Published Jul 3, 2023
Why Wellness Sells - the Benefits and Harms of Wellness Culture with Colleen Derkatch
Christy Harrison and rhetoric professor Colleen Derkatch explore the allure and pitfalls of wellness culture, examining its medicalization, the pandemic's impact on public health narratives, and the pervasive obsession with toxins and detoxes.

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