Featured | Body and Mental Health | 24 November 2021
On the Magic and Meaning of Seasonal Transition
By Fe(lix) Wild of Come Home Life Coaching
Arts and Culture
The Analog Sublime
Presenting the album art of Jason Sharp’s ‘The Turning Centre Of A Still World’
Artwork by Daïchi Saïto | Commentary by Jason Sharp and Daïchi Saïto | Edited by Clara Dudley
Bodies of Vision, Bodies of Sound
On the Working Relationship of Jill Magid and T. Griffin
“This is an examination of the working relationship between filmmaker and composer; how the world of cinema is built through dialogues of sound and vision; and how art responds to – and shapes – our lived experience.”
An expository profile.
He’s Not Like the Other Dads: An Interview with Teenage Stepdad
“I’ve always thought of life as being extremely messy and diverse and textured and imperfect, and the more that design is fed to us by people who are design school graduates and who follow that kind of path, the less it has to do with the lives of me and the people I know." A conversation with the viral digital meme artist on art, politics, and the future.
Environment
Where the River Meets Fiery Skies
Over the days of September 8-9, 2020, vast swaths of the West Coast of the United States were burning under a siege of wildfires.
From Northern California up through Oregon, the thick smoke of unprecedented fires, combined with coastal fog, created a stunning and uncanny phenomenon of blood-red skies.
A photo essay by Naomi Binzen
Feature: Body and Mental Health | Essay
I’m Not Well Enough For Self-Care: Quarantine With Chronic Illness
“I’m finding it’s more complicated than I could have imagined. But the easiest answer I can give right now is that I am watching people simultaneously mourn the loss of a lifestyle I lost access to long ago, whilst also indulging in at-home activities I have lost the ability to do.” [Originally published on helfcare.com] A personal essay by Nora Helfand
Body and Mental Health
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Britney Spears and I Have Something in Common—But I'm Not a Prisoner in My Own Life
By Tara Mandarano
“Like Britney Spears, I live with mental illness every day of my life. Unlike the persecuted pop star, however, I always have access to my credit cards, phone and passport. One of my diagnoses is bipolar II, which means I have episodes of both hypomania and depression. The difference between me and Britney, though? I’ve always had a door.”
History
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Resistance and Solidarity in the Garment Worker Movement, 1909-1911
“The battle between these girls and these most determined employers has begun in earnest. It is a question which will win – the employers with plenty of money or the girls with none.” — Mary Dreier of the WTUL, (NYT, 16 Dec 1909)
The timeframe examined here spans from this crucial era of political activity in 1909 to March 1911, when the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 workers. A critical essay by Clara Dudley.
Perspectives
Playlists
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