I Love You

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NoveList's Juvenile Brain Trust is a group of readers' advisory librarians and metadata librarians who focus on books for kids and teens. Once a week, the JBT gets together to catch up and share books. On 12/11/2019, we discussed:

Monstrous, Carlyn Beccia

Uncanny, David Mcinnis Gill

Pay Attention, Carter Jones, Gary D. Schmidt

The Toll, Neal Shusterman

Have you read any of these books? What do you think of them?

For more recommendations (plus printables and readers’ advisory tips), check out what's new on the NoveList blog!

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5 Ways to Flirt in 1921 that Are Still Sexy in 2021

Can we please bring back petting parties?

La Villa d’Este: France XXe siècle (1923) | Public Domain

No other decade has more monikers to describe its exuberance — The Roaring 20s, The Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense.

In the wake of the 1918 pandemic, a much younger America threw off sexual mores, swigged bathtub gin, and danced the Charleston in speakeasies. Women could finally vote, and their hemlines raised with hopes for an emancipated future. E. E. Cummings coined the word “partied” as a verb in 1922, and Dorothy Parker penned enough sexy double entendres to last a century.

Oh, and we also got the term “dating” from the young singles who were finally allowed to meet unchaperoned. Thanks, 1920's.

Now, sociologists are predicting an equally hedonistic dating trend to follow the COVID pandemic. But oddly, the name they have given this one is not as cute — “The Whoring 20s.”

Yep. That’s right. Everyone will be getting laid in the next few months. Or so the predictions go.

Similar to the 1920s, America had its share of growing pains in the last year. And we faced some of those growth spurts with all the aplomb of a zitty teenager with raging hormones. Will history repeat in one glittering bacchanalia?

Only time (and STD rates) will tell. Until then, here are a few old-timey pastimes from the 1920s that I wish we could bring back.

“Tell him I was too f*cking busy — or vice versa.”

— Dorothy Parker

Petting parties

The 1922 headline said it all — “Mothers Complain That Modern Girls ‘Vamp’ Their Sons at Petting Parties.” The article warned parents, “The boys of today must be protected from the girl vamp.” These jezebels were doing the unthinkable — touching boys at parties.

“Petting” included kissing, hugging, and well…petting. It did not include sex. In the very unliberated 1920s, premarital sex could still destroy any woman’s reputation. So petting parties became a safe (and only) way for young women to explore their sexuality without risking their future marriage prospects.

Well, thank god that slut-shaming is over.

But the petting part…let’s bring that back. Today, intimate kissing and long caresses have been replaced with dating app hookups — the fast food of romance.

But true intimacy does not move at the speed of a thumb swipe. And this is why I grow nostalgic for petting parties — delayed gratification. It’s the marshmallow test with a sexual twist. And if you pet your lover like a kitten…I promise you will drive that bearcat crazy with lust.

(Actually, I make no such promises. I never get to use 1920s gangster slang and couldn’t resist.)

“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”--Tallulah Bankhead

Baker in her banana costume in 1927 | Public DomainDancing

In 1926, audiences packed into the hottest Paris nightclub, Folies Bergère. The curtain raised to reveal a painted backdrop of a tropical paradise, hanging with vines over clear, blue water. The drums thumped out a slow, steady beat as Josephine Baker crept behind a fallen tree prop like a graceful tiger about to pounce. Suddenly, she sprang forward, gyrating her hips in whip-cracking speed…with a girdle of bananas around her waist.

Now that is hot and funny. Every woman in that audience wanted to move like Josephine Baker.

Young people learned Josephine’s sultry moves and crowded into smoke-filled speakeasies and cabarets to dance the Charleston, Black Bottom, waltz, and tango. The horns blared, and the bootlegged whiskey flowed as couples rocked their pelvises against each other. Dancing was freedom.

Aren’t we tired of not touching each other? Dancing is one of the best forms of exercise and has been shown to reduce Alzheimer's. And if you are going to grow old with someone, you might as well keep their memory sharp.

Ice Cream Socials

When Anheuser-Busch could no longer sell alcohol during Prohibition, they turned to a different pastime — ice cream. Other companies followed suit. The result was the invention of the Good Humor Bar, Dixie Ice Cream Cup, and the popsicle.

While alcohol might be the quintessential social lubricant, research shows sugar makes for sweet romance too. In one study, couples reported they like each other more after eating something sweet. And an ice cream headache beats a wood alcohol hangover any day.

William Ruppert breaking the pole-sitting record of 23 days, in 1929 | Public DomainFlagpole sitting

Before TikTok stars and influencers found fame by doing pretty much nothing, wannabe celebrities had flagpole sitting. Flagpole sitting is just like it sounds — people sat on top of a flagpole for as many hours as boredom and your spine could endure.

