depression
How the Internet Causes Depression
CML · 09/02/15 10:15AMThat the internet is a miserable place is rarely still disputed. The New York Times ran an article about it in 2012—which suggests most of the rest of us had been aware of it since 2006. Depression itself has been a favorite topic of the internet for at least as long: crudely drawn comics with facile punchlines have achieved wild popularity. This taste of the internet’s consumers suggests that the internet itself is what is depressing us. That consumer and producer alike fail again and again to make this connection is also typical of depression.
Morrissey on Suicide: "It's Admirable"
Jay Hathaway · 08/19/15 12:14PMIn his chat with wizened television shaman Larry King Wednesday, professional sadster and glib racist Morrissey discussed his battle with depression and offered what King says “could be considered a controversial take on the act of suicide.” Hmm, yes: “It’s admirable” could be considered a controversial thing to say about suicide. Very astute observations all around, gentlemen.
How to Talk About Suicide on Father’s Day
Ashley Feinberg · 06/19/15 10:02AMThis Father’s Day, as with every Father’s Day, Facebook is going to become a cascade of carefully chosen, lovingly captioned dad photos. Many will be painted over with the static of age. A “dad bod” joke or two will worm its way in. And several posts will inevitably be dedicated to those dads that have passed, who aren’t here to share the day for any number of reasons, all of them heartbreaking.
Chiara de Blasio Is the Face of NYC Initiative to Fight Teen Depression
Dayna Evans · 03/26/15 11:10AMScientists Say Horse Tranquilizers are Good for the Soul
Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/10/14 11:40PMRichard Simmons Is Depressed, Let's Cheer Him Up
Rich Juzwiak · 11/13/14 01:48PMWinter Is a Black Hole: How I Deal With Seasonal Depression
Dayna Evans · 11/11/14 09:00AMOn Depression: To Anyone Else Living in a Fog
Alexander Hardy · 10/14/14 01:45PMIn December, while being drinky poolside with two friends under the blanket of a sticky Panama City night, I watched Twitter collectively orgasm after Beyoncé dropped. The next morning, I steered a young lady named Kitty Pryde back onto the right path, into the light. Because I'm a nice person, you see.
Being A Zoo Animal Is Unspeakably Depressing, Let's Abolish Zoos
Michelle Dean · 07/03/14 03:05PMThe New York Times Magazine has published a long story by Alex Halberstadt about the people who treat zoo animals for behavioral problems. And although it never comes right out and says it, there's only one possible takeaway from the story: zoos are an abomination and we should abolish them, immediately.
Nice Anti-Abortion Grandmas And Other Supreme Court Fictions
Michelle Dean · 06/26/14 04:20PMBy process of elimination, we now know that the Supreme Court will deliver its decision in the Hobby Lobby reproductive-health coverage case on Monday. It's hard not to look at today's decision in McCullen v. Coakley, overturning buffer zones around clinics, for a gauge of the Court's temperature on the reality of abortion rights in America. The answer appears to be: warm on the good intentions of anti-abortion activists.