Issue #21
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According to a new study from the University of Colorado, women sleep less, wake up more often, and get less restorative sleep than men. Of course, as someone who’s brother would sleep 15 hours a day given the opportunity, this was a glaringly obvious fact to me.
But, there’s actual evidence. Evidence in mice, but evidence nonetheless. Key discoveries:
Female mice slept an hour less than males and had more fragmented sleep.
Stress hormones and sex differences likely drive variations in sleep patterns.
Underrepresenting females in research risks skewed drug efficacy and safety data.
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If you’ve somehow missed this, I really don’t know what to say. Wicked (the movie musical version) hits the cinemas today, I think. And whether you like musicals or not, you have to admit the marketing and promotion around this film has been top notch.
I’ve never seen so much pink and green in my life. Everything you can possibly think of has been adapted into pink and green. And even some things you wouldn’t have thought of. This film seems to have received Barbie-level marketing for whatever reason. It’ll be interesting to see if they keep it up for whenever part 2 comes out. For those of you who aren’t aware, this is only part 1, a fact that seems to be conveniently left out of most of the promotions.
I have several thoughts about this film (haven’t seen it yet, I just have ✨opinons✨).
First of all, something seems off about the colouring of the film. (I know nothing about film so forgive the lack of techincal terms). I don’t konw if it’s washed out or unbalanced or whatever but something about it seems off. Like, if you’re gonna adapt something related to The Wizard of Oz for screen, should it not have at least a little bit of that visual vibe?
Second, why would you split it into two halves? Can we please go back to just making films in one go and leave it at that. I know Wicked has an interval in the theatre production, but it feels unnecessary here. Especially considering we’re not going to be able to watch part 2 for at least a year, maybe 2.
I’ll say nothing about the acting because you can’t really judge from the trailers, but I have doubts.
I might come back and update this with a review once I’ve seen the film and we’ll see how much my mind changes post-watch.
And that’s that on that🫡
xoxo curiosuty curator👀