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In Safe Hands:: During Times of Crisis, Massage Therapy Becomes Activism
Nikki Gordon writes about the healing power of touch therapy during times of crisis.
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Headhunters: Are Psychedelics Capitalism's New Productivity Hack?
What underlies the use and abuse of performance-enhancing drugs is an American obsession with self-improvement that will always find new targets and tools. And most recently, “plasticity”—another term for cognitive flexibility or the brain’s ability to adapt and change—has become a signifier of... Read more »
The Audacity of Confidence: Is It Imposter Syndrome or Is It Patriarchy?
At least 70 percent of people are estimated to experience this profound sense of phrenic inadequacy at some point in their lives, resulting in anxiety, lack of self-confidence, depression, frustration, and more.
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Owe Really: Financial Advice Ignores the Shared Reality of Debt
When financial advice doesn’t openly acknowledge that people live with debt, it only reinforces shame and guilt.
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Messy Reality: “Maid” Puts an Unflinching Lens on Women in Poverty
A lack of support for single mothers in poverty keeps the main character trapped in a cycle.
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Culture of Fear: 10 TV and Film Workers Call Out Hollywood Exploitation
The film and TV industry has been abusing its workers for decades with relentless schedules, stolen wages, grinding culture, unequal opportunity, and other hazardous conditions.
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Collateral Damage: When It Comes to Caregiving, Women Are Already Toast
Caregiving is cleaning up after the news crews have left, scrubbing the hidden black mold years later, becoming ill from the contaminated floodwaters.
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Wellness Influencers Owe the Indian Farmers Their Solidarity
Maybe now would be a good time to engage in a self-reflexivity that has long been missing in the wellness industry as a whole.
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No, Shitty Men Have Not Been Purged From Media
Every woman, nonbinary person, or person of color who is driven from journalism because of the shitty men in charge leaves us poorer as a culture.
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In “Work Won’t Love You Back,” Sarah Jaffe Kills the Dream Job
No one should have to earn the right to financial security through labor.
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