the Review Editorial Board 9/30/21 the Review Editorial Board 9/30/21

Editors’ Picks: Art in Context

Editors of the Review’s Editorial Board reflect upon various artistic practices and their capacity to unearth conflicting perspectives.

Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris 9/30/21 Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris 9/30/21

Ellie, You’re Muted

A video essay on how COVID-19 impacted the arts—and how resilience nevertheless persists.

Halle McLean 9/28/21 Halle McLean 9/28/21

At first, seeing colors evoked confusion, and then, later, a name: synesthesia.

Alex Carpenter 9/23/21 Alex Carpenter 9/23/21

“I don’t think of myself as an angel, but as a shepherd. I guide people from one place to another.”

Eva Baron 9/16/21 Eva Baron 9/16/21

How mental health subcultures on Tumblr and TikTok thwart—and expand upon—suffering.

Sophia Vesely 9/16/21 Sophia Vesely 9/16/21

“On these cloudless days, / you erect me in the sky / at the mercy of a dance / I so fiercely despise.”

Lorin Jackson 9/8/21 Lorin Jackson 9/8/21

Kernels of wisdom to hold with you throughout the remainder of 2021, provided by Lorin Jackson, Swarthmore’s previous Black Studies Librarian.

Emely Mendez 5/6/21 Emely Mendez 5/6/21

Admittedly I don’t fit quite right in this shoe / But I am me / I am me / Brown-skinned and free