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These Are the 5 Riskiest Thanksgiving Activities Amid COVID-19, According to the CDC
What’s the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving amid COVID-19? Some traditional activities, like a big dinner with visiting friends and family, are riskier than others this year. But that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate at …
Married with Two Kids, and Seeking an Abortion in West Virginia
It was the last day of my old life. The third week of October 2017. The year I was forty. Jo was at school. Iris was at daycare. I didn’t know where my husband, Tony, …
Lous and the Yakuza on Style, Spirituality, and Her Show-Stopping Afropunk Performance
One of Marie-Pierra Kakoma’s fondest memories from childhood is dressing up for the parties her mother would host at their home in Rwanda. “Before each party, we’d go into her room, and everybody would be …
Yandy, Halloween’s Controversial Costumer, Is Smartening Up This Year
Halloween is a dreadful time of year for me. Not because I’m scared of ghosts or scary movies, but because I’m almost always guaranteed to see someone badly dressed up as me—or rather, my people. …
Have I Already Had My Last Messy, Debauched, 20-Something Halloween?
For some kids, Halloween is about costumes, scary movies, and the rare opportunity to scare unsuspecting loved ones without social repercussions. For me, it was all about candy. From the ages of five to older-than-I’d-like-to-admit, …
This Is What Rheumatoid Arthritis Remission Really Feels Like
Brenda, 60, is in rheumatoid arthritis remission—but her journey to this point has been winding. After experiencing painful and swollen joints for several months, Brenda was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1991 when she was …
The Pandemic Made Me Ready for Kids
I understand, intellectually, that 2020 feels like the wrong year to think about having a kid. We are in the midst of a pandemic, climate change is bracingly real, American democracy is dangling over the …