Archive - Foreign Bodies

Issue 13: Are you possessed by demons or are you actually sick?

When we mistake mental illness for jinn, espíritu and other nonhuman beings

Dec 31, 2019 •

Until next time.

Hiatus is too delusive a word, goodbye too bitter.

Jan 1 •

Monday Matter: A message for the hurting

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup (public)

Oct 17, 2023 •

Admitting I'm not OK — back on 2/19

Taking some time off so I can make good use of this grief

Jan 8, 2024 •

Monday Matter: A good Mexican daughter, shock therapy and postpartum depression

Your weekly Foreign Bodies roundup

Jun 21, 2021 •

Monday Matter: Bayan Ko, personal space and the state of waiting

Your weekly Foreign Bodies roundup

Jun 14, 2021 •

Issue 14: My parents don't believe I'm depressed. Now what?

How to refocus on your own healing when you feel dismissed

Jan 31, 2020 •

Monday Matter: A mango missile crisis and a reading slump

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup

Jun 5, 2023

Monday Matter: Dead stars and the disaster-verse

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup

Mar 18, 2024 •

Monday Matter: Crows, chaos and ecocide

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup featuring essays on Palestine, crows, language barriers and more

Apr 22, 2024 •

Monday Matter: Para locos, 'Peppermint Candy' and a giveaway winner

Your weekly Foreign Bodies roundup

May 24, 2021 •

Monday Matter: Reflections from a vigil

Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup (public)

Dec 19, 2023

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