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The Influencer Will See You Now
Half of Americans under 50 get their health information from influencers. The people medicine has failed are leaning on them the most.
May 8
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Julia Craven
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Who Cares What Clavicular Thinks At A Time Like This?
It is a red flag. It is being waved. We are the bull.
Apr 21
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Julia Craven
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A Summer Romance Improved My Sense of Well-Being
On self-concept, tenderness, and the lie that needing other people is a weakness.
Apr 6
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Julia Craven
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I Think Your Intense Morning Routine May Be Anxiety
It's just my very informed opinion.
Mar 27
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Julia Craven
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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
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Julia Craven
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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
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Julia Craven
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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…
Mar 6
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Julia Craven
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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.
Feb 20
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Julia Craven
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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.
Jan 2
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Julia Craven
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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
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Julia Craven
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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.
Nov 11, 2025
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Julia Craven
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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.
Sep 3, 2025
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Julia Craven
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