People often think that seeing celebrity interviews and scenes from ordinary life will give them insight into what makes them special. But special people are usually so via overwhelming focus on areas that make them special. They've put little energy into ordinary areas.
Reminder: if you are of the opinion that topic Y is of more importance and interest than currently popular topic X, you'll have far more success promoting that opinion via talking about Y, vs. dumping on X.
"Under the 1960 first-birth schedule median grandmotherhood came at 44. Under the 2024 schedule it is 57, cutting the healthy years with grandchildren from 28 to 15"
"so few babies are being born … as symptomatic of societal woes that conservatives have little to say about: the costs of housing, health care, & higher education; fear of a climate-changed future; feelings of precarity, immediate & anticipated; & obstacles to finding a potential co-parent"
Uh, conservatives have plenty to say on those things.