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Kara Kennedy
Kara Kennedy is a contributing writer for The Free Press
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Let the Kids Smoke
A new tobacco ban in Britain for anyone born after 2008 may make the next generation safer. So why do I feel like we’re losing something?
Kara Kennedy
Why Don’t I Breastfeed? Because I Don’t Want to!
Despite what a random mom online might say, you don’t have to martyr yourself to be a good mother.
Kara Kennedy
The Over-Therapized Lives of Mormon Wives
Taylor Frankie Paul and the rest of #MomTok have never been more into therapy. They’ve also never been worse people.
Kara Kennedy
I Married a Man I’d Known a Few Months
You have to take your time before you commit to someone. That was the advice I grew up with. I completely ignored it.
Kara Kennedy
Why Is No One Having Sex?
‘I don’t want to perform.’ ‘Sleep wins.’ ‘She doesn’t have the same high sex drive as me.’ I spoke to the Americans behind the sex recession—and this is…
Kara Kennedy
Why Are So Many British Women Getting Abortions?
New government figures suggest that, amid a fertility slump, there has been a sharp rise in abortions in the UK. Our reporter speaks to the women who…
Kara Kennedy
In Defense of Brooklyn Beckham
I never thought I’d feel sorry for this tragically untalented nepo baby. I was wrong.
Kara Kennedy
The British Baby Bust
In the UK, deaths could outnumber births this year. To understand why, I spoke to the women driving the trend.
Kara Kennedy
Brigitte Bardot Is Dead. Why Are We Scolding Her?
It seems that certain people with certain beliefs must be disposed of carefully.
Kara Kennedy
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe
A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law.
Kara Kennedy
In ‘Wicked,’ There’s a Very Thin Elephant in the Room
Ariana Grande looks as fragile on-screen as a porcelain doll. If my daughter sees it, will this be the body she’ll feel she has to grow into?
Kara Kennedy
Trump’s Ozempic Deal Will Make America Slim Again
Rarely does the U.S. subsidize a treatment that may prevent the problem of obesity altogether.
Kara Kennedy
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