Tracey Anne Duncan

Bio

Tracey Anne lives in New Orleans with five pets and zero spouses. She studied magic at Columbia and writing at Louisiana State. She has been a body worker and yoga teacher since the last influx of rave and has 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.

What's the deal with night sweats?

By Tracey Anne Duncan

While sweating the bed isn’t quite as embarrassing as wetting the bed, it can leave your sheets swampy enough to gross you out and leave you perplexed. What's the deal with this excessive, nocturnal skin-leaking? How could a person possibly produce…

Opioid addiction didn't end my relationship. Recovery did.

By Tracey Anne Duncan

My wife left me when I was 40 days sober from opioids. “This is too hard,” she said. In that moment, I vowed that I would never be with anyone who said things were “too hard” again, but the truth is, she was right. It took me a long time and a lot…

Your mentor doesn't have to be older or more successful than you

By Tracey Anne Duncan

When I was having a work crisis a few months ago, a trusted friend suggested that I find someone who was where I wanted to be in five years and ask them to be my mentor. This concept seemed better than the archaic notion that you should find a wise,…

Consent is the most important part of a yoga adjustment

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Touch, in yoga classes, can be tricky. The term “adjustment” is often used as a catchall term for many different kinds of touching, and this ambiguity allows for some pretty egregious boundary crossing. The New York Times dropped an article a few…

People are posting pictures of their junk on the internet to get their STD diagnosed

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Apparently, Reddit users are posting pictures of their genitals in the subred in the hopes of getting an STD diagnosis from other users — users, to be clear, who are not medical professionals. In case it isn’t immediately obvious, a new study…

The best jobs for introverts don't involve being antisocial

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Introverts are widely misunderstood. People often conflate anxiety, antisocial tendencies, and social awkwardness with introversion, but they aren’t the same. This assumption is a problem because it creates a cultural bias towards extroverts,…

The sneaky way vapes get you hooked

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Just like cigarettes, you put a vape in your mouth, inhale to the lungs, and your body gets a hit of nicotine. But the vaping vs. smoking cigarettes conversation rages on because there's still a lot of confusion about the risks of both. Vapes have…

Airbnb cracks down on 'party houses' after Halloween shooting kills 5

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Airbnb is changing its policy on party rentals following a shooting at a California Airbnb that left five people dead last Thursday, October 31. The home where the murders took place was rented on Halloween under suspicious conditions; the…

Can temporary abstinence actually help you focus?

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Productivity guru and TED talker Tim Ferris famously issued a challenge to his loyal followers: abstain from sex, masturbation, and alcohol for a month. That one got a hard no from me. Participation made folks eligible for a prize — but the real…

This is what healthy narcissism looks like

By Tracey Anne Duncan

According to new research, there are upsides to narcissism — a term which, for all intents and purposes here, is referring to the disorder rather than a conceited person. Turns out that some narcissistic personality traits can alleviate stress and…

Juul knowingly sold a million contaminated vape pods, according to new lawsuit

By Tracey Anne Duncan

To date, 1,604 cases of illness and 34 deaths have been linked to vaping, according to the CDC. While the country is in the midst of vaping panic, we seemed to be appeased by the fact that that big name "reputable brands" are safe. Juul, one of the…

Cat videos are good for you, according to science. Here are our favorite cats to watch.

By Tracey Anne Duncan

In a social media landscape littered with terrible news, cat videos are furry, prissy, beacons of hope. You can eye-roll all you want, but watching cat videos is good for your health and they could make you kinder. How so, you ask? Humans are wired…

What it means to be skoliosexual

By Tracey Anne Duncan

The dating world can be challenging to navigate; its terrain is full of landmines. Some of them, like bros with dead animal trophies, can be avoided swiftly and easily. Just swipe left. Staying informed about the nuanced descriptors of gender…

The case for a 5-hour work day

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Even if you love your job, you probably aren’t actually working the whole time you’re at work. You might be focused on a task or two most of the time, but there’s probably a decent amount of daydreaming, small talk, double-tapping, and swiping on…

You are not your job, even if it's your life's work

By Tracey Anne Duncan

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. While I’m grateful that it panned out, I’m so attached to my work identity that when anything isn’t going that well with my writing, it can feel really personal. I suppose that shows my…

The Tinder subreddit is a comedic antidote to my breakup grief

By Tracey Anne Duncan

I’m going through my 437th breakup this calendar year. We can talk about my poor relationship choices later, but don’t worry, my close friends are already on the case. They're full of support and practical advice. Everyone who loves me has reached…

More than half of Americans report being discriminated against at work

By Tracey Anne Duncan

A new report by Glassdoor, a job recruiting site where employers can rate their employers, indicates that huge numbers of people continue to face discrimination at work; to be exact, 61% percent of employees said that they had experienced or…

Behold Pizza Hut’s ‘Incogmeato’ pizza, a fake meat lover’s delight

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Pizza Hut is the latest chain to hop on the fake meat bandwagon, in an attempt to sate what I perceive as a public demand for eco-conscious junk food. Starting tomorrow, a single location in Phoenix will feature a limited edition Garden Specialty…

Why you have your best ideas in the shower

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Some of my best articles were conceived while shaving my legs. They’re often half-written in my head by the time I’m toweling off. There’s something magical about how often I get good ideas in the shower. It turns out, however, like most things that…

Is hard Kombucha a healthier way to drink?

By Tracey Anne Duncan

I first tried kombucha when I was in yoga teacher training in 2006. Back then, it was a thing my burner friends made in their reasonably-priced Brooklyn walk-ups. I thought it tasted like vinegar, but I love vinegar. So much has changed since then;…