EJ Dixon
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I mean, you really only need to look at like the people who have invested in EV adjacent enterprises, like the natural family planning app that Brittany Martinez launched to know that they're serious. Brittany Martinez is also the founder of this planning app called 28, which launched in August 2022.
I mean, you really only need to look at like the people who have invested in EV adjacent enterprises, like the natural family planning app that Brittany Martinez launched to know that they're serious. Brittany Martinez is also the founder of this planning app called 28, which launched in August 2022.
And it's basically this wellness app that encourages people to adopt natural family planning methods and offers like personalized fitness and nutrition recommendations based on where a user is in their cycle. Which kind of sounds like innocuous and apolitical on the surface, but it's actually like the anti-birth control argument is like a pretty strong talking point on the right.
And it's basically this wellness app that encourages people to adopt natural family planning methods and offers like personalized fitness and nutrition recommendations based on where a user is in their cycle. Which kind of sounds like innocuous and apolitical on the surface, but it's actually like the anti-birth control argument is like a pretty strong talking point on the right.
And it's basically this wellness app that encourages people to adopt natural family planning methods and offers like personalized fitness and nutrition recommendations based on where a user is in their cycle. Which kind of sounds like innocuous and apolitical on the surface, but it's actually like the anti-birth control argument is like a pretty strong talking point on the right.
I don't think that birth control is moral.
I don't think that birth control is moral.
I don't think that birth control is moral.
Actually, when Evie, you know, in the first year or two that Evie was running, there were a lot of stories that were, like, very... broadly skeptical of birth control in general. These are headlines like the birth control pill could increase your risk for breast cancer, 13 reasons why you should quit hormonal birth control. And it didn't disclose the relationship between Evie magazine and 28.
Actually, when Evie, you know, in the first year or two that Evie was running, there were a lot of stories that were, like, very... broadly skeptical of birth control in general. These are headlines like the birth control pill could increase your risk for breast cancer, 13 reasons why you should quit hormonal birth control. And it didn't disclose the relationship between Evie magazine and 28.
Actually, when Evie, you know, in the first year or two that Evie was running, there were a lot of stories that were, like, very... broadly skeptical of birth control in general. These are headlines like the birth control pill could increase your risk for breast cancer, 13 reasons why you should quit hormonal birth control. And it didn't disclose the relationship between Evie magazine and 28.
So obviously there's sort of an inherent conflict of interest there. And 28 had conservative backing. It had $3 million in backing from Peter Thiel, who's the right-wing billionaire who served on Trump's transition committee. Um,
So obviously there's sort of an inherent conflict of interest there. And 28 had conservative backing. It had $3 million in backing from Peter Thiel, who's the right-wing billionaire who served on Trump's transition committee. Um,
So obviously there's sort of an inherent conflict of interest there. And 28 had conservative backing. It had $3 million in backing from Peter Thiel, who's the right-wing billionaire who served on Trump's transition committee. Um,
And she's denied that, like, he has any involvement with Evie in general, but it really, like, it does raise questions, especially since 28 was initially branded as, like, 28 by Evie in the URL for 28 initially redirected to Evie. Like, it does raise questions about, like, what the agenda is here.
And she's denied that, like, he has any involvement with Evie in general, but it really, like, it does raise questions, especially since 28 was initially branded as, like, 28 by Evie in the URL for 28 initially redirected to Evie. Like, it does raise questions about, like, what the agenda is here.
And she's denied that, like, he has any involvement with Evie in general, but it really, like, it does raise questions, especially since 28 was initially branded as, like, 28 by Evie in the URL for 28 initially redirected to Evie. Like, it does raise questions about, like, what the agenda is here.
I do. And this is sort of where my feelings about EV Magazine get a little bit more complicated, because I think everything that you're saying is, like, totally spot on. Like, I do think... I came of age in the early 2000s where I was being inundated with, you know, the how to give a good blowjob listicles, but also told that I shouldn't dress too sexy and... And be very, very thin and yeah.
I do. And this is sort of where my feelings about EV Magazine get a little bit more complicated, because I think everything that you're saying is, like, totally spot on. Like, I do think... I came of age in the early 2000s where I was being inundated with, you know, the how to give a good blowjob listicles, but also told that I shouldn't dress too sexy and... And be very, very thin and yeah.
I do. And this is sort of where my feelings about EV Magazine get a little bit more complicated, because I think everything that you're saying is, like, totally spot on. Like, I do think... I came of age in the early 2000s where I was being inundated with, you know, the how to give a good blowjob listicles, but also told that I shouldn't dress too sexy and... And be very, very thin and yeah.