Breast Cancer Is Boring

In other words, romance novels. Categorized. Hand selected. This is your holiday present. Books discussed in this episode: High Fantasy  * * Circe by Madeline Miller * Piranesi by Susanna Clarke * Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel * The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Fantasy Romance * * Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri * Reign and Ruin by J.D. Evans * Swordheart by T. Kingfisher * Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong * Radiance by Grace Draven * The Fell Queen by Camille Dwight Romance Fantasy (Romantasy) * Subgenre: men who are so babygirl * Throne in the Dark (the full trilogy) by A.K. Caggiano * Bride by Ali Hazelwood * Halfling & Ironling by S.E. Wendel * Subgenre: possessive, power dynamic, mine mine mine * Captive of the Horde King by Zoey Draven * The Horde King of Shadow by Zoey Draven * Desire in His Blood by Zoey Draven * Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon * Subgenre: Historical Romance (still fantasy because these men don’t exist) * The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne * Subgenre: modern workplace romance * The Hating Game by Sally Thorne * Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Check out my website [https://www.itsalifestyleproductions.com/]  Medication abortion is legal in all 50 states: Mayday.health [https://www.mayday.health/] plancpills.org [http://plancpills.org] Support families in need [https://linktr.ee/opolivebranch] 🍉 Protect Trans Kids [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] 🏳️‍⚧️ Register to Vote [http://vote.gov]   I have an Etsy shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/thisisyoursheet/?etsrc=sdt]. It’s spreadsheets. Thank you for listening love you bye

This one’s about my period coming back and Project 2025. * Sources referenced in this episode: * vote.gov [https://vote.gov/] * votesaveamerica.org [https://votesaveamerica.com/] * Hormone therapy [https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/treatment/hormone-therapy-for-breast-cancer.html] for breast cancer (American Cancer Society) * Dr. Jen Gunter [https://vajenda.substack.com/p/menopausal-hormone-therapy] on hormone therapy * APA [https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2024/02/policy-supporting-transgender-nonbinary] policy on gender-affirming care (American Psychological Association) * WPATH FAQs [https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/SOC%20v8/SOC-8%20FAQs%20-%20WEBSITE2.pdf] (The World Association for Transgender Health) * AAP policy [https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2018/aap-policy-statement-urges-support-and-care-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents/#:~:text=The%20AAP%20recommends%20taking%20a,stigmatizes%20those%20seen%20as%20different.] statement on gender-affirming care * Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] * Something kinda sad: when you go to the Trevor Project page, it lets you know that quickly pressing the ESC button three times will exit you out; * Child marriage [https://amp.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/09/child-marriage-laws] is still happening and here’s a study on it [https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(21)00341-4/fulltext] * https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf [https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf] (2025 Mandate for Leadership, The Conservative Promise) * https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/race-mass-incarceration-and-disastrous-war-drugs [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/race-mass-incarceration-and-disastrous-war-drugs] (Brennan Center for Justice) * https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/the-war-on-drugs-as-structural-racism/ [https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/the-war-on-drugs-as-structural-racism/] (The War on Drugs as Structural Racism) * Using the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Violent Death Reporting System, Davis and colleagues (2021) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8344804/#R5] found that between 2007 and 2018, nurses were 18 percent more likely to unalive themselves than the general population. * Why down ballot voting is important: * Majority of Arizonians support abortion [https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/12/arizona-ballot-abortion-00183538] (Prop 139 will protect abortion access up to viability), but judges in the state can still block it; * Tarrant county [https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-judge-tim-ohare-far-right] Texas judge Tim O’Hare has lead efforts to cut nonprofit funding for at-risk children because they endorse LGBTQIA+ rights and recognize racial inequality as bad; * He is, not unsurprisingly, backed by oil companies and evangelical christian organizations predominantly. He also continues to endorse white nationalism; * All this to say, vote, vote local, talk about voting, make a plan to vote, put it on your calendar. Check out our website [https://www.itsalifestyleproductions.com/] for exclusive stuff like blogs, videos and more Medication abortion is legal in all 50 states; go to Mayday.health [https://www.mayday.health/] or plancpills.org [http://plancpills.org] Support families in need [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview] 🍉 Buy spreadsheets from my Etsy shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/thisisyoursheet/?etsrc=sdt]!!!!! I need money for skincare!!!! Thank you for listening love you bye

You ready for some more skincare talk? Well I am, and despite the absolute hellmarch that is the current affairs section of the news cycle, my skin shall remain gently exfoliated and well moisturized. Just remember to reapply your sunscreen after sobbing uncontrollably, girlies! Yay! Check out our website [https://www.itsalifestyleproductions.com/] for exclusive stuff like blogs, videos and more Medication abortion is legal in all 50 states; go to Mayday.health [https://www.mayday.health/] or plancpills.org [http://plancpills.org] Support families in need [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview] 🍉 Buy spreadsheets from my Etsy shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/thisisyoursheet/?etsrc=sdt]!!!!! I need money for skincare!!!! Thank you for listening love you bye

Joselyn and Lauren talk about skincare; everything they use, everything they love and before you ask, yes, there’s a spreadsheet for that. Check out our website [https://www.itsalifestyleproductions.com/] Or go straight to the Etsy shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/thisisyoursheet/?etsrc=sdt]

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