The Freshman Fifteen: A Stigmatized Phenomenon Olivia Howard Arts & Culture, Gender Studies Seventeen magazine popularized the phrase “freshman fifteen” in 1989 and the phrase remains ubiquitous in U.S. culture today.1 Seventeen’s cover story “Fighting the Freshman 15” depicted the...
The Immortality Diet: How Diet and Age Intersect Katherine Wu Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine We are not meant to live forever. But for as long as life has existed, organisms have been battling to forestall death by any means possible. The diet industry has promised many things--but can it add...
