Your doctor should not have said that. There is a range of options doctors give when inserting or replacing your IUD. I'm sorry they failed you.

So, when a critic says, “Ah hah! That app makes shit up!” A lot of people will nod politely. And then they will think to themselves, “Well, so does the newspaper, and so does Facebook, and so do politicians, and none of those help me do this task or say nice things to me when I ask them questions.”

Many people who use this framing to critique are either highly-educated or are in fields like arts or communication that deeply value education and accuracy. (I’m one of those!) But that’s a small % of the population overall, and not very representative. Most people think most media is bullshit.

54% of Americans sit at or below about a 6th grade level per the National Literacy Institute.

This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.