Thorns: Covid-19 Comics
July 31st, 2020 | by Robyn Jordan
How does anyone *$@%ing keep a job while acting as Zoom servant to one's children all day long
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Against a White Background
July 30th, 2020 | by Jennifer Jordán Schaller
Strangers' questions imply that someone needs to keep watch over me, a Brown lady holding a white baby.
“Tell It to Me Straight”: An Adoption Story Across Borders
July 29th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"It was difficult because I was never officially] adopted. I was no one, and I was never registered."
How Watching Peppa Pig in the Pandemic Is Teaching Me Radical Acceptance
July 27th, 2020 | by Patricia Grisafi
For the past three months, as we’ve holed up in our East Village apartment, Peppa Pig has become a significant part of my life.
That Is Who You Are
July 24th, 2020 | by Meg Thompson
“Who knows what’s good or bad?” —-Taoist Parable On any given day, I vacillate between wanting to be a tenure
Your Mother Is Brave
July 23rd, 2020 | by Edvige Giunta
At seventeen I defied the fascist youth on the streets of Catania, brandishing a piece of paper. I left home, country, language, family.
When Can I Tell the World How Lonely I Am?
July 21st, 2020 | by Amy Mattes
This has to be bigger than me. What’s inside doesn’t work, maybe what is outside will.
Waiting for Snacks
July 17th, 2020 | by Meghann Haldeman
Godot is a metaphor for so many things; God, yes, but also a vaccine, the election, snacks, the next Amazon package.
*!$&#@: Covid-19 Comics
July 15th, 2020 | by Robyn Jordan
Maybe the new 'Covid haircut' will be an anxiety-chew-trim
Sleepwalking
July 14th, 2020 | by Allison Fagan
You have to wait for them to break the surface on their own; no use trying to reach down to pull them up
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