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I Felt Pressure to Have Lighter Skin for Years, Until I Started Turning White

By Alyssa Lapid

Farmers

Hot Town, Veggies in the City: 12 Urban Farmers on What They’re Growing Right Now

By Jasmine Clarke

100+ Readers on What They’re Borrowing From the Library

Open Thread: What’s a Quote That Changed How You Think?

By Harling Ross

How to Run a Sex Shop During a Pandemic

By Diana Ostrom

Palm Springs Movie

Andy Samberg’s “Palm Springs” Is My 2020 Time Warp Comfort Food

By Gyan Yankovich

Lending Books: A Manifesto

Low Stakes Hot Take: No, I Will Not Lend You My Book

By Eliza Dumais

The Rise and Fall of the “Busyboy”: Were We Ever So Young?

Forget “Floor Is Lava,” Watch “Supermarket Sweep” Instead

By Amalie MacGowan

Read This Before You Go on a Camping Trip for the First Time

The Pandemic Made Me Learn to Love My Only Vacation Option: Camping

Photographer: Steven Mcontreras

Reliving the Thrill of Getting My Makeup Done by My Sister in Quarantine

By Steven Molina Contreras

How to Start a Revolutionary Mariachi Band: A Step-by-Step Guide

Miss Movie Theaters? I Know a Spot

By Jasmine Clarke

The TikTok Algorithm Knew My Sexuality Better Than I Did

By Amalie MacGowan

A Poem to Read and Save: “Field Notes on Intimacy”

By Loré Yessuff

July Horoscopes

Your Horoscopes Are Here—With a Side of #PersonalNews

By Sarah Panlibuton Barnes

Transformations! Life-Changing Revelations! A Not-Boring Book Club! “Whatever You Want” Week Starts Now

By Mallory Rice

The Quiet Chaos of Working From the Bath

It's Kind of a Funny Story: Katie Sturino

Katie and John Sturino Have a Really Good “First Date” Story

By Harling Ross

4 Questions About Sustaining Ongoing Allyship, Answered

By Team Repeller

Can You Ever Feel “Ready” for Kids? 400 Readers Weighed In

By Gyan Yankovich

In a Post-COVID Era, We All Get Another First Kiss

Planet Bushwig

New York City’s Reinvigorated Pride Weekend Started With a Bike Ride & Drag Show

How I’m Teaching a New Way of Looking at U.S. History

By Niles Mattier