ICYMI: An Infuriating History Of Breast Cancer And The Psychological Depth Of ‘YOLO'

ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week. This week, we took a closer look at psychology across disciplines. We were fascinated that 18th-century doctors blamed women for their breast cancer diagnoses and disappointed that new research confirmed what many already suspected: teachers tend to punish black students more harshly than white students for the same infractions. In pop psychology, we learned that living life without regret is the common denominator uniting Miley Cyrus's and Friedrich Nietzsche's world views. Read on and tell us in the comments: What did you read and love this week? 1. The Psychology (and Philosophy) of ‘No Regrets’ -- Pacific Standard Miley Cyrus, circa 2013; Friedrich Nietzsche, circa 1887. (Photos: Debby Wong/Everett Historical/Shutterstock/Pacific Standard) A highbrow look at the psychology of you-only-live-once (YOLO) culture using Friedrich Nietzsche as a lens. Quote: "YOLO is the late capitalist predecessor of carpe diem, the rallying cry of a Millennial culture tired and frustrated with burdens of the economic crisis and the constant nagging of doddering New York Times op-ed columns." 2. How Doctors of the Past Blamed Women for Breast Cancer -- TIME Eighteenth-century doctors found women's biology so confusing that they claimed everything womanly -- including wearing a corset, makeing choices about whether or not to breastfeed, and having an irregular period -- caused cancer. Quote: "When the female body and its breast...
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