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Paul Eastwick

@pauleastwick.bsky.social
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Psychology Professor @ UC Davis studying attraction, relationships, and human evolution. New podcast: lovefactuallypod.com

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Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University @ipratnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Love Factually" made @nytimes.com's roundup of 8 wellness podcasts worth adding to your queue. Co-hosts @elijfinkel.bsky.social and @pauleastwick.bsky.social dig into what romantic films get right—and wrong—about real relationships. Read more: spr.ly/63320B1xu0a
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8 Wellness Podcasts to Add to Your Queue
In case you’re looking for a new deep dive.
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The Love Consortium @theloveconsortium.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Our most recent TLC Newsletter spotlights @pauleastwick.bsky.social and his new book Bonded by Evolution. Learn more about his inspiration in writing the book and the insights he is excited to share here:
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thanks to Psychology Today for publishing one of my favorite bits of Bonded by Evolution as an excerpt! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/bond...
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Networks Are the Best Matchmakers
Personal Perspective: How I learned to stop worrying and love the friend zone.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I was STUNNED that this model ended up being the winner. No Big 5, or Big 3, or Big Anything. Relationships measures capture positivity, layered on top of item-specific content. That's it. It feels like we need to start developing new measures from square one.
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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New paper, out this week in PLOS One, suggests that most close relationship self-report measures are primarily capturing relationship quality 🧵 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Predicting relationship quality with itself? A single general factor captures most of the variance across 34 common relationship measures
In relationship science, researchers have generated a wide array of constructs and corresponding self-report measures to characterize, explain, and predict relationship quality – the foremost studied ...
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
As a kid growing up in Massachusetts, THE paper was The Boston Globe. Needless to say, it's pretty cool that they published my op-ed about gender differences!
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A myth about dating troubles for high-earning women - The Boston Globe
Supposedly, women aren’t into men who make less money than they do, and vice versa. But it’s not really true.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Chatting with @justinlehmiller.bsky.social is always a blast!
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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We're all very excited around here to read @pauleastwick.bsky.social's new book!
"Bonded by Evolution" book next to Mango the toy poodle.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The @NextBigIdeaClub team has selected BONDED BY EVOLUTION as a monthly must-read!
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Your Relationship Isn't a Product, It's a Project
Why love isn’t something you find on a marketplace—it’s something two people build over time.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Great news! Now through 1/1/26 when you preorder Bonded by Evolution at Barnes & Noble, B&N Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off. Premium Members get an additional 10% off physical books. Coupon code PREORDER25 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bonded-by-... #BNPreorder @BarnesandNoble.com
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Had a blast chatting with Larry and Robin! @wgnmorningnews
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Life Lessons from Holiday Movies
YouTube video by WGN News
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 05/12/2025
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
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Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
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Kristina Olson @olsonista.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...
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Visiting Internship for Ph.D. Students (VIPS) Program
The VIPS program is an initiative of the DEI committee of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University. VIPS will support up to 4 Ph.D. students who are full-time students at other universitie...
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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
doomers: there’s not going to be elections in America ever again me: if they can’t even cancel an entertainer due to popular pushback what the fuck makes you think they can cancel elections
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“Alpha status is more like a temporary job role than an innate characteristic of the leading individual” www.livescience.com/animals/are-...
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Are alpha males real?
The term "alpha male" was coined in 1970 to describe wolves. But what does science think about the term now?
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Fantastic relationship science in the nytimes - nice work, Maya and Erica!
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Now through 9/5: Preorder from Barnes & Noble and get a special discount on my book! B&N Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off preorders. Premium Members get an additional 10% off physical books. Use coupon code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bonded-by-... @BarnesandNoble #BNPreorder
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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📢 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 @nourkteily.bsky.social and I are delighted to introduce the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement, supercharged by a $20M gift from Jennifer and Alec Litowitz. The #LitowitzCenter helps people harness the power of difference. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/n...
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Northwestern trustee and husband gift $20 million to Center for Enlightened Disagreement
A Northwestern University trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Had a blast chatting with Alex Curmi on the Thinking Mind Podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/1Vy0...
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The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Mental Health Podcast · Updated Biweekly ·
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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A big THANK YOU to @davidmcraney.bsky.social for featuring the #LoveFactually podcast on #YouAreNotSoSmart! The episode delves into #TheNotebook, figuring out what the movie gets right -- and what it gets wrong -- about how relationships work. Enjoy! youarenotsosmart.com/2025/08/04/y...
