More specifically on the wellness-far right relationship: there have long been fascist & libertarian ideas embedded in alt-health ideology.
It was the growth of wellness consumerism in the decades leading up to 2020 that sparked the politicized wellness grift currently taking over health politics.
It was the growth of wellness consumerism in the decades leading up to 2020 that sparked the politicized wellness grift currently taking over health politics.
Now, to some extent, the melding of wellness with the far-right was probably inevitable just given how big the industry has grown and how much money is made on underregualted products.
But the pandemic—and the promise of a new base—hastened the convergence.
But the pandemic—and the promise of a new base—hastened the convergence.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
More specifically on the wellness-far right relationship: there have long been fascist & libertarian ideas embedded in alt-health ideology.
It was the growth of wellness consumerism in the decades leading up to 2020 that sparked the politicized wellness grift currently taking over health politics.
It was the growth of wellness consumerism in the decades leading up to 2020 that sparked the politicized wellness grift currently taking over health politics.
Taking a step back: The embrace of the unregulated wellness industry and anti-vax hokum was probably inevitable for the right.
As the representative of big business interests, it has long had an antagonistic oppositional relationship with science and expertise. Think tobacco and climate science.
As the representative of big business interests, it has long had an antagonistic oppositional relationship with science and expertise. Think tobacco and climate science.
August 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Taking a step back: The embrace of the unregulated wellness industry and anti-vax hokum was probably inevitable for the right.
As the representative of big business interests, it has long had an antagonistic oppositional relationship with science and expertise. Think tobacco and climate science.
As the representative of big business interests, it has long had an antagonistic oppositional relationship with science and expertise. Think tobacco and climate science.
The maga relationship to “wellness” and Scientology is real.
February 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The maga relationship to “wellness” and Scientology is real.
I am begging a tech journalist to destroy Calmara, a new AI app that claims it can detect whether or not someone has an STI from a photograph. Not only is this NOT how STI symptoms work, the data ramifications are horrifying.
Calmara: Your Intimacy Bestie for Unprotected Sex
Navigate raw sex, friends with benefits, casual relationship, ENM, and all things intimate with Calmara. No cap, just peace of mind for your sexual wellness.
www.calmara.ai
March 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I am begging a tech journalist to destroy Calmara, a new AI app that claims it can detect whether or not someone has an STI from a photograph. Not only is this NOT how STI symptoms work, the data ramifications are horrifying.
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General
The president said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.
www.wsj.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Coming soon: a memoir from the Director of the office of sports, recreation and wellness about her “hidden relationship” with Mayor Eric Adams
politicalhumanitybook.com
politicalhumanitybook.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Coming soon: a memoir from the Director of the office of sports, recreation and wellness about her “hidden relationship” with Mayor Eric Adams
politicalhumanitybook.com
politicalhumanitybook.com
Emails suggest wellness influencer Peter Attia had a deeper relationship with Epstein than previously reported.
Their interactions all unfolded years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child prostitution, requiring him to register as a sex offender.
Their interactions all unfolded years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child prostitution, requiring him to register as a sex offender.
‘I think she will be loyal’: Jeffrey Epstein’s role in Peter Attia’s rise
Attia, a wellness influencer, turned to the convicted sex offender when searching for employees and patients in New York City.
www.politico.com
March 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Emails suggest wellness influencer Peter Attia had a deeper relationship with Epstein than previously reported.
Their interactions all unfolded years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child prostitution, requiring him to register as a sex offender.
Their interactions all unfolded years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child prostitution, requiring him to register as a sex offender.
I had a chat with ex-Scientologist, @apostatealex.bsky.social, about the harms of the anti-psychiatry movement and its relationship with the wellness industry: www.youtube.com/live/xcYDSdp...
In turn, he sent me this mug to out my role as a Big Pharma shill:
In turn, he sent me this mug to out my role as a Big Pharma shill:
April 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I had a chat with ex-Scientologist, @apostatealex.bsky.social, about the harms of the anti-psychiatry movement and its relationship with the wellness industry: www.youtube.com/live/xcYDSdp...
In turn, he sent me this mug to out my role as a Big Pharma shill:
In turn, he sent me this mug to out my role as a Big Pharma shill:
Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the #Lord.
