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.
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I have a thriving sex life, but it hasn't always been happy BDSM and sexy selfies. I am still in recovery for childhood and other trauma. Sexual intimacy is something I have often avoided, either by having sex with strangers or by not having sex…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Two Disney theme parks closed in China this weekend, in efforts to protect people from the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan in 2018, but has been spreading at an alarming rate during the past few weeks.. The two parks, located in Hong Kong and…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Staying informed with current events is daunting. There seems to be an overabundance of bad and scary news lately. It’s easy to feel apocalyptic about the state of the world when your social media feed is screaming doom. It’s tempting to hide or,…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
There’s new, disappointing evidence that confirms racial discrimination in mortgage lending practices is alive and well. According to research released earlier this month, Black and Latinx voters are more likely to be refused a home loan. If they…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I’m going to be honest and admit that I only heard about the acid mantle recently. I know it’s my job to stay current with wellness trends, but frankly, I thought it was a drug thing. In case, like me, you’ve been out of the loop, an acid mantle is…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
In every relationship, there's one person who leaves unused seconds on the microwave timer for the other person to be annoyed about. But since the demise of my long term relationship, I am now both of these people in my home. I never hit the clear…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Sex is a topic we never stop exploring because of its unparalleled complexity in our lives. It’s the way our genes replicate and also a way that humans bond and also a place for our imaginations to play. That’s a lot of meaning for one activity.…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Six people have died from the mysterious new coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan, China in late 2018. Out of the 200-300 people projected to have been infected with the virus overall, 77 new cases have been reported in China, Taiwan,…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Most people use Fitbits to track their cardio. Some have taken it to the next level and started tracking their sleep patterns. But new research shows that they might be good for more than obsessively measuring the productivity of your personal…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Peruvian police are deporting five tourists for desecrating a temple in Machu Picchu with feces. Yes, you heard me correctly — they barged into a historical space for religious worship and then pooped in it. Those five suspects plus one more, who…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
My cat Cabbage is the life partner that has supported me through thick and thin. She loves me. I know this. And yet, like with any partner, sometimes when she looks at me I see murder in her eyes. It turns out that I’m not just a paranoid cat lady.…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Fact is always stranger than fiction. This is especially true when it comes to sex. As far as sexual fantasies go, the fact is that a lot of them center around fiction, or at least science fiction. Pornhub released their 2019 insights last week,…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
As of the last few years, researchers have been trying to uncover how to best help people managing anxiety disorders, which currently afflict around 40 million people in the US. A new study conducted at the University of Toronto examined around …
By Tracey Anne Duncan
No matter what anyone says, getting tattooed is uncomfortable. You stay still for long periods of time while someone uses a mechanical needle to "drill" ink into your skin. While getting tattoos might help you cope if you’re in a funk, tattoo…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I am an introvert. That means that I recharge my emotional batteries by spending time alone. Despite the fact that extroverts seem to have an easier way in the world, I have always liked being an introvert. I like my own company. Ain’t nothing wrong…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Being hydrated is an undeniable status symbol and a rather deceptive indicator of having your life together. While humans do need water to stay healthy, we don’t actually need as much as you might think. Is our obsession with hydration actually…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
It’s about to be 2020 and even people who've ditched the idea of "resolutions" are going on about how they’re going to be really intentional this year. Again. We will all put down our phones, start meditating, and focus on having deeply meaningful…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Cats are emotionally complex. And I don’t just mean that in the general “science can’t be certain what animals are thinking” way. I mean that they toy with our emotions. We can kind of sense when they’re happy — there's that low, motorcycle purr…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Always be closing. Greed is good. Get rich or die trying. These are the takeaways from every movie about how to be a powerful and effective businessperson. But these cutthroat, cliched aphorisms don’t tell us anything about how to negotiate in the…
By Tracey Anne Duncan
I have enough tattoos that I've completely lost count. Some of them are so small that I think of them sort of like I think of one-night-stands — they’re fun memories but they don’t really count. I am 100% down to get a matching tattoo with a…