Media startups won’t be successful until they start assigning value to quality writing and reporting. — I’m only getting paid two and a half cents per click on this story. That’s more than what 99.9% of contributors on Medium get paid. I have a $60,000 graduate journalism degree from Medill, nearly a decade of writing experience, and, let’s be honest, I’m super smart and seriously good…

Ladies used to dominate the beer brewing game — then men stole it away — Men and beer have gone together for ages. Beer is crafted by men in factories owned by men, sold to men, and consumed by men. But women love beer, too. They make up one-quarter of U.S. beer consumption by volume, according to the Beverage Media Group. And the number of…

How most birth control can cause blood clots and why it’s still perfectly safe for the vast majority of women. — We need to talk about birth control. Specifically, we need to talk about what is and isn’t dangerous about it, as there’s a lot of misinformation going around lately thanks to a scathing takedown of NuvaRing in Vanity Fair (Danger in the Ring by Marie Brenner, January 2014). If you…