It’s a dating activity that probably wouldn’t take off today. Modern couples are so distracted with dinging cellphones and dopamine firing social media that we have lost the art of silence. But any man who can sit on a flagpole with me for twelve hours without distractions is a keeper.

“Ah, good conversation — there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”

― Edith Wharton

The telephone

In the 1920s, a hesitant man could ask a woman out by ringing her at her parent’s home. This prevented him from experiencing in-your-face rejection.

Today, most people ask for a date in a text message. It’s a low level of risk.

But while we have reduced the risk, texting has also created a world of two-dimensional relationships that never lead anywhere. And why would they? Since 90% of communication between most humans is nonverbal, it’s no wonder why we struggle with intimacy. Sorry, but your emoji laugh doesn’t get my heart thumping like your real laugh.

This is why your phone is one of your sharpest screening devices. The reason is simple — people who text for weeks and weeks without asking for a date are either bored, dating someone else, not that into you, or lack confidence.

There I said it. Set the trolls loose on me. But before you attack me for expecting the man to do all the work, I have asked out plenty of men who won’t make a move (or hinted ridiculously). If you think that is sexy, you don’t understand women.

Usually, I ghost my pen pals after about a week. By then, my inkpot has run dry, and I get as mercenary with my delete button as a husband-hungry Jane Austen character. And many women will agree with me. It’s one of the most common complaints I see on dating apps —“not looking for a pen pal.”

When someone writes that, you should believe them. Or better yet, pick up that newfangled device known as a telephone, and quit the lollygagging, cake eater. (That’s my last 20s slang…maybe)

You will get one of two answers — a yes or a no. But if you hide behind your screen, you will get gray hair and a first date story that only happened in your head.

“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.”― F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dating without expectations

Daters today seem to fall into one of two camps — seeking serious courtship or casual sex. I saw one female writer advise single ladies to swipe left on any guy who fills out the “not sure” box for whether he is looking for a relationship.

Please stop swiping left on Mr. Unsure. There’s nothing wrong with approaching dating without expectations. Not everyone has a binary goal of either saying no or yes to a relationship. There’s a lot of adventures to be found in that unpredictable space of “it depends.”

It depends if you have chemistry and compatibility. It depends on the delicate timing that makes you prioritize relationships. And it depends on a host of socioeconomic factors — geography, desire to have children, sense of humor, and matched ambitions.

But with one in three couples meeting online now, the mystery is uncloaked. Want to know if a guy is looking for a serious commitment? It is listed in his profile. Want to know if a girl is open to a hookup. Also listed in her profile. Her favorite music. It’s on her Spotify list. His passions? That dead fish is speaking to you.

Dating was not as transactional in the 1920s. Both men and women went on dates to potentially meet a husband or wife but, more importantly, to socialize.

Socialize. Remember that little verb? It meant if you wanted a meaningful connection with someone, you had to peel back the layers. (And by layers, I don’t mean clothing, kids.)

But flirting today has become a stultifying game of putting people in neat boxes. Hot or not. Rich or poor. How about giving people a chance without any expectations of how we can retrofit them into our lives?

Desires blooms in odd places. It might even happen over soda pop and some necking in your flivver. (Now that was my last 1920s slang.)

More dating tips from Carlyn Beccia:

Old-Fashioned Flirting Tips that Still Work

5 Ways to Flirt in 1921 that Are Still Sexy in 2021 was originally published in P.S. I Love You on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Totally Youthful Tuesday

Oh, this was soo cool (wait, am I supposed to say that, ah, who am I kidding, have you seen the Mystery/Thriller Monday books that I’ve read).

This wasn’t really aimed at me, it’s more for the reluctant reader (who usually and unfortunately tend to be young boys), and is a collection of 19 people whose deaths weren’t quite straightforward. All the way from King Tut, to Albert Einstein, and 17 others who were even more interesting.

Ooh, and, this isn’t the only book like this that Georgia Bragg has. There’s also Caught!: Nabbing History's Most Wanted, and How they Choked. Both of which I definitely look forward to reading next.

You may like this book If you Liked: They Lost Their Heads! by Carlyn Beccia, On the Day I Died by Candace Fleming, or Brazen by Penelope Bagieu

How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg

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Monstrous brings the science of monsters to you

Monstrous brings the science of monsters to you @CarlynBeccia @LernerBooks

Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters, by Carlyn Beccia, (Sept. 2019, Carolrhoda Books), $19.99, ISBN: 978-1-5124-4916-7

Ages 10+

Okay, this is one of the best nonfiction reads I’ve read this summer. Eight movie monsters come together with witty writing, solid science and history, pop culture and myth, and amazing artwork to bring readers the “Science of the…