How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid? – Alice Hines, The Cut – The very concept of “incels” is disturbing–people whose lives and identities are organized around their lack of sex. This obsession with female bodies has led to rank misogyny and occasionally murder, but the poisoned gaze has also turned inward as men spend thousands of dollars to modify their faces in the hopes of “getting laid”.   
 

A new book says married women are miserable. Don’t believe it. – Kelsey Piper, Vox – Have you ever been reading an article, see it cite a book to bolster some outrageous claim, and then check that book and see that the book doesn’t actually know what it’s talking about? It turns out that this happened recently with a spate of articles about whether or not women are happier than men in marriages–the thesis of the book was based on one man’s misunderstanding of a survey he read.
 

A difficult day – Michael Wear, Reclaiming Hope – It looks like we’re just going to keep sharing particular editions of newsletters because the essays in them are really good. In this case, Michael Wear reflecting on his daughter’s first daycare is a profound and beautiful reflection on fatherly love and the communities we need to foster parental love.