It's taken me a long time to write this article, and here's why: I fell down the ASMR rabbit hole. ASMR is an acronym for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. There's little medical writing on ASMR, ...

I’m sitting on a futon in a stranger’s apartment with my friend Ashley. In front of us, Melinda Lauw—a slender, wide-eyed Singaporean woman—is crouched in a squat, holding a small flickering candle, ...

“It’s time for your lice check,” a woman who goes by “Ms. K” whispers directly into my ear as she starts running her fingers into my scalp and through each strand of hair. I’m in a dark room, Eastern ...