Michelle Cohen

Michelle Cohen

@docmcohen.medsky.social

rural Ontario family doc | writer | Family Medicine @queensuhealth.bsky.social | she/her My book HER BODY, HER CURE: ON THE PERSONAL & POLITICAL IN WELLNESS CULTURE is out January 2027! πŸ”— michellecohen.ca

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Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Preorders available now for my upcoming book HER BODY, HER CURE! I wrote about the history & politics of wellness culture from its origins in the 1800s to its latest far right incarnation post-2020. Alt-health/wellness is not just academic for me, it’s highly personal. 🧡 utppublishing.com/do...

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

These AI parenting stories are just about replacing nannies. This is a story about some mundane but invisible work a nanny would end up doing if the parents felt it was beneath them. They're trying to convince each other that paying a woman to parent your kids is unnecessary because AI will do it.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

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Jonathan Jarry
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social

Pseudoacademic conferences, predatory journals, would-be clinics, sham professional associations & official-sounding medical boards. Welcome to the parallel world of fakery. My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

mcgill.caThe Parallel World of FakeryOver a century ago, a teacher was tasked with visiting the 150 medical schools that were operating in the United States and Canada. His 1910 booklet, nicknamed the Flexner Report, separated the wheat ...

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@ridertoast.bsky.social

Anyways, what I’ve gathered from the case is that they were hitting him with professionalism stuff for his refusal to stop tweeting but once he vague posted about vengeance or something they terminated him for threats. Unbelievable L they were letting him slide until then , he will not see Valhalla.

πŸ•ΈοΈπŸ•·οΈSpiderPostπŸ•·οΈπŸ•ΈοΈ(mortem), if clinically indicated@ridertoast.bsky.social

When you’re absolutely gonna win your pro se case against a medical school

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The Biking Lawyer LLP
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Please donate to our Bike Lane Protest Fund: gofund.me/4b115029b 4 have been arrested & require criminal lawyers, daily protests need snacks & hot coffee etc. Be among the first 50 to donate & get a free hi vis vest (email info@thebikinglawyer.ca with proof of donation - no min amount) 1/2

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
@modacitylife.com

Since 2016, London’s cycling network has grown fivefold, from 90 to 450 kilometres. The results? 1.5 million daily cycle journeysβ€”a 43% increase since 2019β€”twice as many bikes as cars on City of London streets during the day, and motor traffic in steady declineβ€”having fallen 25% in the same period.

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

So this type of thing was a major motivator for me to go no contact. The realization when I had my first kid that my mom's inability to understand boundaries extended to my baby and any health decisions I made (esp vaccines). The parental alienation moral panic typically skips over stuff like this.

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Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

But the so-called "choice" to go no contact is often a last ditch effort to protect vulnerable ppl from an abusive parent/grandparent. The attempt to portray it as a snap decision really pisses me off for this reason. It's often the opposite: a long deliberated step taken when all else has failed.

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social Idk if you're planning to cover the parental alienation moral panic on @maintenancephase.bsky.social someday, but you may be interested in my upcoming book, which delves into wellness culture and gives a background on how I went no contact with my virulently anti-vax mom.

Michelle Cohen@docmcohen.medsky.social

Preorders available now for my upcoming book HER BODY, HER CURE! I wrote about the history & politics of wellness culture from its origins in the 1800s to its latest far right incarnation post-2020. Alt-health/wellness is not just academic for me, it’s highly personal. 🧡 utppublishing.com/do...

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

In med school one of our ethics scenarios was a parent bringing a teen girl in for a hymen check to ensure virginity. The student is meant to understand that this is a violation of the patient's bodily autonomy and privacy. This is no different. Another culturally mediated excuse to violate girls.

