The muscles get all the glory. Sometimes, the tendons start screaming. But no one ever talks about fascia – the connective tissue that touches virtually every component of your internal body. In fact, if you work out or play sports, fascia is the real MVP — and taking care of it deserves a page in
Published on June 27, 2026 03:00 am You may have pain in your upper back after cycling. Or your knees start barking whenever you climb uphill or hit the trails for running. Perhaps your neck strains every time you swing your bag over your shoulder. In other words, pain occurs with movement. Even if it’s
Birth. “Something breaking, coming loose, then the pain of it.” A small, bent and wrinkled creature has recovered from that pain. But then, instead of the long-awaited cry of a newborn baby: silence. This is the backdrop to Anna Goldreich’s highly accomplished, quietly devastating debut novel The Leverette, a book that asks us to see
In June 2015, two days before gay marriage became federally recognized, Hayley Kiyoko released her song “Girls Like Girls”. At the time, Kiyoko was 24 years old and had built a fan base from her acting roles in Disney Channel. But she was now performing an explicitly Sapphic song at a time when she had
Published on June 19, 2026 08:05 am I often feel like my feet are being treated the wrong way. Whenever I travel on foot, especially with a heavy load, my right hip and ankle ache – but never my left. I’ve tried almost everything to fix my flabby body: single-leg exercises, physical therapy, foam-rolling, and