oh these fragile bodies and lives
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A philosophical look at PANS
JESSICA: You are in for a treat! My husband, the brilliant writer, David Yourdon, is here today to talk about PANS as only he can. Instead of cute photos and poems today you get … charts and youtube videos. He will be eagerly waiting to eng...
BREAKING NEWS
Interrupting the usual newsletter cadence with a news alert:
On Saturday evening I had an urge to leave my neighbourhood. The weather was temperate and the weekend long and I felt a little restless. Calvin was going to bed early and Rose w...
So, why do people like water again?
(links/updates at the end)
Recently, I asked David why people like water so much — why they will pay so much more to live or stay next to it.
“It’s like grass but it moves?”
“So is it pretty to see a long way but not if the long way is t...
Lead NYMag Story!! Please share.
Read it here. The PANS article that came out today in New York Magazine is the hardest I have ever worked and the proudest I have ever been about writing. It is not perfect (as much as I want it to be) but I have pored over every sentence,...
5 recommendations
Happy July!
bonus rec: do the dishes with a mouse on your lap
I present to you a very casual summer recommendation list. Back soon with some updates on the podcast.
David and I just finished season 5 of The Bureau (THE FRENCH VERSION...
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Journalist & author & podcaster. Disability and neuroimmune/neuropsychiatric illness. Unfit Parent, NYT, Modern love, Washington Post, NY Mag, Guardian, etc.
If your doctor told you what she's really thinking. I write NPR's *Real Talk With A Doc* column. My book HOW TO TAKE UP SPACE is coming in Spring 2027.
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