By now, you’ve read all there is to know on the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the US. You’ve refreshed your Twitter feed at least three times in a row before realizing that nothing new will appear on your screen. You knew not to wear masks before, and then you knew not to wear cloth masks, and now you know to make your own and send some off, if you can. You know essential workers are fighting to get hazard pay. You know how the virus does discriminate. You know that you don’t know how long this will last. Read More

I’d like to start this off with an acknowledgment of the current situation. COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by WHO, Italy has been placed on mandatory quarantine, and the numbers of those affected are increasing. The CDC, local governments, and health professionals at large are calling for people to engage in social distancing and isolation; basically, staying home as much as possible. Read More

Picture this: you’re on your 30 minute lunch break, unsure what you should do. Where are you? You’re walking out of the sticky tacky office building that houses your less-than-living wage 9-5 day job, slightly recoiling from the sunshine. You decide to drive to that $14 salad place with the $16 left in your bank account but you keep getting Slack notifications from your boss. You mark yourself as unavailable when you notice that you have the red circle of life/death hovering over your other gig’s scheduling app. You tell yourself to just answer it once you’re out of the car, but the traffic light’s red. What are you gonna do? Just sit there? Read More