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Jennifer Block and Elisa Albert in the NYT: “Misogyny and the patriarchy are why skeptics attack Goop!”

the goop lab--defended by Jennifer Block

Jennifer Block and Elisa Albert defend the quackery and pseudoscience and quackery sold by Goop by accusing its critics of misogyny and engaging in whataboutism. It does not go well.

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Quackery and “wellness”: The case of David and Collet Stephan and their son Ezekiel

After Justice Terry Clackson's ruling
David and Collet Stephan, seen in March 2017, were convicted in 2016 of failing to provide the necessaries of life after not seeking medical attention for their son who died of bacterial meningitis.

David and Collet Stephan stand convicted of not having provided their son Ezekiel with essential medical care, which led to his death from meningitis. None of this stopped the “wellness” industry from featuring David as a speaker at its expos; that is, until it started causing bad publicity. When that happened, Stephan was unceremoniously dumped. But the quackery in “wellness” remains unchanged.