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What fasting for the Lord can teach us about fatphobia

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A little bit about the history of mental health screenings and why you always have to answer the same goddamn questions

Feb 22

Collective grief, pandemics, and our sad little attempts to feel normal

Mar 17

The Fitzgeralds, the ~Modern Woman~, and using madness as a method of making people frivolous

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Nothing personifies the cycle of treatments, craziness, and crazy-making treatments like mercury

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Kind of a fun little oopsie daisy!

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A cereal killer of the human libido

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Nov 9, 2022

Shirley Jackson and Haunted Brains

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When you're crazy, the call always comes from inside the house

Oct 20, 2022

Are we all haunted by mom issues?

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Vibrators, lithium, and guinea pigs. Writing about history, mental health, & the extremely weird history of mental healthcare.

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