Writing – Page 2 – Katie Levingston Gill

Jennifer Lopez is raising a boy and a girl and it’s getting her thinking about gender equality.

“Having boy-girl twins really opened my eyes to how different men and women are and makes me think about how I treat my boy and how I treat my girl,” she said at a discussion on gender equality at the Four Seasons Restaurant Friday night.
Wrote this feature for The Cut/New York Magazine – more here.

Two Years Since Bombing, Marathon Might be More Mental Than Physical

April 20, 2015April 25, 2023Posted in Boston.com, Health Features, Health News, Writing

It has been two years since the Boston Marathon bombings. Bostonians have not forgotten the three who died and more than 280 injured. Bostonians recognize and remember the day their city was attacked. And it’s okay to feel a little off in the days leading up to and on this year’s marathon, according to Dr. Kermit Crawford, associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Resiliency Center of Boston Medical Center for Boston Marathon survivors.

“We are all impacted in some way,’’ Crawford said of what happened on April 15, 2013.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.

Turn Down for What? Your Ears

March 17, 2015April 25, 2023Posted in Boston.com, Health Features, Writing

My headphones are my lifeline. I don’t go anywhere without them. Uncoiling their tangles is a welcome, if annoying, routine. They’re a friend I can conjure at a moment’s notice. The sounds that emerge from their white wires provide relief, comfort, confidence, serenity… maybe even a dance party.

But all good things must come in moderation. We millennials might be getting too attached to our headphones, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is worried.
Wrote this feature for Boston.com – more here.