How to Have the Best Summer With Your Friends
If you want to actually enjoy your friends this summer, not just see them, here's a simple tip. Stop talking about the same five things every time you hang out.
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The Compartment and the Compassion: Tegan Broadwater on Code-Switching, Undercover Life, and the 104 Kids He Couldn't Stop Thinking About
Tegan Broadwater moved every two years growing up. His dad was whimsical about jobs. Not military, just restless, and so Tegan became an expert at the skill that would later define his career: arriving somewhere new, shutting up, sitting in the corner, and waiting to see who came over.
The Jar Can't Read Its Own Label: Ashley Wick on Belonging, Breakdown, and the Art of Listening to Your Life
There is a principle Ashley Wick returns to often in her work: you cannot read the label from inside the jar.
Pride Month: A Love Letter from the LGBTQ+ Couples of {THE AND}
Pride Month is almost over, but the conversations we witnessed this year will stay with us long after the flags come down. Four couples, four stories, one reminder that queer love deserves to be seen all year long.
Resist Much, Obey Little: Joseph Gerstandt on the Fight, the Waters We Swim In, and the Art of Troubling Both
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There is a Walt Whitman line tattooed on Joe Gerstandt's forearm: resist much, obey little. Not as a declaration of rebellion, but as a daily reminder to stay awake and keep asking whether the things we accept as facts about the world were ever actually chosen.
Show Up and Show Out: Jess Russ on Goodwill Clothes, Grammy Dreams, and the Art of Giving Yourself Permission
Jess Russ grew up believing she was the mustard seed. Not the faith required to see the tree — the seed itself. Five feet of something that didn't look like much from the outside but carried everything needed to become something larger than itself.
What Does RITUAL Mean to You?
We asked our community what ritual or tradition brings the people they love closer together. Here are some of the beautiful stories they shared, and how they reminded us that connection looks different for everyone but it always finds a way.