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Broken Mirror Syndrome: The Crisis of Disconnection
Reconceptualizing the mental illness epidemic in the West.
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Meghan Bell
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The Androgynous Mind
In "The Alphabet Versus The Goddess", Leonard Shlain argued that literacy shifted our cognition toward the left hemisphere, triggering a rise in…
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Meghan Bell
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Authoritarianism and the Amygdala
A quick response to Gabor Maté's latest article in The Guardian
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Meghan Bell
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July 2024

The Healthy (and Tasty) Recipes I Promised
Lightening things up with cookies, chocolate muffins, and ... beef liver pâté
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Meghan Bell
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Down the Folic Acid Rabbit Hole
Is folic acid supplementation contributing to the autism epidemic and other chronic conditions?
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Meghan Bell
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June 2024

Why I Left The Left
A politically homeless manifesto
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Meghan Bell
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Are Synthetic Vitamins Actually Healthy?
Why I'm skipping prenatal vitamins for my second pregnancy
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Meghan Bell
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The Lost Girls and Boys
Children are growing up too quickly, and then not growing up at all.
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Meghan Bell
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May 2024

No, Vaccines Are Not the Primary Cause of LGBTQ+ Identities
And I'm not convinced they're the *primary* cause of rising autism rates either
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Meghan Bell
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April 2024

Why Reading to Babies and Toddlers is Overrated
Reading is great, but it's not the best way to nurture your child's language development
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Meghan Bell
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Bad Journalism: The Problems with Abigail Shrier's "Bad Therapy"
Sloppy citations, inconsistencies, and a failure to engage with research on brain development all undermine Shrier's message.
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Meghan Bell
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March 2024

The Drama of the Gifted Children
Examining the curious overlap between "giftedness", autism/ADHD, and gender dysphoria.
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Meghan Bell
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