Me, Myself, and IUDs ^41.4%

Mother Jones - By Julia Lurie - 7/8/2026, 11:30 AM

Appeal to Authority 15.3% - Negativity Bias 14.8% - Anecdotal 10.2%

Last summer, I noticed a shift: I was calmer and happier than I’d been in years. This was puzzling, since my life didn’t look particularly calm. I was planning a solo cross-country move, and my days were full of bubble wrap and goodbye dinners and Craigslist alerts. But as I packed up boxes in Boston, and then adjusted to life in San... more