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The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

By James Folta | October 16, 2025

Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

The Author and Content Creator on Avoiding the OB-GYN, OCD Obsessions, and Pretending to Be Okay

By Eli Rallo | October 15, 2025

“The Many Sick Mothers of My Heart.” Life at the Intersection of Sickness and Trauma

“The Many Sick Mothers of My Heart.” Life at the Intersection of Sickness and Trauma

Margeaux Feldman Considers Individual and Societal Attitudes Towards Physical, Mental and Chronic Illness

By Margeaux Feldman | September 22, 2025

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

How a Heart Attack Helped Trymaine Lee Find Meaning in Black Survival

“A blood clot and a bullet are very different things. But both have the ability to take and twist a life.”

By Trymaine Lee | September 17, 2025

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”

By Isabella DeSendi | September 15, 2025

The Link Between Trauma, Drug Use, and Our Search to Feel Better

The Link Between Trauma, Drug Use, and Our Search to Feel Better

“As capitalism has invented ever more ways to be miserable, so too has it invented ever more specific ways to ease that misery.”

By P.E. Moskowitz | September 11, 2025

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The Value of Women’s Lives: How Abortion Bans Escalate Domestic Violence

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Pregnancy Postponed: Chloé Caldwell on Trying (and Failing) to Conceive

Pregnancy Postponed: Chloé Caldwell on Trying (and Failing) to Conceive

“Anecdotally, it’s funny. In my reality, it’s a tragedy.”

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How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

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Tom Zeller Jr. Explores the Gendered Dimension of Neuroscience In the 20th Century

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Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | July 25, 2025

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

Melody Glenn Asks Us to View the Opioid Epidemic Through an Expansive Lens

By Melody Glenn | July 23, 2025

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