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The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

Mo Rocca on the Struggle to Depathologize Homosexuality

By Mo Rocca | November 6, 2019

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

“When reproductive freedom becomes a class privilege, the human rights of our political body are negated.”

By Lindy West | November 5, 2019

Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Lise Marzouk on the Fine Line Between Self-Preservation
and Self-Deception

By Lise Marzouk | October 30, 2019

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

The Author of Females: A Concern, in Conversation with Eric Newman

By Eric Newman | October 29, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

A Poet's Case for Wasting Time

Kayo Chingonyi on Setting Aside the Imperatives of Late Capitalism

By Kayo Chingonyi | October 10, 2019

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Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

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In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

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On Jean-Martin Charcot, Dark Star of 19th-Century Neurology

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Anne Boyer: What is the Language of Pain?

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On Attempting to Deal With Addiction Through Books

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Why Does Sickness Feel So Isolating When Everyone is Sick?

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