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The Noösphere

Collection of essays on society, culture, politics and history. Written by Katie Jgln.

How It’s Like to Date an Italian Man Who Doesn’t Know How to Cook Pasta

How It’s Like to Date an Italian Man Who Doesn’t Know How to Cook Pasta

I feel like I was scammed

Nov 25

I Joined a Popular Incel Forum — Here’s What They Really Think of Women

I Joined a Popular Incel Forum — Here’s What They Really Think of Women

It’s much, much worse than I expected

Nov 22

How Shock-Value Misogyny Is Being Pushed as “Male Empowerment”

How Shock-Value Misogyny Is Being Pushed as “Male Empowerment”

There’s an epidemic of Andrew Tate-like male coaches

Nov 17

Why Jeff Bezos Giving Away His Fortune Doesn’t Make Him the Good Guy

Why Jeff Bezos Giving Away His Fortune Doesn’t Make Him the Good Guy

Billionaire philanthropy is yet another expression of power

Nov 15

Seven Ways Our World Is Still Designed for Men, and Not Women

Seven Ways Our World Is Still Designed for Men, and Not Women

Men continue to be the ‘neutral’ default

Nov 11

Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” Shows Why So Many Men Are Single Today

Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” Shows Why So Many Men Are Single Today

Almost the entire male cast are walking red flags

Nov 10

Why Men Who Rule the World So Often Turn Out to Be Incompetent Idiots

Why Men Who Rule the World So Often Turn Out to Be Incompetent Idiots

And why do we keep praising them anyway

Nov 8

What Kind of Woman Are You: A Wonderbread or a Divine French Croissant?

What Kind of Woman Are You: A Wonderbread or a Divine French Croissant?

Yup, these are apparently the only two options

Nov 4

How Our Obsession with Productivity Made Us More Miserable than Ever

How Our Obsession with Productivity Made Us More Miserable than Ever

The grim consequences of late-stage capitalism

Nov 3

Five Ridiculous Double Standards That Hurt Women and Favor Men

Five Ridiculous Double Standards That Hurt Women and Favor Men

And yet they continue to exist today

Nov 1

The “Skinny” Body Is Coming Back, but Why Should We Care?

The “Skinny” Body Is Coming Back, but Why Should We Care?

A woman’s body really shouldn’t be a trend

Oct 28

What I’m More Angry About Than Tomato Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

What I’m More Angry About Than Tomato Soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Don’t worry; there was a glass in front of the painting

Oct 26

Why Women With High “Body Count” Are Still Being Slut Shamed

Why Women With High “Body Count” Are Still Being Slut Shamed

The sexual double standards that just won’t die

Oct 25

Four Unsurprising Reasons Why Young Men Are Not Having Sex

Four Unsurprising Reasons Why Young Men Are Not Having Sex

And why that’s not the main problem here

Oct 21

The Ugly Truth Why AI Bots Are Mostly Female (and Why It Does Matter)

The Ugly Truth Why AI Bots Are Mostly Female (and Why It Does Matter)

New technologies reflect age-old biases

Oct 20

It’s No Wonder Teen Girls Want To Be Sugar Babies When This Is How It’s Portrayed

It’s No Wonder Teen Girls Want To Be Sugar Babies When This Is How It’s Portrayed

But is it really all glam, fine dining and luxury travel?

Oct 18

Medium Is Dying, So I Have Decided to Rebrand

Medium Is Dying, So I Have Decided to Rebrand

Ugh, talking about real-life problems is just so 2018

Oct 14

What a Surprise, My Landlord Wanted To Increase the Rent by “Mere” 20%

What a Surprise, My Landlord Wanted To Increase the Rent by “Mere” 20%

Sadly, this isn’t just happening to me

Oct 13

How Modesty Culture Sets Women Up To Be Abused and Raped by Men

How Modesty Culture Sets Women Up To Be Abused and Raped by Men

While convincing us it’s all ‘for our own good’

Oct 11

Four Nasty Things We Would Call Elon Musk if He Were a Woman

Four Nasty Things We Would Call Elon Musk if He Were a Woman

‘Elona’ likely wouldn’t have it easy

Oct 7

Why Angelina Jolie Is Being Called “Amber 2.0” for Speaking Out About Abuse

Why Angelina Jolie Is Being Called “Amber 2.0” for Speaking Out About Abuse

She’s just another ‘bad’ woman, after all

Oct 6

How Religion Continues To Be a Powerful Weapon of Misogyny

How Religion Continues To Be a Powerful Weapon of Misogyny

And a stumbling block to gender equality

Oct 4

Why You Shouldn’t Be Surprised That Men Cheat on Victoria’s Secret Models

Why You Shouldn’t Be Surprised That Men Cheat on Victoria’s Secret Models

On the lies of beauty culture and sexual double standards

Sep 22

How Both Men and Women Are Being Seriously Screwed Over by Societal Pressures

How Both Men and Women Are Being Seriously Screwed Over by Societal Pressures

Traditional gender expectations serve no one

Sep 20

Why Women Must Listen to Men’s Advice Even if It Makes No Sense Whatsoever

Why Women Must Listen to Men’s Advice Even if It Makes No Sense Whatsoever

And means we have to stop having sex with robots

Sep 16

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