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Rebecca Lester @psychanthro

Anthropologist, psychotherapist, author, professor, mom, lover, seeker, creator, survivor, advocate, human. #anthropology

Joined July 2010
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I have a new piece out in Scientific American based on my polyamory research. Here's a link to read it without a subscription. lnkd.in/gDW_Gs8E

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Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.w…
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Check out my newest piece in American Anthropologist!  Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.w…

American Anthropologist | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

Polyamory is a lifestyle politics that makes visible key features of the affective milieu of late modernity in the United States. In particular, the practice of polyamory highlights the importance...

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SELINA OKIN KIM CONNER CHAIR IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Deadline Nov. 1 The Department of Anthropology, WashU, invites applications for a tenured appointment in anthropology at the level of full Professor to begin in the Fall semester of 2025. insideartsci.wustl.edu/depar…
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Salina Okin Kim Conner Chair in Medical Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. We seek an exceptional researcher & engaged scholar to join a department with a record of excellence in medical anthropology, global health, & related areas. insideartsci.wustl.edu/depar…
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I find it fascinating how angry people get about the idea of Dissociative Identity Disorder. It makes it challenging to have any sort of constructive conversation on the topic. I think the out-of-proportion anger says something profound about our culture.
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12 Jun 2023
Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis, treatment, and how she is doing today. 🎧🔗bit.ly/43pTVBd
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12 Jun 2023
DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patient with 12 identities form a community of selves in one individual. Join our @Reddit AMA w/ @psychanthro 🗓️June 14 at 1pm ET 🔗reddit.com/r/IAmA/
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America's Anxiety about Anxiety commonreader.wustl.edu/ameri…

America’s Anxiety About Anxiety: a Q&A With Dr. Rebecca Lester - Common Reader

Spidery, creeping, impossible to ignore, anxiety spins uncertainties that cling no matter how frantically we brush them away.

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I have a new piece out in Scientific American about how anthropological insights can inform psychotherapy practice. scientificamerican.com/artic… Traumatized Woman with Multiple Personalities Gets Better as Her 'Parts' Work as a Team via @sciam

A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves

Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that’s not the only solution, a caring therapist shows

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28 Mar 2023
Our new page for the Practitioner's Corner Column at @socscimed-MH is up! These are deeply reflective 2500 word pieces on caring for people living with mental illness. Great for teaching, learning, sharing @psychanthro @leslieswartz @drdrtsai @gmhequity sciencedirect.com/journal/ss…
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Great @BeachTooSandy show Saturday night in Chicago!!!
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Wash U Anthropology is hiring! Two open positions: Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology (medical) apply.interfolio.com/113361 and The Selina Okin Kim Conner Professorship in Medical Anthropology apply.interfolio.com/112552. Join us!
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Fantastic conversation today with the amazing Allyson Ford @bodyjusticepod. She’s doing incredible and important work around eating disorders and social justice. Check her out!
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Attended @pfurs last night. Great concert except for Richard Butler doing the “Heil hitler” arm salute & holding it for a good 20 secs, then doing it a second briefer time later.I was completely shocked, disturbed, & sickened. When is that EVER ok? Never, that’s when. Never.
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So excited for @neelymyers’ stewardship of Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry!
Neely Myers, PHD@neelymyers
14 Jul 2022
Thank you @SpringerAnthro for the shout out! We are excited to preserve the integrity of the journal and take it in new directions 😊
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24 Jun 2022
So if a woman is raped at gunpoint and becomes pregnant, the gun is the most protected party in that situation.
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Washington University in St. Louis is hiring for TWO lecturer positions ASAP, one in medical anthropology and one in cultural anthropology w/ a focus on the environment. Please circulate (and apply!) careercenter.americananthro.… careercenter.americananthro.…
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As some of you know, my current research is on polyamory and other forms of consensual non-monogamy. If you are a practitioner of poly / CNM and are willing to be interviewed, let me know (and tell your friends!). DM me here or email rjlester@wustl.edu.
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