--- title: Quinn Cummings | TIME description: Quinn Cummings is a writer of three books, Notes From the Underwire, The Year of Learning Dangerously and Pet Sounds. 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. canonical: https://time.com/author/quinn-cummings/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/quinn-cummings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Quinn Cummings ## 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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