Are Women’s Bodies Actually Controlled by the Moon?

There’s a story you might come across if you spend enough time talking to women about the moon. It goes like this: Many years ago, in some far-off time before written records and industrialization, and definitely before hormonal birth control, the full moon was powerful. It was bright and suggestive. With its plump, glowing presence, it tugged at the luteinizing hormone in women. In this pure menstrual past, all fertile women were so influenced by what was happening in the sky that they ovulated together each month.

F​irst off, there’s now a trailer for Zoë Kravitz’​s directorial debut starring Channing Tatum, Blink Twice, and it looks tense and wild and fun, and just so you know, the movie was initially named Pussy Island. In other news, America has become a nation of hate spenders. R.O. Kwon wrote about the parents who regret having children for Time, and Texas Monthly checked in on Coach Monica from Cheer.​ If you bought the Skims nipple bra, you’re wearing an exact mold of Kim Kardashian’s own breasts​. TikTok is cracking down on Ozempic influencers. And this woman ventured into the dark world of romance scams after her mother went missing.

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