Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · 21h

I’ve written an essay on Riot Women, by genius scriptwriter Sally Wainwright. Her six-part BBC series is about midlife women in crisis who - of course - form a punk band. But there’s serious, darker stuff in there too about the mental health issues too. Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be on the Begin Again podcast with Davina McCall this week. We talk about how we both rebooted our lives, became menopause campaigners, and made a couple of documentaries together. And about my book, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. Here’s the podcast: youtu.be/YqQAzSdqpCs

2

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · 19d

How to defuse the time bombs of ageing with Dr Vonda Wright open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

2

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · 28d

Was Mrs T on HRT?
Do hormones affect the will to power. The answer, for Thatcher, was rather surprising: substack.com/@katemuir/no...

1

Reposted by Kate Muir

samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · Aug 22

As someone who is probably fast approaching perimenopause, I've been paying a lot of attention to the latest research and modern HRT. We need to talk about it more!

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 22

It’s time to rebrand HRT!
And why synthetic hormones are a bit like ultra-processed food.
Please read my essay on why HRT has been given such a bad rap, in science and popular culture, and how women are the losers in this ideological battle. open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1 1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 29

Is the ‘Grandmother Hypothesis’ of menopause bonkers? Read my essay: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 22

It’s time to rebrand HRT!
And why synthetic hormones are a bit like ultra-processed food.
Please read my essay on why HRT has been given such a bad rap, in science and popular culture, and how women are the losers in this ideological battle. open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1

Reposted by Kate Muir

Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Book of the day, How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis. @katemuir.bsky.social a women’s health expert, documentary maker, and author of How to Have a Magnificent Midlife Crisis, as well as groundbreaking books on the menopause and the pill.

wegottickets.com/event/673121/

1 1 1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read all about the joys and mental health benefits of (cold) wild swimming here - reporting from the Isle of Gigha open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 11

Links to the full article which was picked up by the iPaper
open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...
Please subscribe to my weekly free Substack - I’ll be doing more on this in the autumn. And spread the word. Thanks! Kate

1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 9

An essay from on the human and hormonal aspects of The Rage 😡 open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 8

We’re talking about The Rage in midlife below. And please subscribe to my free Substack for more posts like this open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Aug 1

open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Ella in Paris

A holiday edition - about reconnecting and the birth of the bikini

open.substack.com

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 27

How many hours of sleep do we need to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s? Read the latest science on holistic protection in my new free report here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 25

Is this electric-blue yoghurt with agave syrup really ‘brain food’? Read my new free Substack post on all the holistic ways to protect your brain - How Can I Avoid Alzheimer’s (Part 2). It’s amazing the extent to which we can control our risks.
open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1 1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 24

Read how stopping HRT suddenly puts women at risk of fractures, and staying on it reduces risk of osteoporosis by 25%. Yet some GPs are still refusing to continue HRT prescriptions. Everyone needs to catch up wit the evidence www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 18

My new Substack investigation on How to Avoid Alzheimer’s is up, inspired by my mum Ella. Clue: get your hormonal glasses on!
Read it here: substack.com/@katemuir/no...

1 1

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 11

My new Substack essay ‘Is My Phone Making Me Dull?’ Is up here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jul 7

Why are we taught more about frogs than women’s health at school? Why don’t we know that women’s brains rewire up to three times in life, at the 3 Ps: puberty, pregnancy and perimenopause and that we are miracles of plasticity?It’s all here in my new weekly Substack open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jun 27

My new free Substack is up. This week: Am I Having a Perimenopausal Libido Surge? featuring, among others, the writer Miranda July open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

2 3

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jun 20

Read more about why we need a new cultural and health revolution on my new KateMuir Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/katemuir...

1 3

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jun 16

Click here to get my free weekly newsletter: substack.com/@katemuir?r=...

Reposted by Kate Muir

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Jun 14

“The so-called housing crisis is not about all housing. It’s really only about the dire shortage of what are referred to as affordable homes.,” writes two local activists in the Cotswolds.
www.prospectmagazine...

What housing crisis?

The government has been approaching the problems with the UK’s housing market from the wrong direction

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

8 17

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jun 14

Please subscribe to my weekly Substack newsletter on how to have a magnificent midlife crisis and much more @katemuir katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-h...

Kate Muir @katemuir.bsky.social · Jun 13

My new free KateMuir Substack launches today - and every Friday katemuir.substack.com/p/should-i-h...