It’s my party and I’ll social-distance (because I have to)
I held my birthday party on Zoom this year. I turned 22 in the midst…
Browsing: Lifestyle
The routine starts once more
The alarm sounds again. She opens her eyes to pure darkness around her, turns around…
Intimacy versus COVID-19
Relationships are struggling as COVID-19 spreads. Some are virtually nonexistent; loved ones are in quarantine or…
My black experience at North Central College
A PWI is a Predominantly White Institution. I went to Immokalee High School in Florida,…
Love letters from 100 people
With flowers and candy, balloons and rosé, romantic dinners and candlelight and cards, Valentine’s Day…
Living the life of college luxury
Humidity lingers in the communal bathrooms like a Midwestern August day. The damp fog never…
Over the rainbow bridge
Last year, Barbra Streisand mourned the loss of her 14-year-old Coton de Tulear Samantha. Before…
Art imitating life online
In 1993, The New Yorker published a cartoon of two mutts in front of a…
A breath of fresh smoke
There was something about watching the world smoke. Icons like James Dean made it look…
From Lucky Strikes to protein shakes: 100 years of fad dieting
At best, the fad diets of the 20th century were laughable attempts for industries to…