Reading Lists

Why You Can’t Escape Purity Culture (Even If You Never Set Foot in a Church)

There’s this moment that happens in my classroom at Northeastern maybe three weeks into the semester.

Dec 18, 2025 • Liz Bucar

Everything Is Energy (And For Sale): 8 Resources on Wellness Culture's Religious Roots

In her bestselling book Good Energy, Casey Means (Trump’s Surgeon General nominee) claims that “nearly every health problem we face can be explained by…

Nov 6, 2025 • Liz Bucar

Why Does Food Feel Like a Moral Issue? 8 Books on Diet Culture's Religious Origins

A few weeks ago, my teenage daughter asked me why one of our relatives talks about food like it’s a moral issue.

Oct 30, 2025 • Liz Bucar

What They Don't Cover in Yoga Teacher Training: A Reading List

This week’s assigned reading is coming to you by popular demand—so many of you asked for yoga resources after my posts on spiritual appropriation and…

Oct 23, 2025 • Liz Bucar

How Wellness Spirituality Erases Justice: A Reading List

You’ve probably heard the term “Earth School” floating around wellness spaces—the idea that our souls voluntarily incarnated here to learn specific…

Oct 16, 2025 • Liz Bucar

The Invention of Mindfulness: A Reading List (Spoiler: It’s Not Ancient)

My post about Ezra Klein quoting Buddhist meditation to Ta-Nehisi Coates—right after Coates described MLK’s murder—touched a nerve.

Oct 9, 2025 • Liz Bucar

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