Romance is Dead, Long Live Romance
By Hannah Tyler At the end of In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung finds a shallow crevice in the wall at Angkor Wat, whispers a secret into it and fills it with mud and moss. At the end of Roman Holiday, Gregory Peck exchanges a wordless look with Audrey Hepburn. He slowly walks away … Continue reading Romance is Dead, Long Live Romance
We’ve Never Been Safe: Reacting to Recent Events in London
In the wake of Sarah Everard’s death, woman after woman has appeared on the news to share their story of male violence or assault—from uni students to members of parliament, every woman has one. I’m not at all surprised, but it seems a lot of people are. Continue reading We’ve Never Been Safe: Reacting to Recent Events in London
Comfort (Feed) Me
Remember back in the beginning of quarantine when everyone was baking bread together, and it felt like a sort of companionship? Cassandra Baim is bringing that back. Continue reading Comfort (Feed) Me
I Got the Pfizer Vaccine and I Feel Physically But Not Emotionally Fine
It’s so weird when you can feel history happening to you. With over 100,000 deaths in the UK from COVID, how will history see this pandemic? Continue reading I Got the Pfizer Vaccine and I Feel Physically But Not Emotionally Fine
Pregnancy and Birth During a Pandemic
Just a little over a week before my due date, I came down with a cough. Four days later, I received a text notifying me that I had tested positive for COVID-19. The next few days were the scariest of my pregnancy. Continue reading Pregnancy and Birth During a Pandemic
An Ode to Mushrooms
Without mushrooms, or detritivores and decomposers as a whole, dead organic matter would pile up— colloquially, we’d be fucked. Continue reading An Ode to Mushrooms
