A kind of, sort of gentle reminder to prioritize your own mental health in the midst of the pandemic — The world needs you right now. Yes, the whole world. Yes, this very instant. That’s how it feels, anyway. The news cycle — the endless, doom-filled news cycle — feels less like a source of information and more like a tentacled Hellbeast that is, one greasy appendage at a time…

There was a time when I would have agreed with that fatphobic Telegraph column. Then my fat ass started running. — Ugh, that Telegraph column. That lazy and dangerously fatphobic column. Haven’t read it? Good. I’ll save you a click and give you the summary: Writer Tanya Gold saw Nike’s new fat mannequin in the company’s flagship store in London and lost her goddamn mind over the sight of a plus-size…

Marie Kondo promises joy through decluttering, but what if it only reminds you why you’re sad? — To live a happy life, just follow the steps laid out in Marie Kondo’s bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Bluntly summarized: Put all your shit into a pile, pick each item up one by one, and ask yourself, “Does this spark joy?” If the answer is “yes,”…