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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…
 • Julia Craven
I Can't Make Tyra Banks the Face of What the 2000s Did to Us
Netflix's Reality Check brought America's Next Top Model back into the conversation. But the story is bigger than the show— and Tyra Banks.
 • Julia Craven
What’s Next for Kim Kardashian’s Brain?
The Kardashian-Jenners are among the most prominent harbingers of negative social impact, and they have frequently used reality TV to perpetuate it.
 • 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.
 • Julia Craven
Black Histories of Sustainability Hold the Key to A Collectively Healthy Future
Time moves backward toward the present: Lessons from John Mbiti, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Gullah Geechee, and other Black elders and ancestors.
 • Julia Craven
How to Cure Your Anxiety About Aging
My new essay, featured in Prism, is the marquee piece of September's Living A Better Life Resources.
 • Julia Craven
The First Edition of The Library of Black Wellness Newsletter is Live
Thank you all so much for the constant support of me and my prolific use of creative free will.
 • Julia Craven
Introducing The Library of Black Wellness
Black wellness practices are ancestral, inventive, and deeply communal. This library honors those stories, practices, and cultural knowledge.
 • Julia Craven
Enough With The Protein Propaganda
No, I don't want protein dusted popcorn. Have you lost your mind?
 • Julia Craven
Your Love Island Hot Takes Are Actually Conservative AF
It’s impossible to separate this commentary on women choosing to have sex from the systematic dismantling of health services that disproportionately…
 • Julia Craven
Let’s Talk About Why I Love My Oura Ring
A comprehensive answer to one of the questions I’m asked most frequently.
 • Julia Craven
How Emma Dupree Turned Her Backyard Into a Community Apothecary
The life and legacy of the esteemed North Carolina herbalist.
 • Julia Craven
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