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YANSS 319 – What movies often get wrong about romantic love, relationships, and human mating in general
Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the movie “The Notebook” and tell us what it gets right and what it gets wrong when it comes to por…
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Another fantastic piece about modern dating by @faith-hill.bsky.social! #PsychSciSky
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The Growing Belief in ‘Love at First Sight’
Dating vibes may be dark, but a surprisingly optimistic notion about romance seems to be making a comeback.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Great chatting with @dkthomp.bsky.social about relationship science and what it can tell us about online dating, soul mates, and Julia Roberts movies! More on the science behind your favorite rom coms on the Love Factually Podcast with me and Eli at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance
Plain English with Derek Thompson · Episode
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
When I was in grad school, this was THE resource...and it cost a ton. Now it's free. Amazing. #PsychSciSky
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A terrific HuffPost writeup of our recent PNAS paper! #PsychSciSky
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“reactionary backlash is a feature of two main milestones in the academy’s history: the democratization of admissions and the diversification of curriculum. Trump and Vance’s attacks are part of a longer history of rightwing backlash that follows each time college becomes more democratic”
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‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus | Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began
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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 25/04/2025
ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation. An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In the most recent Bridget Jones film, we find our heroine drawn to younger men. According to our recent PNAS article, this aspect of the movie is spot on: On average, women say they want an older partner, but they are initially attracted to younger ones. #PsychSciSky
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Bridget Jones is an Avatar for the Science of Attraction | SPSP
Both men and women are—perhaps surprisingly—more attracted to younger partners.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“You’re going to need an alliance that pulls together American families, employers, unions, companies, the whole network of people and institutions beyond your campus who understand that the universities of America are critical to everything that is good about the country…”
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How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime
Viktor Orbán came for me. Donald Trump is coming for you. Here’s what to do.
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a...
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
just did this, you should too: bsky.app/profile/aoc....
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
All the pundits spending time on Dems’ message on trans sports could maybe use a little of their power and platform to talk about how vile this is.
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Not that other guy, that's for sure @neogliberal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Nature published a misguided op-ed on using LLM's in peer review. The author suggested LLM's could be an aid. But I was interested in a larger question. Can ChatGPT do a peer reivew? So I uploaded a first-submission manuscript for it to review. I also have human reviews for comparison.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The coding in this paper was a shocker. We see plenty of adoption of new practices....except in the relationships-specific journals, which tend not to have explicit policies 🤨
Table of prevalence of open science practices by topic and journal.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I’ve never been so happy to see the NSF “annual report NOW DUE” email in my inbox this morning.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I called both of mine, too. Remind them that the job of the opposition party is to oppose.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I loved (re)teaming up with the one-and-only Dr. Joel on this review. We crammed in as many 🔥 questions as possible, including: - Can rel. research capture anything OTHER than positivity? - Individual-difference moderation...are we sure? - Do our methods need a major reboot? #PsychSciSky
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great chatting with Katy about this movie...which holds up (shockingly?) well!
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Justin Lehmiller @justinlehmiller.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I spoke with my friends over at the Love Factually Podcast about the classic 2010 film Easy A starring Emma Stone. We talked about sexual double standards, virginity, sexual reputation, and more. Check it out! @elijfinkel.bsky.social @pauleastwick.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
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Episode 363: Sex In The Movies - Sex and Psychology
When it comes to how sex and sexuality are portrayed on screen, what does Hollywood get right and wrong? Let's talk about it.
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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🎉New Episode of the #LoveFactuallyPod: "EASY A" 🎉 Sex Guru Justin Lehmiller (@justinlehmiller.bsky.social) joins Paul and me for a deep dive into this Emma Stone classic. This film is not as sex-positive as you remember.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
huh, the film Her accurately predicted the return of high-rise trousers
Screencap of the IMBD summary for the 2013 film Her. It says: Set in 2025, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is a lonely, introverted man who works for a business that has professional writers compose heartfelt, intimate letters for people who are unwilling or unable to write letters of a personal nature themselves.Screenshot from the 2013 film Her. Shows the character wearing brown high-rise trousers with a red button-up shirt. The silhouette is very "of the moment" in 2025.
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Paul Eastwick @pauleastwick.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
If you really want to get into the holiday spirit, nothing beats Stanley Kubrick's swan song, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). This week on the Love Factually Podcast: The one-and-only @petersagal.bsky.social of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" takes us on a deep dive of this incredible film. #PsychSciSky
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Justin Lehmiller @justinlehmiller.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Holiday films suggest that Christmas is the most romantic time of year. Why are we so attracted to stories of love and romance around the holidays? Let's talk about it! @elijfinkel.bsky.social @pauleastwick.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...
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Episode 356: Why Holiday Romance Movies Are So Popular - Sex and Psychology
Holiday movies are increasingly centering around love and romance. So what's behind the rise on romantic holiday media? Let's talk about it.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Screenwriter of what, you may ask? Don’t. But listen to the pod.
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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
🎉New on the #LoveFactuallyPod: EYES WIDE SHUT🎥 Our guest is the great PETER SAGAL (@petersagal.bsky.social), host of @npr.org's WAIT WAIT DON'T TELL ME. His expertise as a screenwriter is crucial in helping us unpack & assess the relationship messages in the film. open.spotify.com/episode/07Ch...
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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
CHRISTMAS DAY is the 3-month anniversary of the #LoveFactuallyPod. As Paul Eastwick (@pauleastwick.bsky.social) and I debated which film represents the ideal holiday movie for the podcast, we realized that the clear winner is ... 🍿Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT🍿 🎵Baby did a bad bad thing🎵
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