Psalms 144:15 NLT
Our true #joy comes from having a greater relationship with #God, recognizing His blessings are more beneficial than all of the earthly benefits!✝️
#LOVE #JesusChrist #Wellness #Peace
Psalms 144:15 NLT
Our true #joy comes from having a greater relationship with #God, recognizing His blessings are more beneficial than all of the earthly benefits!✝️
#LOVE #JesusChrist #Wellness #Peace
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I want people to understand that society’s relationship to health, wellness, thinness, and exercise are fucked. But I’m not going to teach people that at my own expense.
December 7, 2024 at 5:26 AM
I want people to understand that society’s relationship to health, wellness, thinness, and exercise are fucked. But I’m not going to teach people that at my own expense.
curious how hustlebro wellness influencers so often have such a constipated relationship with decency and reality
(short version: his "lab" barely exists, the supplements he sells are pseudo-science, and he's a serial liar and womanizer)
(short version: his "lab" barely exists, the supplements he sells are pseudo-science, and he's a serial liar and womanizer)
Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control
The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.
nymag.com
March 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
curious how hustlebro wellness influencers so often have such a constipated relationship with decency and reality
(short version: his "lab" barely exists, the supplements he sells are pseudo-science, and he's a serial liar and womanizer)
(short version: his "lab" barely exists, the supplements he sells are pseudo-science, and he's a serial liar and womanizer)
There's a relationship between nonsense wellness industry 'regulate your nervous system' bullshit and Victorian sensation fiction and I will find it
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There's a relationship between nonsense wellness industry 'regulate your nervous system' bullshit and Victorian sensation fiction and I will find it
*Were you interviewed by anyone from the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP firm in 2022 when an investigation was conducted?
*Does WWE have any affiliation or working relationship with the Peak Wellness clinic in Greenwich, Connecticut?
*Does WWE have any affiliation or working relationship with the Peak Wellness clinic in Greenwich, Connecticut?
February 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
*Were you interviewed by anyone from the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP firm in 2022 when an investigation was conducted?
*Does WWE have any affiliation or working relationship with the Peak Wellness clinic in Greenwich, Connecticut?
*Does WWE have any affiliation or working relationship with the Peak Wellness clinic in Greenwich, Connecticut?
The decades that followed the mid-1900s cemented the relationship between the wellness industry and the health consumer, laying the groundwork for the wellness consumerism of the 21st century.
The old arguments about alt-health & chronic disease remain b/c they trigger a moralizing impulse. 3/4
The old arguments about alt-health & chronic disease remain b/c they trigger a moralizing impulse. 3/4
March 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The decades that followed the mid-1900s cemented the relationship between the wellness industry and the health consumer, laying the groundwork for the wellness consumerism of the 21st century.
The old arguments about alt-health & chronic disease remain b/c they trigger a moralizing impulse. 3/4
The old arguments about alt-health & chronic disease remain b/c they trigger a moralizing impulse. 3/4
I just published LOST LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP SPELL USA medium.com/@khankintu64...
LOST LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP SPELL USA
🌿✨ WELCOME TO DOCTOR KINTU — GUIDANCE, WELLNESS & PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT ✨🌿
medium.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I just published LOST LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP SPELL USA medium.com/@khankintu64...
I feel like every time I see poly couples discussing their relationship issues, they're going through standard issue toxic bullshit but using more therapy/wellness speak to discuss being nightmares to each other and have convinced themselves this means they're more emotionally mature
August 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I feel like every time I see poly couples discussing their relationship issues, they're going through standard issue toxic bullshit but using more therapy/wellness speak to discuss being nightmares to each other and have convinced themselves this means they're more emotionally mature
Surprise❗ The Wellness Company (read: grifters) are selling bunk❗
'Emergency' Medical Kits Touted by Dr. Drew & Others Draw Criticism www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This is really false advertising. To me, it's another money-making gimmick to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship."
'Emergency' Medical Kits Touted by Dr. Drew & Others Draw Criticism www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This is really false advertising. To me, it's another money-making gimmick to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship."
'Emergency' Medical Kits Touted by Dr. Drew and Others Draw Criticism
Kits contain prescription antibiotics and are ripe for misuse, doctor says
www.medpagetoday.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Surprise❗ The Wellness Company (read: grifters) are selling bunk❗
'Emergency' Medical Kits Touted by Dr. Drew & Others Draw Criticism www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This is really false advertising. To me, it's another money-making gimmick to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship."
'Emergency' Medical Kits Touted by Dr. Drew & Others Draw Criticism www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"This is really false advertising. To me, it's another money-making gimmick to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship."
