The Equinox and SoulCycle backlash is a reminder of an intertwined history — When PURE Yoga and Equinox instructor Jimmy Burgio heard that the billionaire behind the two luxury fitness brands would be hosting a fundraiser for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, Burgio made a gut decision: He quit his job. On August 6, the Washington Post reported that Stephen Ross, the chairman…

Our fight to protect the planet is incomplete without a gender-based perspective — There’s a fetid haze in the air when I call emergency medicine physician Dr. Cecilia Sorensen, who is fresh off an ER shift at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. I’m in California, some 150 miles from Paradise, where the Camp Fire has practically leveled an entire town…

I’ve tried Ambien, melatonin, and more. Placebo or not, CBD works wonders. — Name a sleep aid and I can describe the specific type of hangover it gives me. The morning after overdoing melatonin by even five milligrams, I wake up to pressure at my temples and mental fog so thick that conversation is difficult. Post-Benadryl fatigue feels as if each of my…

The little blue pill isn’t a silver bullet for what ails young people’s sex lives — For over a decade, George, 33, has struggled on-and-off with erectile dysfunction (ED), a challenge that he says left him frustrated and embarrassed. “When I was nineteen, the girl I was seeing was polite about it, but it made me feel incredibly insecure and inadequate,” he says. He considered seeking…

Policy loopholes are leaving same-sex couples without coverage for infertility treatment, and many are calling it discrimination — After eight rounds of DIY artificial insemination over nine months, including the use of a friend’s sperm and a syringe, Ash Blair’s wife was finally pregnant. The couple (only Blair agreed to be quoted for this story) had been waiting almost a year for a positive pregnancy test — a…