Everyone wants the perfect cure. Stories from medicine, art, culture and history about our obsession. Posts about once a week.
Chicago-based journalist, writer, musician. Pubs in The Rumpus, McSweeneys, NPR, Catapult Story, Off Assignment. Historical fiction novel in progress.
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Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.
Dismantling diet culture and anti-fat bias, especially in health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)