Sexism Is Making You Sleepy
Finally, a persuasive argument for gender equality: Researchers have found that a country’s level of equality is linked…
A Journey Into the Exploitive, Bullshit-Heavy, Sanity-Saving Baby Sleep Advice Industry
There was a moment in the first few months of my son’s life when I caught a glimpse of perspective about my…
If You're a Parent, Sleep Is Over
“Ask the Matriarchy” is a four-part advice series running on Thursdays.
I Paid Someone $200 for Permission to Let My Baby Cry
In the spring of 2014, I paid a woman $200 for permission to let my eight-month-old son cry himself to sleep.…
New 8-Hour Classical Album Designed for Sleep, Will DJ Your Unconscious
Classical composer Max Richter, known for HBO’s The Leftovers, loves sleeping so much that he created an 8-hour album…
Tired Woman Falls Asleep At Boring Event
Feminism is about living one’s truth, even in a society that doesn’t want you to. Let’s take a moment to build up this…
Science Proves We Were Right About School Starting Too Early
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that hundreds of thousands of whiny teenagers…
This Kid Is So Done With Obama He Can't Even Keep Himself Upright
Adults, right? It's like every time your parents drag you to a party they spend about 300 hours saying goodbye and…
'Sleep Drunkenness' Is the Funniest Disorder Ever
Today in A-DOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, science has collected some hard data on a phenomenon called "sleep drunkenness"—also…
Doctors Say Teens Start School Too Damn Early in the Morning
It's not just the grumbling, heavy-lidded teens of America who desperately want school to start later in the morning:…
Interrupted Sleep Might As Well Be Barely Any Sleep at All
Finally, a justification for your deep, abiding hatred of the night-owl neighbors who won't turn down their godforsaken…
'Bedtime Procrastination' Is Ruining Us All
The idiom goes "I'll sleep when I'm dead," but tweak the phrase to "I'll sleep after I watch one more episode of SVU…
Watching Kids Explain Their Dreams Will Warm the Cockles of Your Heart
"In the night, you can't really do anything and a dream is a good way to fill up a chunk of time," explains Jack, a…
Feminist Battle: Are You Privileged Enough to Get Some Sleep?
Ladies, there’s another battle in this feminism war: Sleep. And who gets it. That’s right, a biological necessity now a…
Why Daylight Saving Time Will Kill Us All
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, ancient black magic dictates that most of our clocks will magically spring forward…
Women Need More Sleep Than Men, Apparently
Ladies, you can officially tell everyone to BACK OFF about how grumpy you are in the morning!
Women Totally Mad IRL for Stuff Their Boyfriends Do in Dreams
Tabloid trendpieces should be taken with an entire shaker of salt. But the headline "Over Half of Women Admit They Have…
Science: We All Need Sleep to Clean Out Our Brain Garbage
In the persisting mystery of why we sleep, scientists at the University of Rochester have a new theory — we sleep to…
Regular Bedtimes Make Kids Less Shitty
No one wants to raise an asshole and according to a new study the key to that could be making your kid go to bed at the…
Your Brain Is Basically Wet Garbage Without an Afternoon Nap
GREAT NEWS VIA SCIENCE, BRAIN-HAVERS. Researchers from U Mass Amherst studied the sleep and learning patterns of 40 3-…