Christopher Pepper (He/Him)
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Award-winning educator and writer, with bylines in the NY Times, SF Chronicle, and Edutopia. New book, "TALK TO YOUR BOYS," due out in 2025 from Workman Publishing.
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SO THRILLED to tell you about this new book, which is now available to preorder
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@jfschroeder.bsky.social and I are thrilled to introduce our new book, TALK TO YOUR BOYS. Read all about it, and find out why we really really want you to preorder it today: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
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Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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Under-16s will lose access to apps like TikTok on December 10, but they’re already finding ways around it and some are even going to court ⬇️
Australia is about to ban teens from social media — or so it thinks
Under-16s will lose access to apps like TikTok on December 10, but they’re already finding ways around it and some are even going to court
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Under-16s will lose access to apps like TikTok on December 10, but they’re already finding ways around it and some are even going to court ⬇️
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
The student, Any Lucia López Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
The student, Any Lucia López Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
The student, Any Lucia López Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
The student, Any Lucia López Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Don’t Fear the Teens
Teenagers are (a lot) less intimidating than you think.
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Teenagers are (a lot) less intimidating than you think.
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Don’t Fear the Teens
Teenagers are (a lot) less intimidating than you think.
theauntie.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Don’t Fear the Teens
Teenagers are (a lot) less intimidating than you think.
theauntie.substack.com/p/dont-fear-...
Teenagers are (a lot) less intimidating than you think.
theauntie.substack.com/p/dont-fear-...
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Just wanted to take a moment to recommend an amazing book called Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word by Thea Hillman. A lot of people could get some really useful perspective from this book right now
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Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word
Lambda-Award winning Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word chronicles one person’s search for self in a world obsessed with normal. In first-person prose as intimate as a diary, Thea Hillman re…
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August 2, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Just wanted to take a moment to recommend an amazing book called Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word by Thea Hillman. A lot of people could get some really useful perspective from this book right now
theahillman.com/portfolio/in...
theahillman.com/portfolio/in...
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w... via @statnews.com
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time
Perhaps AIDS activists’ famous slogan, “Silence = Death,” needs an update for this troubling moment.
www.statnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w... via @statnews.com
Rise of ‘performative male ’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
www.theweek.in/wire-updates...
www.theweek.in/wire-updates...
Rise of ‘performative male ’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
Toronto Toronto, Nov 20 (The Conversation) Across TikTok and university campuses, young men are rewriting what masculinity looks like
www.theweek.in
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Rise of ‘performative male ’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
www.theweek.in/wire-updates...
www.theweek.in/wire-updates...
Smoking Weed Has a Surprising Effect on Drinking
Researchers set up a makeshift bar on a college campus to test how much people wanted to drink after they smoked cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Researchers set up a makeshift bar on a college campus to test how much people wanted to drink after they smoked cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Smoking Weed Has a Surprising Effect on Drinking
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Smoking Weed Has a Surprising Effect on Drinking
Researchers set up a makeshift bar on a college campus to test how much people wanted to drink after they smoked cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Researchers set up a makeshift bar on a college campus to test how much people wanted to drink after they smoked cannabis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/h...
Why males take more risks and how to promote healthy risk-taking in teens
Experts say factors from evolution to peer pressure lead men and boys to flirt with danger. But some risk-taking is crucial
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
Experts say factors from evolution to peer pressure lead men and boys to flirt with danger. But some risk-taking is crucial
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
Why males take more risks and how to promote healthy risk-taking in teens
Experts say factors from evolution to peer pressure lead men and boys to flirt with danger. But some risk-taking is crucial.
www.scmp.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Why males take more risks and how to promote healthy risk-taking in teens
Experts say factors from evolution to peer pressure lead men and boys to flirt with danger. But some risk-taking is crucial
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
Experts say factors from evolution to peer pressure lead men and boys to flirt with danger. But some risk-taking is crucial
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/he...
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
Wild that this story does not mention “Ferris Bueller” at all. That version of “Twist and Shout” was what prompted me (and lots of my Gen X peers) to start checking out The Beatles.
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wild that this story does not mention “Ferris Bueller” at all. That version of “Twist and Shout” was what prompted me (and lots of my Gen X peers) to start checking out The Beatles.
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
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New second in command and top MD at CDC:
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New second in command and top MD at CDC:
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
Saw David Byrne in San Francisco earlier this week and this version of this song had me in tears. This is the best version I can find online. youtu.be/PCrE0QbuwTA
David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (Toronto N2 2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Saw David Byrne in San Francisco earlier this week and this version of this song had me in tears. This is the best version I can find online. youtu.be/PCrE0QbuwTA
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Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...