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Amy Alkon

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Detroit, Michigan, The United States

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Science, Psychology, Nonfiction

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Amy Alkon is an independent investigative science writer specializing in “applied science”—using scientific evidence to solve real-world problems.

Alkon critically evaluates and synthesizes research across disciplines and then translates it into everyday language, empowering regular people to make scientifically informed decisions for the best of their health and well-being.

For 25 years, Alkon wrote an award-winning, science-based nationally syndicated advice column, distributed by Creators. With GOING MENOPOSTAL, Alkon has authored five books—most recently, her “science-help” book UNF*CKOLOGY: How to Live with Guts and Confidence (St. Martin’s Press, 2018).

Alkon is the past President of the Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society, which ...more

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Average rating: 3.29 · 2,613 ratings · 472 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck 3.19 avg rating — 1,663 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence 3.54 avg rating — 433 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society 3.31 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Menopostal: What You (and Your Doctor) Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Advice: the Advice Ladies on Love, Dating, Sex, And Relationships 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meangirlology: How to protect yourself from sneak attacks and social ruin by Amy Alkon (Goodreads Author), Jaimie Arona Krems (Foreword) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phản đòn đẳng cấp : gặp chuyện khó đỡ, xoay xở làm sao? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Mary & Carol Higgins Clark in Conversation with Amy Alkon (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books by Mary Higgins Clark, Amy Alkon (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Carol Higgins Clark 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I read your response to "Confused" (the woman dating a guy so needy he wanted her to ditch all her friends and spend every minute with him). I suggest you tell her it'll never work out and she should date someone else.

--Advice From 60-Something Male

Telling people what to do is necessary in certain situations, like when it's a more successful battle strategy than "You do you!": dispatching the

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“Doubt gets a bad rap. Doubting doesn't mean you've stopped believing, but that you've started thinking. Sheep doubt nothing. Chances are you'll get further in life by questioning things than by living like something that ends up as dinner and a sweater.”
― Amy Alkon, I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society

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“There are things a man can do to make himself more articulate, and having sex is not one of them.”
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“People change their behavior when they sort it out in their own mind that what they’re doing violates what they care most about and what they want most for themselves,”
― Amy Alkon, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck

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