Doctors have their stories to tell about mental illness. But what about the stories we tell ourselves? on what a diagnosis obscures:
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“Crossword puzzles are her thing, not mine,” writes, about discovering Wordle and reconnecting with her mother.
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Fun facts aren't fun—they're a stressful, awkward, and not-that-effective way to get to know people. argues that we should abolish them from the world's schools, workplaces, and everywhere else:
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"Sometimes I think of March 2, 2016, the day of the Supreme Court oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, as the last truly great day for women and the legal system in America," writes:
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Brain fog is one of the most common, debilitating, and destructive symptoms of long COVID—and among its most misunderstood, reports.
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An act of colonial violence brought the Benin Bronzes from what is now Nigeria to the display cases of Western art museums. But returning them is more complicated than it might seem, writes.
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“Friendship doesn’t always have to be about presence; it can also be about love that can weather absence.” After 100 interviews and more than three years, “The Friendship Files” is ending. reflects on what the series has taught her:
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Voting is not only a right and a duty, but an experience that can make us feel better about our communities and system of government, writes:
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Around the world, kids are being diagnosed with myopia at alarmingly high rates, and experts warn of a looming epidemic of blindness, reports. What is it about modern life that’s ruining our distance vision?
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On almost every measure of educational success from pre-K to postgrad, boys and young men now lag well behind their female classmates. But there’s a simple way to help boys do better, argues: Start them a year later than girls.
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“The more overwhelming the world gets, the more adults try to blindfold children,” writes. That may not be the right approach. (From 2020)
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“The GOP has put too many eggs into its culture-wars basket, and it’s turned off non-MAGA conservative voters,” writes.
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"I’m glad pieces like this can help, but I want to help make a world where they’re unnecessary." speaks with about his reporting on long COVID.
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Baldwin Lee’s choice of camera forced him to engage, intimately, with the folks he hoped to photograph. That sort of contact is rare in America, writes:
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"The possibility of a succession crisis in a nuclear power––and the added possibility that a figure more hawkish than Putin could prevail in such a crisis––is the stuff of nightmares," writes.
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“Donald Trump’s political con requires the promise of total vindication right around the corner,” writes. “For a time, Durham provided that hope … But now, as Trump moves on to other ploys, the Durham probe has served its purpose.”
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PPS. For folks reaching the end of this long thread, there is indeed now an audio version of the story. (On the article page, just beneath the lead image, find the long grey box and click the Play symbol. theatlantic.com/health/archive)
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Should a promising young law student take a job defending companies that are, in her words, “climate villains”? I wrote about it:
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"What interests me about this question is that it forces each of us to ask where, exactly, we might draw the line."
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This is really interesting and explains a lot. My high-school class's top 10 was all girls
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Despite being as thrilled as anyone about Ukraine's recent advances I remain anxious about the war and what coming weeks, months and years will bring.
Here's why:
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For my parents' generation, it was the work of a lifetime to get African art *into* the western museum. Today, a new generation is working to get the art back out again. My latest in
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Okay! As promised, this brain fog piece now has an audio version (read by me), which I hope will help those whose brain fog makes reading hard.
(On the article page, just beneath the lead image, find the long grey box and click the Play symbol. theatlantic.com/health/archive)
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I wrote about “brain fog”—one of the most common & disabling symptoms of long COVID (and many other pre-pandemic conditions), and one of the most misunderstood.
Here’s what brain fog actually is, and what it’s like to live with it. 1/
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Scientists once thought that cats’ death-defying talent for landing on their feet broke the laws of physics. Turns out, the kitties are just bending, twisting, and stretching their way through a loophole, reports.
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There’s plenty of genre fare with white protagonists, writes. If diverse fan bases “can relate to and enjoy these stories despite rarely seeing themselves represented in them, then people … can learn to cope with seeing a Black elf on-screen.”
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If you're lucky enough to have a choice about where you work, don’t take it for granted, writes .
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Today's book recommendation: "White Tears," by Hari Kunzru, examines the legacy of white exploitation of Black culture by following two music lovers who remix a ghost's song—and face the consequences. Find more suggestions here:
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100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1922 - 30 photographs of events and sights around the world a century ago, from Gandhi supporters marching in India, to civil war in Ireland, and much more. theatln.tc/qbKV6Cvg
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"Our nation doesn’t have to consent to child sexual exploitation or child sexual exposure as terrible but inevitable 'costs of freedom,'" writes :
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“The GOP has put too many eggs into its culture-wars basket, and it’s turned off non-MAGA conservative voters,” writes.
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With two new adaptations of the classic Italian tale about the wooden doll who wanted to become a real boy, returns us to the source: a very unusual and dark novel.
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Wrote about the very stupid and unfortunately frequent backlashes to Black actors being cast as elves, mermaids, hobbits, superheroes, sith, etc and the more serious stuff behind it.
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"The cure for burnout is not self-care. The cure for burnout is all of us caring for each other,” Amelia Nagoski, one of the authors of , speaks about quiet quitting with :
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An act of colonial violence brought the Benin Bronzes from what is now Nigeria to the display cases of Western art museums. But returning them is more complicated than it might seem, writes.
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