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By Brendan O’Meara
Rae Nudson is a journalist who focuses much of her attention and reportorial energies on women’s health. Her latest piece for The Atavist Magazine (subscribe! I don’t get kickbacks.) is titled “Damages: An ob-gyn in Virginia performed unnecessary surgeries on patients for decades. When his victims learned the truth, they fought back.”
Rae’s work has appeared in The Cut, Paste, Vox, and Giddy. She’s also the author of All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls. of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian.
In this episode we dig into how she reported this piece and how her central figures sought retribution for the damages inflicted upon them, often without their consent.
We also hear from Seyward Darby, editor-in-chief for The Atavist, about her goals for the upcoming year for herself and the magazine, as well as what she’s looking for in pitches.
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