The Recovering Academic
Joshua Doležal, Dr. Devika Bhushan, Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan, MDs, Danielle OfriRebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 328 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Taylor Sheridan's Montana Has No Measles
From Instagram
Every now and then I see a promising new TV series with a Montana theme. I go for the bait and quickly learn that it’s a Taylor Sheridan story, which means several things.
There will be horses. There will be cowboys. There...
Why Does Western Medicine Keep Forgetting Its Own History?
From Al-Zahrāwī’s “Surgery” volume. Source: McGill University
Last fall I converted to Islam after claiming atheism for most of my adult life. The reasons why are a separate story, one I’m still weighing how to tell publicly. But I spent...
Doctors Face Mental Illness Stigma Too
“The fact that we don't trust the word of a physician with mental illness the same way we do one with a chronic physical health condition speaks volumes about embedded stigma.”
— Dr. Devika Bhushan
Today, on “The Things Not Named,” I spea...
The Biggest Threats To Military Women Wear The Same Uniform
From Soho Press
While watching the headlines about Pete Hegseth’s purge of female military officers, I’ve often thought back to the years I taught Helen Benedict’s novel Sand Queen (2011). That was for my “Illness and Health in Literature”...
Autumn Birthdays
From Hillwalk Tours
It’s a holiday week. Please enjoy this poem from the archive.
Autumn Birthdays
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We are sober folk.
Our starting place is t...
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Author of a memoir and a poetry collection. Essays in Missouri Review, Kenyon Review, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Pediatrician and former acting Surgeon General of California offering evidence-based tools for parenting, health and resilience, informed by the latest science and lived expertise
Where medicine, culture, and curiosity meet
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