Matt Hussey
Fauxstalgia: The longing for worlds you never lost
She's 22. She's filming herself in a linen pinafore, hands dusted with flour, three candles lit at three in the afternoon. The caption reads: Days like this make me feel most myself. She wasn't alive in the era she's performing. She'
Solastalgia: The Climate Grief Your Therapist Has No Map For
Millions of people are grieving landscapes that have already changed beyond recognition - not a future catastrophe, but a present one. There's a word for it. And the mental health profession still doesn't know what to do with it.
The Dark Side of Charisma: Are Charming People Dangerous?
How charm is used as a psychological weapon by narcissists, Machiavellians, and psychopaths - and how to protect yourself.
At-Home Ketamine Therapy: The Hidden Dangers of Telehealth's Fastest-Growing Mental Health Treatment
American telehealth companies have built a $3.9 billion industry mailing ketamine to depressed patients and calling the absence of a doctor "access." Inside the business model of therapeutic abandonment.
Podcast: The Boy Who Named Himself After a Bone
Tune in to discover the world of Looksmaxxing and how a boy from New York has come to define an age of insecurity for young men.
What Is Looksmaxxing? The Incel-Born Ideology That's Gone Mainstream - and What It's Doing to the Mental Health of Young Men
From incel forums to mainstream TikTok, looksmaxxing has turned male insecurity into an ideology. This is what it is, who it captures, and what it tells us about the quiet crisis in young men's lives.