Quarantine (Life and Culture)

May 15, 2020

Learn Guitar with Laura Marling

Despite performing for more than a decade, and having seven solo albums to her name, the British folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling insists she’s not a natural […]
May 15, 2020

A Short Story Collection Based on Our News-Heavy Times

If you’ve tried to read a book — or anything longer than 280 characters — lately, you’ve likely pondered the role of, and appetite for, fiction […]
May 15, 2020

Stick and Poke Tattoos for the Quarantined

Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their appearances. For some, those changes may be permanent. Stick-and-poke […]
May 15, 2020

No Pomp and Circumstance? No Problem

The day the governor of Rhode Island announced that schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year, Dan Freedman rallied his high school […]
May 15, 2020

9 Top (and Stubborn) Design Trends

Being confined to my home for the last two months has led me to think deeply about subway tile. It neatly covers my kitchen backsplash, and […]
May 15, 2020

Miss Your Friends? Try Being a Teenager in Love

Gabby Rodriguez and Kai Laidhold ask to see each other every day. The answer from their parents is always the same: No. It has been more […]
May 15, 2020

Quarantined Teens in Love and Apart

Gabby Rodriguez and Kai Laidhold ask to see each other every day. The answer from their parents is always the same: No. It has been more […]
May 14, 2020

Haunted House? These People Are in Isolation With Ghosts.

It started with the front door. Adrian Gomez lives with his partner in Los Angeles, where their first few days of sheltering in place for the […]
May 13, 2020

At Home: This Isn't Forever. But We Can Make It Better Now.

Welcome! It’s a funny feeling to think that it might not go on forever, the isolation and social distancing, the scary trips to the market, the […]
May 13, 2020

Alone.

Claire Manship belted songs out the window. Ketaki Chowkhani began barking at a stray puppy. Blake Mitchell performed in drag. As millions of people grapple with […]