Washington State Democrats@wadems.org

Doctors and nurses are voicing their objections. I-638 would require EVERY girl who wants to participate in sports to go through biological sex verification. That means expensive, invasive, and utterly gross examinations. Protect our kids and let them play. Vote NO on I-638

rangemedia.coMeasure to require "biological sex" verification for all WA girls’ sports athletes on November ballotIf passed, the hedgefund-millionaire-backed ballot measure would enact one of the nation’s strictest examination requirements for girls’ athletics.

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Timothy Caulfield
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social

OMG, make it stop❗ πŸ›‘ Longevity medicine is NOT "gaining credibility". It is a grift, it is a grift, it is a grift. A similar trend happened with "integrative med" & "wellness". Institutions embrace new trendy grift. πŸ’° Is #Longevity Medicine Going Mainstream? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b...

nytimes.comIs Longevity Medicine Going Mainstream?As major health systems open their own programs, longevity medicine is gaining credibility and becoming more accessible.
Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

In the no contact world there's a term for relatives/friends who are employed by the abusive parent to harass their kids. They're called "flying monkeys." This guy charges $995 to be a flying monkey and send emails to estranged kids to "see if they will correspond with me." Quite a genius grift.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

As far as I can tell, literally every article on this quotes the same "expert" β€” a former estranged father who has an entire blog dedicated to absolving parents of any responsibility. He also sells $995 "consultations" where he will blame your kids for cutting you off.

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Yes please make everyone aware of the podcast where I briefly talked about you taking estrogen and my upcoming book where I mention you among other bio hackers and compare you to Bernarr Macfadden. That's super convenient for me, thanks! ✌️

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

The dude just keeps getting more normal

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Hard to believe I know, but Kevin follows this up with a couple of tweets labelling a female Democrat a borderline personality disorder "psycho" based on her "mannerisms." He's not just cosplaying a doctor, he's doing a spot-on impression of a mid-1900s doctor.

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Same. Do your job Toronto! Don't elect another embarrassment mayor.

Raywat Deonandan πŸπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦@deonandan.bsky.social

I no longer live in Toronto, but I still consider it my home. It's been painful watching Doug Ford rip it apart to appease suburban city-haters. And Brad Bradford will do much of the same. Shit, the dude wants to privatize the water! Torontonians, get out and vote. Do not let Bradford win.

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Katelyn Burns
@katelynburns.com

What's extremely telling is that there is never once an article like this written from the perspective of the person who cut off their parent.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

This is the slow creep from private services being for only for the wealthy to being for anyone who can afford to avoid the broken public system.

Δ€rums / they/them@amalyn.bsky.social

Instagram gave ad other day for an Ontario specific one, with slant of "know how your workout impacts your numbers" Business model of select tests, pay, their nurse practitioner or doctor signs the requisition Meanwhile, LifeLabs had no free chairs in waiting room Friday due to rolling closures

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Carmen Celestini
@philofwrite.bsky.social

I have been writing and researching about Active Clubs in Canada for quite some time. The escalation is something we need to be concerned about. We have council candidates openly supporting the Dominion Society of Canada and now NS13 threatening a candidate. www.chch.com/chch-news/ra...

chch.comRacist threats overshadow Hamilton municipal election campaignThe municipal election campaign in Hamilton was overshadowed by racism on Friday. A candidate for city council says he's being threatened by a white supremacist group.
Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Do you disavow the Grimm Brotherhood? Do you disavow the Karamazov Brotherhood? Do you disavow the Hanson Brotherhood? So many brotherhoods to disavow, so little time.

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silverwuffamute
@wuffaf.at

Shit like this is how for-profit healthcare lies to you to make universal healthcare seem inefficient and limited. "You can only get the healthcare you need if you pay us for it. Public healthcare can't give you this level of coverage and access, pay us. That public healthcare is useless."

Michelle Cohen@docmcohen.medsky.social

This virtual private clinic in BC charges exorbitant fees for basic blood tests that are publicly covered. A core part of the sales pitch is lying about how testing works in the public system. Preventative routine screening IS COVERED - this is essential primary care that FPs/NPs do regularly.