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I Think Your Intense Morning Routine May Be Anxiety

It's just my very informed opinion.

Mar 27 • Julia Craven

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I Can't Make Tyra Banks the Face of What the 2000s Did to Us

Feb 20 • Julia Craven

Childfree Black Folks

May 19, 2023 • Julia Craven

Black Histories of Sustainability Hold the Key to A Collectively Healthy Future

Nov 11, 2025 • Julia Craven

Letting The Light In

Apr 14, 2023 • Julia Craven

Research-backed health insights, expert interviews, & policy analysis. Every Tuesday →

Living A Better Life Resources

Reproductive Health Facts You Didn’t Learn In Sex Ed

The sex ed class you deserved, about 20 years late.

Mar 3 • Julia Craven

A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Heart Health for Black Americans

February's Living A Better Life Resource covers everything from advocating in the doctor's office to practical nutrition swaps, exercise for any ability…

Feb 17 • Julia Craven

State Violence Is A Public Health Threat. Radical Care Is One Way We Fight Back.

Wellness Debrief 005 has a simple premise: Caring for yourself is how you stay in shape to care for your people.

Jan 27 • Julia Craven

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Expert Q+A's

What the Heck is Cycle Syncing Anyway? Natural Cycles Has Some Answers.

The senior medical advisor for the only FDA-cleared birth control app explains hormones, working out on your period, and the gap between what TikTok…

Mar 10 • Julia Craven

Michele Thorne on Food Sovereignty, Black Farming, and the Fight for Ethical Protein

The executive director of The Good Meat Project discusses the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer, the barriers facing Black livestock farmers, and what…

Feb 24 • Julia Craven

Holding Space with SisterSong

Monica Simpson, SisterSong’s executive director, and Dr. Noelle Spencer, the organization’s research manager, on how space-making is a form of care for…

Jan 13 • Julia Craven

How Social Policy Shapes Health: A Conversation with Dr. Emily Dore

Introducing Research Vignette No. 001, a new feature where smart people talk about a topic briefly.

Oct 3, 2025 • Julia Craven

Well Spent

Well-Spent #3: MDSolarSciences Makes a Convincing Case for Sun Protection in Your Makeup Bag

Your least impressed friend is gagged over one of the products in the lineup below.

Mar 24 • Julia Craven

Well-Spent #2: A Cashmere Brand Made Creatine. I Tried It.

Quince sells clothing, bedding, and now supplements. Here’s what they get right and where they could improve.

Feb 27 • Julia Craven

Well-Spent #1: Getting Clear with Prequel Skin

A new series to help you be a smarter, more thoughtful consumer and understand when a product is a meaningful addition to your life.

Jan 31

Wellness Debrief

State Violence Is A Public Health Threat. Radical Care Is One Way We Fight Back.

Wellness Debrief 005 has a simple premise: Caring for yourself is how you stay in shape to care for your people.

Jan 27 • Julia Craven

Wellness Debrief 004: Baby Formula Recall Widens, AI Targets Medicare, and Climate Risks Are Growing

Nov 14, 2025 • Julia Craven

The Hidden Ripple Effects of SNAP Pauses and Prop 65 Labels

Misunderstandings about risk and exposure affect us all. Welcome to Wellness Debrief 003.

Oct 24, 2025 • Julia Craven

When Policy Falls Short, Science and Community Pick Up the Slack

Wellness Debrief No. 002 strikes a balance between doom and gloom and positive leaps forward in health and well-being—maybe that’s a side effect of…

Sep 26, 2025 • Julia Craven

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Health Policy

The MAHA Matrix: Mapping the Self-Improvement-to-Conservatism Pipeline

An interactive framework that plots wellness and other sociopolitical trends by ideology, aspiration, and scientific evidence.

Mar 17 • Julia Craven

Let’s Talk About Mike Tyson’s Super Bowl Commercial

30-0, seconds of unmitigated fatphobia vs. mention of policy changes.

Feb 10 • Julia Craven

Inverted Nonsense

Don't fall prey to MAHA's pomp and circumstance.

Jan 20 • Julia Craven

How Wellness Became A Market

If the last 50 years have taught us anything, it is that the systems that claim to keep us healthy will not save us on their own.

Nov 25, 2025 • Julia Craven

Wellness Culture

I Think Your Intense Morning Routine May Be Anxiety

It's just my very informed opinion.

Mar 27 • Julia Craven

The MAHA Matrix: Mapping the Self-Improvement-to-Conservatism Pipeline

An interactive framework that plots wellness and other sociopolitical trends by ideology, aspiration, and scientific evidence.

Mar 17 • Julia Craven

What Does A Healthy Future Look Like for Me?

After a year of unemployment, I’m tackling the personal aspect of my newsletter’s most political question.

Mar 14 • Julia Craven

The Louisiana Cup Cure Is Older Than the Country That Mocked It

A viral TikTok, a Black grandmother’s remedy, and the double standard between whose medicine gets called “cutting edge” and whose gets called…

Mar 6 • Julia Craven

Essays

I Think Your Intense Morning Routine May Be Anxiety

It's just my very informed opinion.

Mar 27 • Julia Craven

What Does A Healthy Future Look Like for Me?

After a year of unemployment, I’m tackling the personal aspect of my newsletter’s most political question.

Mar 14 • Julia Craven

Coming Home to Myself

A public reflection on my 33rd birthday.

Sep 30, 2025 • Julia Craven

Big Beautiful Bullshit

Thoughts on the latest attack on people living in poverty from another hostile presidential administration.

Jul 15, 2025 • Julia Craven

Healthy Futures

A newsletter about health, wellness, Blackness, and how our society decides who gets to be healthy and who doesn’t—and why those decisions are rarely accidental.

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