A Pain in the Neck

What does it feel like to live through a paradigm shift?

A Pain in the Neck is a blog that explores what it actually feels like to knit body, mind, and earth back together after a lifetime of separation.

The Otherwise of Where We Are

We need different stories for different historical moments. Our stories tell us who we are, as individuals and as a community, and also offe

Who Do We Think We Are? Fighting Climate Change by Changing our Minds

Early on in one of my environmental humanities courses at the University of Toronto, I ask my students to imagine that they have entered...

I'm Having Second Thoughts About Wellness

Buffeted by hormonal disarray, I’ve spent the last decade trying to figure out how to keep my life on track as sleep, appetite, sex...

Listening to Persephone

I’ve been obsessed lately with a new musical called Hadestown which is opening in London at the National Theatre next month, in advance...