Teen Mental Health: Are We Overanalyzing and Overmedicating Normal Teenage Angst?
Our attempts to destigmatize teen mental health may have gone too far I am allergic to lithium. I discovered this at 14, in an adolescent psychiatric facility. My parents had attempted to have me…
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I’ve Been Trailing Mandy Doyle for Longer Than I Realized
I was 13, in the inaugural moments of my troubled teen era. It was one of what would be many trips an administrator’s office, at a time when people still had hope…
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Love is Blind Season 6 Recaps
Love is Blind Season 6 was cast and filmed in Charlotte, so naturally, we at Charlotte magazine had to cover the spectacle. I was crowned the official recap-er, and I accepted my…
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Psilocybin Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Talk Therapy in 2 Days
Last year, I went on a two-day retreat to try psilocybin therapy. I had never taken a psychedelic in any form, so the idea terrified me. I feared falling into a torturous…
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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: It’s Not Garcelle’s Job to Educate Dorit, But I’ll Try
I love the Housewives. I don’t get off on recreationally tearing any of them down, because I appreciate the opportunity they give us to both distract from and reflect on our own…
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To Nikki, Serena, Jane Doe, Rashika, and Countless Others, With Love
I recently heard #MeToo founder, Tarana Burke say, “If we are living in community with each other and one person has harmed another, if you can’t get accountability from that person, I,…
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Being white saved my life
This post was originally published in a group newsletter I manage in June 2020. Dear Fellow White People, I don’t know about you, but being white has saved my life. White privilege…
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The Cult of Mom Friends
My husband and I lived in our South Charlotte neighborhood for about a year before we had any meaningful interaction with our neighbors. Then one weekend, I showed up to the pool…
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In a Free Country, Those That Make the Law, Must Be Subject to It
At the 1976 Republican National Convention, party leadership came to the table with an objective: shifting the support of traditionally Democratic Catholics to the GOP. Their solution? Temporarily adopt a pro-life stance…
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The Terrifying Isolation of Postpartum Depression
It hit me when we were packing up to leave the hospital. As I dressed my daughter in her first outfit and placed her in her carrier, I got an anxious feeling…
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