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Annaliese Griffin

Freelance writer, covering health, the wellness industry, food, and culture

Annaliese Griffin is a freelance writer who covers health, the wellness industry, food and culture. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune, The Marshall Project, and Rolling Stone.

  1. health
    Woman using her smart phone late at night.
    The Truth Behind All That Cortisol TalkIf you learned about — and then obsessed over — high cortisol with Dr. TikTok, it’s time for a reality check.
  2. health
    What We Still Don’t Understand About COVID Vaccines and PeriodsMore than two years and several boosters later, here’s what we do know and why we don’t know what we don’t.
  3. first person
    I Woke Up Skinny One DayIn our thin-obsessed culture, that may sound like a dream. It’s been a nightmare.
  4. health
    The Myth of Adrenal FatigueThe “condition” touted by the wellness industrial complex could explain everything you’re feeling — if only it were real.
  5. parenting
    Can I Consume Cannabis Around My Kids?How parents are deciding whether or not to hide their newly legal habit from their children.
  6. goals
    The Death (?) of the New Year’s Resolution2021 was stressful enough.
  7. so tired
    Just Embrace Your Insomnia AlreadyThe only way I can live with it is actually living with it.
  8. villains
    The Bad Guy Wins in the EndLady Gaga’s Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci is the sort of villain we can’t get enough of, for better or worse.
  9. bloody hell
    Maybe It’s Moderna, Maybe It’s MenopauseHow medicine’s failure to take periods seriously fuels vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.