About The Cut
The Cut is a popular digital magazine from New York Magazine that covers culture, relationships, health, and personal stories. Known for publishing widely shared essays and real-life perspectives, The Cut features conversations about topics people don’t always talk about publicly—from identity and careers to mental health and family decisions.
Michelle Hammer’s Feature in The Cut
Mental health advocate and schizophrenia activist Michelle Hammer was featured in the article “Could Baby Inherit My Medical Condition? Deciding.” In the piece, she shares her candid perspective on living with schizophrenia while thinking about the possibility of having children. Hammer discusses the realities of managing the condition, the stigma surrounding it, and the complicated question many people with genetic conditions face: whether they could pass it on.
Her story adds a powerful lived-experience voice to the conversation—helping readers understand schizophrenia not through stereotypes, but through the perspective of someone openly living, working, and advocating with the condition.