Tracey Anne Duncan

Bio

Tracey Anne lives in New Orleans with five pets and zero spouses. They studied magic at Columbia and writing at Louisiana State. They've also been a body worker and yoga teacher since the last influx of rave and have been word-slinging about health and culture way pre-Obama. Tracey Anne is obsessed with poetry, deep critical analysis, snoballs, and helping people live their most hashtag worthy lives.
Unfortunately, anal swabs might be the most accurate coronavirus test yet
By Tracey Anne Duncan
In the latest defense against the still-rampant pandemic, China is using anal swabs as a way to test for COVID-19 infections. China’s state television network (CCTV) announced last week that health officials would be swabbing passengers arriving in…
A rich Canadian couple stole vaccine doses meant for vulnerable Indigenous people
By Tracey Anne Duncan
The wealthy elite have access to a lot of things right now that the rest of us don’t — luxe pandemic bunkers, artisanal healthcare, and an endless supply of toilet paper, to name a few. Now some of them are using their privilege in the most…
Will getting vaccinated get you laid?
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Now that people are beginning to get vaccinated, things in the dating world are changing yet again. At the beginning of the pandemic, it got easier to have real conversations with matches, and a lot of folx started taking their time to get to know…
135 unarmed Black people have been fatally shot by cops in the U.S. since 2015, NPR found
By Tracey Anne Duncan
The fact that there is no central database for police and prison stats makes it really hard for journalists to report on police brutality. Every police department in the U.S. keeps track of its own data, and individual police departments are…
Anthony Fauci did not mince words about what it was like to work for Trump and let Americans die
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Anthony Fauci is back in action. The man who served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Advisor to the President under 45’s reign of terror has finally had his gag removed by the Biden…
The trick to a great night’s sleep? Don’t try so hard
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I’m not good at sleeping. It seems like a borderline absurd thing to be bad at — what am I, five? — but it's true. The problem isn’t so much in the sleeping, per say, but in the falling asleep part. It’s like as soon as my body slows down, my brain…
It's time to double-mask it, experts say
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I’ve been seeing a lot of people wearing two masks lately. Honestly, at first I thought it seemed like a strategy that was more performance than science, and that it was just another example of American’s “more is better” approach to basically…
Unfazed Bernie Sanders is the best meme to come out of the inauguration
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Look, no one is happier than me to see that fascist leave the oval office. I ugly cried when Gaga sang — even though I have mixed feelings about the national anthem — and yes, her outfit was great. The Obamas came through like stunning superheroes,…
Watching this Trader Joe's manager graciously turn away anti-maskers is both amazing and exhausting
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Sometimes I feel like I can’t leave my house without having to explain to some red-faced moron that science is real. It’s sometimes scary and always emotionally draining. Last week, a store manager in Salem, Oregon refused to allow maskless would-be…
What happens when some countries think their people are more worthy of a vaccine
By Tracey Anne Duncan
If the COVID-19 pandemic should have taught us anything, it’s that we are globally interdependent. What happens in, say, the U.K., does not stay in the U.K. Our globalized economy means that people and things, including coronavirus, cross national…
We finally have an idea of how long coronavirus infection immunity lasts
By Tracey Anne Duncan
One of the most terrifying things about COVID-19 has been how much we don’t know about it. Scientists have been working around the clock for the past year trying to figure out how the virus works and how we can defeat it. One of the major questions…
The pandemic has been hell for some couples. Could "relationship anarchy" be the answer?
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Many of us are anxious to make change in our lives and in the world, what with far right fools looting democracy and the global pandemic and all. Except that we’re still stuck at home, with precious few opportunities for face time with like minded…
There's an attachment style that no one is talking about
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Everyone wants to have happy healthy relationships. We want them so badly, in fact, that many of us become obsessed with how to do them “right.” In recent years, attachment theory has become a useful framework for many of us to understand how the…
While extremists stormed the Capitol, coronavirus rates hit a new high
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Yesterday, the U.S. was logged the deadliest day of the pandemic as all eyes were on the maskless violent mob storming the Capitol. The violence provoked by 45 starkly overshadowed the dangerous reality of COVID-19, The Washington Post reported.…
"An insurrection": Biden delivers unusually pointed remarks after the attempted coup at the Capitol
By Tracey Anne Duncan
As militant Trump supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden’s speech was initially scheduled as remarks on an economic briefing, The New York…
This is what trauma-informed dating looks like
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Most people would agree that even for the most well adjusted among us, dating is confusing — even more so for those dealing with trauma. Over the past decade or so, talking about trauma has become less stigmatized and there are more counseling and…
The CEO of Whole Foods' health care "solution" is elitist gaslighting at its finest
By Tracey Anne Duncan
As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. nears 21 million and the nation struggles to roll out enough vaccines to save people, we’re all being forced to reckon with how important healthcare is in this country. All of us, that is, except people…
Just planning your next trip can make you a happier person
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Being a stranger in a strange land forces you to remember that the world is big. It’s called perspective and traveling — which most of us miss profoundly, amidst a pandemic — helps us find it. When it comes to how travel impacts your long term sense…
The new coronavirus strain has been found in Colorado. Here's what we know so far
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Health officials in Colorado announced this morning that they have found two new cases of the COVID-19 mutation that is thought to have originated in the U.K. Health officials warn that this new strain of coronavirus — called the B117 variant — is…
Give up on "becoming a better person" in 2021
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Tis the season to pretend you’re going to be a totally different person next year: more productive, healthier, more intentional about who you sleep with. etc. Good luck with that. I, for one, am opting out of the whole New Year, New You movement.…