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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Being Embarrassed Is Good, Actually
Mirel Zaman
Nov 15, 2021
Work & Money
How Much Money Do You Really Need To Quit Your Job?
Mirel Zaman
Oct 27, 2021
Living
Wait, Why
Are
Manhole Covers Round?
Mirel Zaman
Oct 5, 2021
Living
Millennials Never Wanted Ping Pong Tables At Work — But It’...
When Rod Thill graduated college in 2013, “everyone,” he remembers, “wanted to work at a startup.” Thill, who’s better known as @rod on TikTok, w
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
The Wellness Industry Has A Cultural Appropriation Problem — & It...
Almost 30 years ago, in 1995, two researchers from the University of Mississippi were granted a patent for “the use of turmeric for wound healing.” At
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Our Notes App, Ourselves: Inside The Weirdest, Most Wonderful Pla...
“It’s so hot. The woman next to me reading poetry, barking into the phone: Pick up pick up pickup.” This isn’t a snippet of some experimental
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Mirel Zaman
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Living
These Stupid Life Hacks Changed My Life In An Unexpected Way
It could be argued that life-hack content has been around, as a genre, since roughly 2500 B.C. That’s the approximate date of the “Instructions of Shur
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
I Was Diagnosed With Cancer At My First OB/GYN Visit & I Don’t Wa...
The first time she went to a gynaecologist, Emaan Abbass was 21. She’d heard her friends talking about their own visits, and figured it was time to go he
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Mirel Zaman
Living
There’s A Reason You Want To Buy All Your Childhood Dinnerware Ri...
The plates are lovely: They’re ceramic and adorned with rough, blue brushstrokes and dotted with yellow stars. But it isn’t their aesthetic appeal that
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Mirel Zaman
Living
Smartphones Are Great, But Have You Ever Held A Pink Motorola RAZR?
1999 was a huge year for cell phones. That’s the year that the first cell phone with a mobile web browser (WAP) came out. Samsung released a cell that do
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Mirel Zaman
Living
Is Eating Six French Fries A Waste Of Time? Padma Lakshmi Looks B...
Eric Rimm, PhD, was somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean when his New York Times quote began going viral. The Harvard University professor of epidemiolo
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Period Stigma Isn’t Just Frustrating — It’s Dangerous
When Refinery29 writes about periods, we typically use images that depict periods or period products alongside the article. They might be illustrated or co
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Why Is It So Weirdly Sexy To Have A Husky Voice?
When I quit smoking in 2010, my heart was only half in it. I knew it was the right thing to do, but I liked smoking. And yet, my growing fear of the i
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
How Does It Feel To Have A Partner Who Does Sex Work?
Chris Buck, a photographer and director based in New York and California, has always been drawn to the tension between strength and vulnerability. In his l
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
What Does It Really Mean To “Decolonize” Wellness?
Turmeric lattes, facial gua sha, yoga, burning sage — the modern wellness industry in Canada and the U.S. borrows heavily from the ancient traditions of
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Diet Culture Is Deadly — & Profitable. Elle Fanning Wants To Talk...
Journalist Jessica Wapner was researching body heat when she first came across the mention of 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP. The chemical had been linked
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Why Will Men Do Literally Anything To Avoid Going To Therapy?
The pandemic has driven many people into — or back into — therapy. We’ve probably all noticed this — if not because of the experiences of people we
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
I Changed My Name When I Got Married, & I’ve Felt Weird About It ...
Two years ago, I got married and took my husband’s last name, adopting my original surname as my middle name and dropping my birth-given middle name alto
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Mirel Zaman
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Wellness
Do You Have COVID Insomnia? These Two Strategies Might Help
The creators of most TV shows probably don’t hope that viewers fall asleep before the credits start to roll. But putting you to sleep is the goal of a ne
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Are Saturn Returns Real?
Twenty-nine is often a very difficult age. It was for me, anyway. I spent most of my 29th year in a state of upheaval, questioning my career path, my relat
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Mirel Zaman
Living
Is Slang Changing Faster These Days, Or Am I Just Getting Old?
Recently, I found myself thinking, Am I getting too old to partake in the latest slang? Of course, even having that realization probably means I’m alread
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Mirel Zaman
Coronavirus
COVID Vaccine Booster Shots Are Coming — Here’s What To Know
Yesterday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that every adult in America will be eligible to get vaccinated by April 19, a full two weeks ahead of his ori
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Can You Diagnose Yourself With ADHD? Yes, But Should You?
The TikTok has two million views — and counting. You might have even seen it already. It opens on a person wearing a tie-dye Thrasher T-shirt, pointing t
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Mirel Zaman
Coronavirus
9 Canadian Women On What It’s Like To Get The COVID Vaccine
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Mirel Zaman
Entertainment
How Many Times Can Maya Rudolph Use The Word “Joy” To...
When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were declared the winners in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, actress Maya Rudolph was in New York — not far from wh
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Is Everyone Secretly Napping While Working From Home?
In my experience, people either vigorously advocate for napping or are dismissive of it, perhaps exasperated by their inability to appreciate something tha
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Is Working From Home Ruining My Vision?
I have always felt undeservedly smug about my vision. For distances, I need glasses, but up close? Crystal clear. One particular point of pride was my abil
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
We Have To Start Talking About Period Poop
Period poop is one of those things no one talks about much, but so many people experience. My anecdotal experience confirms it: Mention “period poop
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
COVID Shaming Doesn’t Work — So Why Does It Feel Like It Does?
Last weekend, I was snowshoeing through a trail in Massachusetts with a small group of friends when one pulled out her phone. I started to mug, but before
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Mirel Zaman
Wellness
Is It Ever Possible To Stay Close With An Ex’s Family?
Even though Elaine Ventura had dated her ex for around half a year, their breakup was relatively painless. “We were just not on the same page,” she say
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Mirel Zaman
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