I could feel the ridiculous nature of what I was doing as I tapped my card on the card reader. I feel like if I can only get my apartment looking perfect—if it smells pretty, if it feels cosy enough—all of these things will insulate me from The Badness. Continue reading I Keep Buying Things, Please Help
Stopping in front of the painting Danaë, my partner commented that she has a belly like mine. He’s right, and I looked at it thinking how beautiful it was. Six months ago, I’m not sure I would have had the same reaction. Continue reading From Maiden to Matron
The murder of George Floyd broke through the coronavirus clutter. Most of us still care deeply about both issues—so why is it so easy to let them slip out of view? Continue reading Keeping Constant Through COVID-19 and BLM Content Exhaustion
By Hannah Tyler *A note on language: During the writing of this piece I learned, ironically, that Navajo is not a Navajo word. It was a name imposed by the Spanish from a Tewa-puebloan word that means place of large planted fields. Dinè means ‘the people’ in Navajo language and a vote in 2017 to … Continue reading Naming a Virus Without a Name
I don’t know if you feel the way I do, but if you do—if there’s a seed of something inside of you that says, really? is buying and shopping and working really what gives our lives meaning?—then we need to hold on to what these past few months have shown us. Continue reading A Brave New World
A month ago I became an essential worker. I don’t want to die, nor do, I think, any of my coworkers. Continue reading Back to Normal
As the reservoirs of a host of viruses, bats have acquired a rather bad reputation. Continue reading In Defence of Bats
How do we imagine the physical space of a life online? Continue reading Time and Space and Covid-19
For anyone out there who is struggling to process the confusion and anxiety of life under a pandemic, here are a few tips for staying sane while staying safe. Continue reading Self-Care During Coronavirus