As Meta goes to court over social media addiction claims, writer Paula Mejía reckons with her own relationship to the digital world.
Can digital detoxes heal us from our screen-driven lives?
A whole host of products and wellness retreats promise to cleanse you of the virtual residue.
www.motherjones.com
August 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
As Meta goes to court over social media addiction claims, writer Paula Mejía reckons with her own relationship to the digital world.
Time—a must hated yet appreciated fellow. It’s as cruel as it’s healing. Such a complicated relationship.
#time #beinghuman #writingcommunity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#time #beinghuman #writingcommunity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Time—a must hated yet appreciated fellow. It’s as cruel as it’s healing. Such a complicated relationship.
#time #beinghuman #writingcommunity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
#time #beinghuman #writingcommunity
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness
Wellness is one of the worst things to happen to people’s relationship with food.
They're talking about "water based" cooking now. Cooking things in water instead of oils. It's soup. They're making soup.
May 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Wellness is one of the worst things to happen to people’s relationship with food.
Oh, hello... beautiful soul!
Elevate your inner bliss by nurturing your well-being and creating a love relationship with yourself.
www.marylisarusso.ca
#selfcare #selflove ##selfgrowth #elegance #beauty #wellness #wellbeing #wellnesstips #lifestyle #lifegoals #lifestyletips #bookrecommendation
Elevate your inner bliss by nurturing your well-being and creating a love relationship with yourself.
www.marylisarusso.ca
#selfcare #selflove ##selfgrowth #elegance #beauty #wellness #wellbeing #wellnesstips #lifestyle #lifegoals #lifestyletips #bookrecommendation
February 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Oh, hello... beautiful soul!
Elevate your inner bliss by nurturing your well-being and creating a love relationship with yourself.
www.marylisarusso.ca
#selfcare #selflove ##selfgrowth #elegance #beauty #wellness #wellbeing #wellnesstips #lifestyle #lifegoals #lifestyletips #bookrecommendation
Elevate your inner bliss by nurturing your well-being and creating a love relationship with yourself.
www.marylisarusso.ca
#selfcare #selflove ##selfgrowth #elegance #beauty #wellness #wellbeing #wellnesstips #lifestyle #lifegoals #lifestyletips #bookrecommendation
/28 Investments made to Support Mental Health - Indigenous -
$597.6 million in a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy with First Nations, Inuit, and the Metis Nation www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
$597.6 million in a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy with First Nations, Inuit, and the Metis Nation www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Budget 2021: Strong Indigenous Communities - Canada.ca
No relationship is more important to the federal government than the relationship with Indigenous peoples. The federal government continues to work with Indigenous peoples to build a nation-to-nation,...
www.canada.ca
January 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
/28 Investments made to Support Mental Health - Indigenous -
$597.6 million in a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy with First Nations, Inuit, and the Metis Nation www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
$597.6 million in a distinctions-based mental health and wellness strategy with First Nations, Inuit, and the Metis Nation www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
I wonder if this is a "correlation is not causation" situation
Like it's not a *poly* issue necessarily, it's just that the worst people who cloak toxicity behind wellness speak are the most likely to pressure their partner into opening up the relationship so they can do unethical non-monogamy
Like it's not a *poly* issue necessarily, it's just that the worst people who cloak toxicity behind wellness speak are the most likely to pressure their partner into opening up the relationship so they can do unethical non-monogamy
August 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I wonder if this is a "correlation is not causation" situation
Like it's not a *poly* issue necessarily, it's just that the worst people who cloak toxicity behind wellness speak are the most likely to pressure their partner into opening up the relationship so they can do unethical non-monogamy
Like it's not a *poly* issue necessarily, it's just that the worst people who cloak toxicity behind wellness speak are the most likely to pressure their partner into opening up the relationship so they can do unethical non-monogamy
Very much on my wavelength. Yeah sure, old man yells at cloud” but fuck it, we could use (smart) elders yelling at us. The Ring, A Cure for Wellness, and this form a thematic trilogy concerning humanity’s costly relationship with tech + immortality, the later a throughline in Verbinkski’s oeuvre.
Now watching: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) Dir. Gore Verbinski
February 22, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Very much on my wavelength. Yeah sure, old man yells at cloud” but fuck it, we could use (smart) elders yelling at us. The Ring, A Cure for Wellness, and this form a thematic trilogy concerning humanity’s costly relationship with tech + immortality, the later a throughline in Verbinkski’s oeuvre.