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Esther Bergdahl

Freelance journalist and editor, Brooklyn, New York

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Tag: health care

Things I’m Verbing: Why we need mammoths, delayed swanhood and dictator chic

I’m taking a social media detox at the moment, which feels great (yes, I’m going to do one of these). … More

arctic, ballet, climate change, cloning, health care, hospitals, interior design, investigative journalism, latinx, mammoths, megafauna, mexican american, policy

Things I’m Verbing: Bitter pills, thundersnow and big questions for feminism

How you holding up, East Coast? Or the entire northern Midwest, for that matter? For my part, I discovered this … More

appalachia, beyonce, facebook, feminism, future of work, health care, linda sarsour, music, poverty, resistance radio, russia, the man in the high castle

Things I’m Verbing: Celebrity skin, the right-wing PC and magical thinking

A few years ago, when it seemed like my mother’s second surgery and chemo regimen had given her a clean … More

antisemitism, blackartmatters, dinosaurs, donald trump, essays, health care, jewish identity, language, links, mizrahi jews, obamacare

Things I’m Verbing: Abortion, smugness and testimony

Oh my god, what has happened since Tuesday? I mean, there’s the Heartbeat Bill in my native Ohio, which criminalizes … More

abortion, civil liberties, donald trump, dorothea lange, health care, insurance, journalism, muslima, ohio, photography, texas, us politics, wwii

Things I’m Verbing: Insurance conspiracies, gatekeeping whiteness and how linguistics could save the republic

I love getting to kick off with an announcement of new work, and I’ve been especially excited about this piece … More

antisemitism, corporations, health care, insurance, internet, jewish identity, media, mental health, neuroscience, privacy, right wing media

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Recent Posts

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  • Things I’m Verbing: Lady Lindy, the Queen of Diamonds and your next Angelica Schuyler
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