<![CDATA[Reasons Not to Quit: Events]]>https://rntq.substack.com/s/eventshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3ubg!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9560b240-2a2f-4b85-96bd-ee0126d13cf3_256x256.pngReasons Not to Quit: Eventshttps://rntq.substack.com/s/eventsSubstackSun, 12 Jul 2026 17:17:42 GMT<![CDATA[Please Wait... Reconfiguring]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/please-wait-reconfiguringhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/please-wait-reconfiguringFri, 15 Nov 2024 18:36:37 GMTI’m canceling tomorrow night’s talk “Hymen Wars: 2500 Years of Fighting About Virginity” on account of weather.

That’d be the weather inside my head, not the weather outside my house, just so that’s clear.

I love teaching and doing public speaking. When I originally thought up the idea to do a monthly event series connected to Reasons Not to Quit I jus…

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]]><![CDATA[Fat]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/fat-275https://rntq.substack.com/p/fat-275Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:12:04 GMTI’m Dr. Hanne Blank Boyd, and tonight on Dr. BB Explains it All For You I’m talking about fat. I’m a historian of medicine and sexuality, a bioethicist, and the author of a number of books including Fat (Bloomsbury, 2020).  This book came out in 2020, and offers a snapshot of fat in many of its different guises: as a social issue, a historical phenomeno…

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]]><![CDATA["What's In Your Pants?" Video]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pants-videohttps://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pants-videoMon, 23 Sep 2024 19:48:04 GMTA little bird gave me a timely bit of advice about pants parts and YouTube’s content guidelines, and as a result the “What’s In Your Pants?” video is now available direct to you on Substack. It’s available in the previous post, and also right here for your viewing and learning pleasure.

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]]><![CDATA[What's In Your Pants? LIVE Saturday 9/21 at 7pm Eastern]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pants-live-saturdayhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pants-live-saturdayThu, 19 Sep 2024 18:00:55 GMTJoin me Saturday at 7 pm Eastern for an evening of looking at what’s in YOUR pants!

You’ll learn things you never knew before about what’s in your pants and everyone else’s, how they got to be the way they are, why that matters, and how knowing more about bodies can help you be a better ally to anyone regardless of what’s in their pants or how it got the…

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]]><![CDATA[Paid Subscribers: Free Tickets for Tante Hanne Explains It All For You]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/paid-subscribers-free-tickets-forhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/paid-subscribers-free-tickets-forWed, 11 Sep 2024 22:40:11 GMTHello lovely paid subscribers!

Here’s how you get your FREE tickets to the upcoming Tante Hanne Explains It All For You: What’s In Your Pants?

Click on this link to go to the event registration page. It looks like this:

Click the “Request to Join” button.

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]]><![CDATA[What's In Your Pants?]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pantshttps://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-in-your-pantsWed, 11 Sep 2024 22:16:26 GMTThe second Tante Hanne Explains It All For You is 10 days away!

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]]><![CDATA[What's a 'Good Body' Anyway?]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-a-good-body-anywayhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/whats-a-good-body-anywaySun, 18 Aug 2024 17:52:21 GMTWelcome, everyone, to the first episode of Tante Hanne Explains It All For You.

I’m Hanne Blank Boyd, writer, academic, and all around helpful knower of stuff. I’m the person behind Reasons Not To Quit (rntq.substack.com) and I’m sometimes known as Tante Hanne. I think everyone should have a Tante — an aunty — who explains things, who has information…

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]]><![CDATA[TONIGHT: Tante Hanne Explains It All For You]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/tonight-tante-hanne-explains-it-allhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/tonight-tante-hanne-explains-it-allSat, 17 Aug 2024 18:02:02 GMTTONIGHT! LIVE! UNCUT! ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Tante Hanne Explains it All For You takes on the question “What’s a ‘Good Body,’ Anyway?” TONIGHT August 17 at 9 pm Eastern (USA). The video below gives you a tiny taste of some of what we’ll be looking at and talking about… and there’s gonna be so, so, so much more.

The event is free for paid subscribers… link is below the paywall.

If you’d like to subscribe, here you go:

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If you don’t want to subscribe but still want to attend the event, a limited number of additional tickets are available by donation here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-good-body-anyway-tickets-982106094767

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]]><![CDATA[Preview: Tante Hanne Explains It All For You]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/preview-tante-hanne-explains-it-allhttps://rntq.substack.com/p/preview-tante-hanne-explains-it-allWed, 14 Aug 2024 17:01:45 GMTTante Hanne Explains it All For You takes on the question “What’s a ‘Good Body,’ Anyway?” this Saturday, August 17 at 9 pm Eastern (USA). The video below gives you a tiny taste of some of what we’ll be looking at and talking about… with extra bonus Olympic shotput medalists, ‘cause I know some of y’all like that sort of thing.

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]]><![CDATA[Tickets for August 18 Tante Hanne Explains It All For You]]>https://rntq.substack.com/p/tickets-for-august-18-tante-hannehttps://rntq.substack.com/p/tickets-for-august-18-tante-hanneSun, 11 Aug 2024 12:57:02 GMTTickets for the first Tante Hanne Explains it All For You are now available by donation for those who choose not to subscribe to Reasons Not To Quit.

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