D. MUTHULINGAM, MD

Writer, Physician, Bon Vivant

I am a writer and infectious disease doctor. I write and speak about science, care work, labor, the ecology and cultural history of infectious diseases, health as it is shaped by society, and speculative fiction. I am currently working on a bestiary (essay collection) that is about all of that

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How I spent my Summer

Rethinking apocalypse and other brief reviews Rituals of Transition: Someone said: we do not live in quarters like a corporate calendar,...

Sex, Ambition and Acquisition

Content Warning: NSFW, sexy stuff, capitalist discontent 1. Microsoft Bing AI’s Shadow Self (word count: 504) From tv tropes A tech...

On the Banality of Story: the perils and pitfalls of narrative

This is a first installment in an exploratory series on storytelling in medicine, science, life. Drop a line if this interests you. “We...