34. Real Talk: Cocktails Aren’t That Good For You

But friends are. So what do we do?

Hold up. Did I just type that? Is that really the title of this week’s Ideas Over Drinks? In a newsletter that has drinking culture baked into its DNA, am I saying you actually shouldn’t be drinking? Sort of. Maybe. 

Let me explain.

I subscribe to In Her Words at The New York Times, a twice-weekly newsletter on women, gender, and society. About three wee…