Mental Health

Nalini Vishwakumar wears a loose-fitting green shirt, her hair dark and wavy, and sits in a therapists office looking somber.

Third Party Clarity: Therapy Is a Luxury for Pop Culture’s Troubled Mother-Daughter Pairs

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
August 19, 2020 at 11:30am
In film and television, few relationships are as fraught as the one between a mother and a daughter. Read more »
Liza Anne, who is white with bright blond hair, wears an orange suit and holds a guitar up against her chest on a beach.

On “Bad Vacation,” Liza Anne Finds Community in Vulnerability

by Danielle Chelosky
July 23, 2020 at 9:07am
“I feel like everything is just paused and repeated in this expansive yet really calming state of learning to love and to be loved.” Read more »
Danielle, Este, and Alana Haim, three white sisters,

Haim’s “Women in Music Pt. III” Gets a Little Darker

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
July 16, 2020 at 10:17am
Haim is pressing pause on their sunshine-y, Fleetwood Mac aesthetic. Read more »
Felix Ever After author Kacen Callender, who is Black and nonbinary and smiles directly at the camera while wearing a pink tee, has blue hair.

Unexpected Connection: “Felix Ever After” Lets Queer and Trans Teens Be Messy

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 17, 2020 at 1:15pm
The characterization in this book should serve as an example to others writing queer YA in 2020. Read more »
Author Mia Mercado, who has dark brown hair with blond highlights, smiles at the camera.

Intentionally Hidden: Mia Mercado’s “Weird but Normal” Honors Shame

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
May 28, 2020 at 2:19pm
“The idea of female sexuality is scary to a lot of people.” Read more »
Rachel Wilkerson Miller wears a lilac peacoat and sits on a park bench smiling.

There Is an Art to Showing up—and Rachel Wilkerson Miller Has Mastered It

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
May 26, 2020 at 11:55am
“You have to take care of yourself first. And that doesn’t make you selfish.” Read more »
Traci Medeiros-Bagan, an Asian therapist with short black hair, sits cross-legged and holds a coffee mug toward the camera

Traci Medeiros-Bagan Wants to Uncouple Sickness from Otherness

by Marina Watanabe
April 15, 2020 at 9:56am
Your therapist isn’t necessarily going to know more about you than you know about yourself. You’re the expert about yourself. Read more »
illustration of a brown femme crying on the back of a large shedding bird flying over a shark-filled ocean

Good Grief: Why Does Mourning Have an Expiration Date?

by s.e. smith
April 6, 2020 at 9:00am
The raw reality of a grief that cannot be muffled after some quiet crying in the bathtub is disruptive to a world where discussions of mourning often include the phrase “moving on.” Read more »
abstract illustration of a figure's blue face with tears that fall and transform into burning money. blocks of single crying eyes are spread out across the image.

Trial by Firing: Are Unions the Cure for Post Traumatic Press Disorder?

by Caitlin Wolper
April 3, 2020 at 9:53am
The vulture capitalists currently doing their damndest to gut and consolidate the media cannot be trusted. Read more »
A screenshot from Animal Crossing. Two players, both with brown skin, one with pink hair, one with a bun and a pacifier, sit on a rock by the ocean.

Saved by the Bells: “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” Helps Us Cope with Our Mental Health

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
April 2, 2020 at 12:33pm
Animal Crossing provides comfort to those of us who, sometimes, need a little help coping with our mental health. Read more »

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