Fitness

Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of sexual abuse. Please proceed thoughtfully. In the penultimate episode of “House of the Dragon,” there’s a lot that happens: a dead king, a coup on the part of the Greens (led by Queen Alicent and her father Otto Hightower), murder in the small council, and a coronation centering
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Contrary to what some may believe, the vagina is not an infinitely complex, mysterious part of the body nearly impossible to pleasure. The reason people may think that, though, is because women’s health — and, more generally, the bodies and sexual wellness of those assigned female at birth (AFAB) — are criminally underresearched. There’s just
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I’ve never been good with criticism — giving or receiving it. My therapist might reason it’s due to being a “recovering codependent,” a phrase I like because it sounds like an addiction to people-pleasing, rather than a moral failure. So when I picked up “Who Is Wellness For?”, Fariha Róisín’s memoir and deep dive into
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Though the term “psychosis” may be thrown around loosely, the diagnosis is often much deeper than describing someone’s erratic or abnormal behavior. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, a period of psychosis is what happens when an individual’s “thoughts and perceptions are disturbed” and they “have difficulty understanding what is real and what
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Each year in the US, an estimated 12 million adults who receive outpatient care are misdiagnosed, and oftentimes those patients fall within a minority identity, including women, non-white Americans, and those within the LGBTQIA community. That’s why we created Finally Diagnosed: a monthly series dedicated to highlighting the stories of those who’ve been overlooked by
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Brendan Fraser was moved to tears after receiving a five-minute standing ovation at the London Film Festival during a screening of his movie “The Whale” on Tuesday, per People. The emotional response was in reaction to Fraser’s incredible achievement: a triumphant return after decades of struggling with depression. Known for starring in hit movies in
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Jonathan Majors is busy — and that’s how he likes it. With a résumé boasting an impressive mix of mainstay Marvel blockbusters and moody, arthouse projects like “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and HBO’s Black horror series “Lovecraft Country” (which secured Majors an Emmy nomination), the 33-year-old actor is quickly becoming known for
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