Health
Digital Distortions: Reflections on Zoom and Body Dysmorphia
We’ve spent quarantine in faulty mirrors, sparking negative feedback loops.
In America, There’s No Such Thing as Pure Water
If anyone knows how to create a narrative in response to ecological misfortune, it’s the bottled-water industry.
Inheriting an Autoimmune Disease and an Instinct for Survival
Science provides me with a vocabulary of illness, confirming what my body already knows: that it will never be the same
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Staying Sober Through 2020
On January 6, 2021, I was 1,328 days sober. As domestic terrorists attempted a coup on the United States government, my heart broke for anyone on Day 6 of sobriety.
Proof of Mountain
On a long-sought diagnosis, chronic pain, and a trek to Everest Base Camp.
On Sharks, Sickness, and Swimming Anyway
Nora Feely on cancer, facing her fears by naming them, and navigating a world filled with sharks
Herbal Hormone Supplements Can Change the Meaning of Trans Embodiment
Estrogen and testosterone have historically been deployed to produce gender compliant citizens. What if, instead, they were agents of autonomy?
On OCD, My Mother, and the Ways I Learned to Let Go
It goes like this: sit with the thought, don’t move your fingers, arms, legs, let it enter you, let it stay, let it leave.
How My Fear of Loss Became a Fear of Fire
On some level, we all know: Everyone who is etched into our being will one day vanish.
Finding My Mother—and Me—in the Women of ‘Girl, Interrupted’
Living with mental illness is a constant cycle of wellness and illness, and each recovery is impermanent.
