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Julia Craven

Contributor

Julia Craven is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Vox, New York Magazine, Slate, and more. She created Healthy Futures, a health and wellness Substack, and the Library of Black Wellness, a public archive tracing Black well-being across generations.
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