Ari

[Ari @arielleplus]

@dissproportion Obviously the father would give up custody as all sperm donors do ffs

[Ari @arielleplus]

@martyrdison Children of single mothers by choice do as well as those from nuclear families in life outcomes

[Ari @arielleplus]

@zapatas_mom @hollowearthterf The comments are wild, people do not understand what 50/59 means

[Ari @arielleplus]

@wascrivodizain Pretty realistic actually, she’s snatched but facially aged, that’s what smoking does

[Ari @arielleplus]

Great idea

[sympathetic opposition @sympatheticopp]

women get overly romantic ideas about relationships from reading books like pride & prejudice. we need a romance novel about two people who don't have a spark at first, who both have to change in order to be ready for love

[Ari @arielleplus]

@BriannaWu Where can we watch the whole thing?

[Ari @arielleplus]

@L0renzoDM I was thinking 40s, 10s, 60s, in that order. But you may be right that the 30s need to be included too

[Ari @arielleplus]

It's pretty momentous, but 3 of the 10 decades of the 20th century were probably more momentous than this one now.

[Amanda Askell @AmandaAskell]

It's odd to be living through what feels like one of the most critical periods in human history and to feel all of the weight of it from the inside.

[Gay Interrupted @TwinkTheory]

Infuriating everyone by giving jessa a reactionary right wing turn would be a hilariously Lena thing to do

[Ari @arielleplus]

@L0renzoDM Something about it rings true, but I wouldn't say I believe it 100% literally

[Ari @arielleplus]

This quote from Lena Dunham’s doctor (re: hysterectomies) gave me the chills

[Ari @arielleplus]

@L0renzoDM Thanks

[Ari @arielleplus]

Recently froze my eggs, and the estrogen megadose it required briefly made me into a completely different (meaning hornier, and cuter, and gayer) person, so I wrote a trip report about it.

Link in bio!

[Bovril-Gesellschaft @BovrilG]

Lena Dunham refusing to go on Ozempic is much more Nietzschean than anything any of those large accounts on here who periodically wheel her out to give her a predictable kicking when they need to juice engagement has ever done.

[maddie rune🪰 @themaddierune]

Writing taught me that clarity is an act of courage. It's easy to stay vague. Vague is safe. Vague doesn't commit to anything.

[Brendan Fraser Crane @bf_crane]

The problem with Lena Dunham is she wants to be loved as an icon & can’t appreciate being hated as a prophet. The icon is loved then quickly forgotten. The prophet is hated & exiled & reduced to eating locust in the desert but you die vindicated, that used to be enough.

[rachel (is sending love and warmth your way) @rachelclif]

some examples:

-you seek sexual validation from multiple sources rather than depth with one
-you use your sexuality to meet non-sexual needs (eg: safety, attention, power)
-you perform desire instead of feeling it
-you can't contain or channel your sexual energy—it leaks out sideways

[Ari @arielleplus]

@_space_punk_ @animalologist Story?

[Ari @arielleplus]

Estrogen/testosterone are biochemically linked, you're unlikely to see elevated levels of one without the other (in either males or females). As discussed in the article, a lot of testosterone's famous psychological effects are actually the result of testosterone/estrogen feedback loops.

[Ari @arielleplus]

@animalologist Yeah I think men in their mid-30s often have complexes about their age, and project onto women their same age (who do legitimately face more urgent biological clocks), while trying to validate their youth by dating younger. I also think Gen Z is just looser about this stuff.

[Ari @arielleplus]

As a 35-year-old woman, I get hit on by men ~30 and in their 40s, but men my age treat me like I'm too old for them

[Blaine Anderson @datingbyblaine]

My other favorite chart from my survey of 1,656 U.S. single men. This took me by surprise, but it also makes sense 🙃