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I Lost My Passport and Gained Perspective in Malta

I Lost My Passport and Gained Perspective in Malta

April 27, 2020
by Julia Banks
Yarns

The policeman sitting behind the desk in the St Julien police station looks too young to have graduated high school. His senior co-workers, clustered in…

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A Berber Man Licked My Phone in the Sahara Desert

A Berber Man Licked My Phone in the Sahara Desert

April 24, 2020
by Haneesa Begum
Yarns

My upper thighs were aching. We were over an hour in riding on camels, and after smacking my chapped lips, it was clear I was…

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What The Mountains Shouted Back

What The Mountains Shouted Back

April 20, 2020
by Jada De Luca
Japan Yarns, Yarns

“You are not drunk!” It’s two in the morning and I’m shouting at a mountain – I’m definitely drunk. A weekend trip that replaced Tokyo’s…

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An Encounter With a Cult in Tokyo

An Encounter With a Cult in Tokyo

April 17, 2020
by Kerry Vincent
Yarns

My housemates buy overpriced drinks and sit down at the window seats inside the Starbucks across from us, camera phones at the ready. I nervously…

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Shelf Isolation: Travel Tales to Get You Through

Shelf Isolation: Travel Tales to Get You Through

April 16, 2020
by Emily Westmoreland
Reviews

2020: global travel bans, entire fleets of commercial airlines grounded, borders shut, entire cities in lockdown worldwide. Not exactly a great year to be planning…

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A Family Tuk-Tuk Ride

A Family Tuk-Tuk Ride

April 16, 2020
by Zoe McLeod
Yarns

“Can we please ask a local for dinner recommendations for once?” All through our three-week family holiday in Sri Lanka, I’ve been insisting to my…

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Leave Your Eggs in the Sand

Leave Your Eggs in the Sand

April 8, 2020
by Maple Ip
Yarns

It was a great day to be chasing sea turtles. My wetsuit was tight around the shoulders, zipper stuck mid-back. Father was already sitting at…

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An Immigrant's Indonesia, a Generation Later

An Immigrant’s Indonesia, a Generation Later

April 8, 2020
by Celine Dam
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I have no other choice. Since the war ended, my life has been miserable. The communists have confiscated our house, our money, our belongings, everything….

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Dating in the COVID Era

Dating in the COVID Era

April 3, 2020
by Lucy Small
Yarns

There is a kind of sexual urgency in the air since human touch became a scarcity. The prospect of a complete lockdown will see single…

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I’m Scared to Leave My House -- But Not Because of Coronavirus

I’m Scared to Leave My House — But Not Because of Coronavirus

April 3, 2020
by Heather Clement
Editorial

Before the Coronavirus pandemic came along and fucked up everyone’s lives, I was living a pretty normal one. I had a full-time job that took…

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Debt, Depression and Desolation: Finding Rays of Light in a COVID Hotspot

Debt, Depression and Desolation: Finding Rays of Light in a COVID Hotspot

April 3, 2020
by Megan Rahrig
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Last night, we heard screaming. Tucked away in our apartment during quarantine, we wondered what people were doing outside clapping and yelling. Upon looking out…

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Coronavirus and the Roar of America

Coronavirus and the Roar of America

April 2, 2020
by Alistair Johnston
Features

I read an article once, by a man whose name I cannot remember, which attributed the differences between occidental and oriental cultures to the incidence…

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