Livia Gershon
Livia Gershon is a freelance reporter in New Hampshire. She's written for publications including Salon and Aeon and is a regular contributor to JSTOR Daily and Vice.
Five Studies: Understanding America's Opioid Crisis
After 20 years of skyrocketing addiction rates, how can the United States get its pill problem under control?
Five Studies: Should We Care If People Aren’t Working?
With Baby Boomers retiring, our focus should be on giving workers choice and agency—even if that means fewer full-time workers.
Five Studies: Easing the College Transition for Lower-Class and Minority Students
What can we do to help kids who are the first in their families to go to college—or who face extra burdens because of their race, class, or religion?
Five Studies: The Psychology of the Ultra-Rich, According to the Research
Bernie Sanders says that billionaires have “psychiatric issues.” He’s not entirely incorrect.
Don’t Give My Kid an Award in School
My son is right: His “Leader of the Month” award is stupid. Instead, I want to give him a lesson in what it means to have privilege—and what it means for those who don’t.
When Women Sexually Assault Men
How gendered cultural scripts help conceal and laugh away a legitimate problem.