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, a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. Before Covid-19 hit, Honey rarely left the house. Much of their work as an artist and photographer could happen within their home, and they were used to spending a lot of time alone. Chronic physical and mental conditions made staying at home a strong preference. But that hasn’t been true in the midst of the pandemic. In the past nine months, Honey has taken a job with the post office ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published How will you remember Year 2020? And what happened to those prophecies that ushered in the year? As we bade farewell to Year 2019, people made their individual New Year resolutions. For some, it was to continue with their good practices; for others, it was to change their ways of life – like quit smoking, lose weight, save more and spend less. Nations and the component states also made their projections that revolved around shoring up their revenues so as to be ab...

Finally, we can say it: 2020 is almost over. Good riddance. As we look to finally bring a close to this annus horribilis, America will be living amid the detritus for years — a devastating economic downturn, a generation of students behind in education, the collective psychic trauma of prolonged isolation. 2020 will be hard to forget. But in 100 years, when those of us who lived through the year that everything stopped have died out, how will future generations look back on what happened? ...

, a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. When Alayna got in touch to tell me her story of a tumultuous 2020, she titled the email “A Very COVID Christmas.” And even though she’s had a stressful, difficult year — one that involved opening a vintage clothing store just as quarantine began and losing a pet in the midst of the pandemic — a subject line that could have been the name of a Hallmark movie was apt. Alayna, stu...

The Lost Year: A sudden crisis, online sex work, and a better understanding of privilege Vox.com 12/22/2020 , a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. For many of us, 2020 has brought a decided decline in intimacy. I don’t just mean sex. I mean — when’s the last time you saw a friend face to face, maskless, to have an honest conversation? Weeks? Months? Almost a year? Rebecca lives in British Columbia and worked as a cou...

, a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. For many of us, 2020 has brought a decided decline in intimacy. I don’t just mean sex. I mean — when’s the last time you saw a friend face to face, maskless, to have an honest conversation? Weeks? Months? Almost a year? Rebecca lives in British Columbia and worked as a counselor before the pandemic. But early in the pandemic, a personal tragedy led her to leave the nonprofit where...

, a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. A lot of Americans weren’t able to quarantine themselves from the world to the degree they might have liked, especially people working in service industries. Anna (not her real name), who lives in the rural South, works part-time at the front desk of a resort and full-time as an administrative assistant at a college. The resort closed down for much of the spring but opened back up in J...

, a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. One group that’s been particularly hard hit by quarantine is live performers, people who can no longer get up on stage in front of an excited audience to put on a show. Standup comedians, especially, have struggled during the pandemic, since so much of developing their jokes stems from seeing what an audience responds to. Nina, a standup comic living in Los Angeles, has an even bigger ...

The Lost Year: Coming out — over the phone, to your mom, across a language barrier Vox.com 12/20/2020 , a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. One group that’s been particularly hard hit by quarantine is live performers, people who can no longer get up on stage in front of an excited audience to put on a show. Standup comedians, especially, have struggled during the pandemic, since so much of developing their jokes stems ...

The Lost Year: A dad, his son, and the bittersweet realization of life’s true priorities Vox.com 12/19/2020 , a series of stories about our lived experiences in 2020, as told to Vox critic at large Emily VanDerWerff. Parents feeling overwhelmed and burnt out by the burden of child care during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a consistent theme of 2020, and with good reason. When you’re trying to work a full-time job and be a full-time parent, it can often feel impossible to do either to the...