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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Quinn Cummings _Quinn Cummings is a writer of three books,_ [Notes From the Underwire](http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Underwire-Adventures-Awkward-Lovely/dp/B00342VEQK/ref=la%5FB001OJR8QK%5F1%5F2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411570112&sr=1-2)_,_ [The Year of Learning Dangerously](http://www.amazon.com/Year-Learning-Dangerously-Adventures-Homeschooling/dp/0399537740/ref=la%5FB001OJR8QK%5F1%5F3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411570112&sr=1-3) _and_ [Pet Sounds](http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Sounds-Improved-Stories-Report/dp/0989447308/ref=la%5FB001OJR8QK%5F1%5F1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411570112&sr=1-1)_. Her articles have been published in, among others,_ The Atlantic_,_ The Wall Street Journal_,_ TIME_, The Huffington Post and_ Good Housekeeping_. She is a passionate animal lover, an indifferent housekeeper and would eat her own hand if you put salsa on it._ ## Quinn Cummings *  Jan 23, 2015 ### [The Real Contagion of Anti-Vaccine Idiocy](https://time.com/3680484/measels-disneyland-outbreak-vaccines/) When a 'personal choice' becomes a health crisis [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2014 ### [Homeschooled Kids Shouldn't Be Scapegoats for Sandy Hook](https://time.com/3551600/sandy-hook-advisory-commission-homeschooling/) Fear of another school massacre is inspiring bad policies [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 17, 2014 ### [Heads Up: Don't Let Soccer Concussions Fly Under the Radar](https://time.com/3517206/soccer-youth-headers-concussions/) Football and hockey are getting the bulk of the attention for causing brain injury, but there is res... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 9, 2014 ### [A Book About Dying Tells You How to Live](https://time.com/3485136/atul-gawande-being-mortal/) Atul Gawande's 'Being Mortal' provides a useful roadmap for making life meaningful [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 1, 2014 ### [The Most Game-Changing Part of the 'Affirmative Consent' Law](https://time.com/3453656/affirmative-consent-law-silence/) Consent and lack of consent can look the same [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 24, 2014 ### [Making Abortions Illegal Doesn't Make Them Go Away](https://time.com/3423785/illegal-abortions/) Forget Roe v. Wade. 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