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What the Shadowy History of Women’s Health Tells Us About Its Uncertain Future

What the Shadowy History of Women’s Health Tells Us About Its Uncertain Future

Clare Beams on the Dark Legacy of a Purported Pregnancy Miracle Drug

By Clare Beams | April 9, 2024

Who Are You? Identity, the Self, and Their Many Multiples

Who Are You? Identity, the Self, and Their Many Multiples

Mairead Small Staid Considers What It Means to Not Recognize Ourselves and the Ones We Love

By Mairead Small Staid | April 8, 2024

Seizures, Strokes, and... Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor

Seizures, Strokes, and... Spurts of Creativity? On the Symptoms of a Brain Tumor

Rod Nordland Considers the Enduring Mysteries of Cancer's Effects on the Human Body

By Rod Nordland | April 1, 2024

Magic and Medicinal: On the Pharmacological Potential of Mushrooms

Magic and Medicinal: On the Pharmacological Potential of Mushrooms

Nicholas P. Money Considers the Role of Fungi in Treating the Body and the Mind

By Nicholas P. Money | March 20, 2024

17th-Century Dildo Shopping with the Ladies: On the Contested Terrain of Early Modern Desire

17th-Century Dildo Shopping with the Ladies: On the Contested Terrain of Early Modern Desire

Annabelle Hirsch Explores the History of Female Self-Pleasure

By Annabelle Hirsch | March 6, 2024

Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

“For all the girls who weren’t wrong and all the girls who were.”

By Emmeline Clein | February 28, 2024

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The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”

By Annie Liontas | January 18, 2024

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

Jacqueline Alnes on the Promises of Freelee The Banana Girl and Durianrider

By Jacqueline Alnes | January 17, 2024

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

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By Christiana Spens | January 8, 2024

How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

M. Leona Godin Considers, Among Other Things, the Enduring Trope of the Blind Pencil Vendor

By M. Leona Godin | January 4, 2024

Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

The Co-Host of Mother Culture on Becoming a Different Kind of Reader

By Sarah Wheeler | December 18, 2023

A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

“It’s funny, how sometimes the things you know for sure can still surprise you.”

By Jessica Strawser | November 29, 2023

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Consider the Mechanics of Menstruation in the Cosmos

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | November 8, 2023

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