The Archive
Skeletons
I remember when I was Boy and mother was Mother Bells chimed at noontime on streets made asphalt sang songs it …
Zoo (Dystopia)
A walk through the Roger Williams Zoo
I have been dreaming about seeing a Snow Leopard. My infatuation with animals started before I was born, when my brother …
My Professor told me that since the Beginning of Time Humanity has been concerned about Daisy
This Poem Has Been Written Before on october 2018 in the united states of america
Don’t sing love songs, you’ll wake my mother She’s sleeping here right by my side And in her right hand a …
Week in Stunts
ACCIDENTAL ALTERCATIONS In a dramatic reveal last Wednesday, Rhode Island’s very own Joe Trillo acknowledged that yes, okay, he may have …
To Be a Composer is Not Enough
The life and music of Julius Eastman
The last known recording of composer Julius Eastman is his performance in 1981 of an original song cycle entitled “Taking Refuge …
Weed It and Weep
Monsanto, herbicides, and the corporatization of US agriculture
“We’ve got to turn back 50, 60 years of the way we’re doing agriculture. But it can be done, and I …
The Face of Fascism
Brazil’s presidential election heads for disaster
content warning: political violence, racism, classism, misogyny, sexual violence, homophobia, transphobia, death, torture Public statements made by Jair Messias Bolsonaro, the …
A Recruit Reads the Fine Print
What does it mean to “change the world” in tech?
content warning: ICE, policing Job recruiting season at universities is a special circle of hell. Each fall, tech, finance, and consulting …
A Life for a Life
Kristen’s Law and the pitfalls of criminalization
On different days, in different Rhode Island towns, Sue Coutu and Anthony Hollins both picked up the phone to the news …
Four Poems
I was 12 by the river When I was 12, my uncle took me To the river, so we could Skip …
War Of Performance
Spectatorship and combat in Fortnite: Battle Royale
This summer, in Kazan, Russia, France’s veteran striker Antoine Griezmann stepped up to the penalty spot to score the first goal …
Fight to Table
A Pittsburgh international eatery and its politics
Dawn Weleski is a Pittsburgher. She talks fast and with a purpose, was “raised on pierogis and pulaski noodles,” and has …
Our Kind of People
Crazy Rich Asians and diasporic representation
There’s a particular moment in Jon M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians that has left me unsettled for the past few days. …
The Price of Freedom
One bill’s attempt to reform bail in the Rhode Island Judiciary
“No human being should be in jail because they don’t have $150,” said Michael DiLauro, Deputy Public Defender of the state …
Yankees Go Home
US approaches to the Venezuelan crisis
“America stands with every person living under a brutal regime,” claimed President Trump in his proclamation declaring National Hispanic Heritage Month …
Hotsauce, Honey, and Jam
It’s the Saturday night championship game for the Providence Roller Derby League, and excitement is running high. “Hips Don’t Lie” by …
Week In Denmark
BRICK BY BRICK Conservationists keen on toy block reconstructions of Death Stars and Taj Mahals can finally rejoice: Lego is ditching …
We Don't Live in That Kind of World
Revisiting Thelma and Louise in the second “Year of the Woman”
content warning: sexual violence Last week, we hosted a dozen women at our house for a screening of Thelma and Louise. …
The Burden of Proof
Dr. Ford, #MeToo, and what we ask from survivors
content warning: sexual assault There were moments in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s questioning last week when I had to close my …
Some Notes on Weather, Potentialities, and Limitations
Preface I recently acquired my first raincoat. It happened at the foot of the Vatnajökull glacier in Southeastern Iceland. “If you …
Health Services
“Oh, honey.” The paper crinkles when I hop up on the shiny patient bed and face the nurse, whose nametag screams …
Critically Making a Campus
RISD’s Prov-Wash gets a new look, but for whom?
“Have you been? It’s very space-agey,” I overheard in my first week back in Providence. 20 Washington Place, better known to …
S.T.D. Free?
An inquiry into safe sex among young Rhode Islanders and the state of sex ed in RI public schools
“If I drink Mountain Dew after having sex, will that prevent pregnancy or HIV?” a teenager earnestly asked in one of …
Week In Running
Uptown Rats, Not So Whitebread World Billy Joel pointed out that the differences between the girls of the Upper East Side …
Escaping the Textile World
Nudity and community in northern Rhode Island
The campsite is quintessential New England. Cornfields in the distance, wooden cabins nestled between tall oaks and pines, a cluster of …
Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Life and Death in Nebraska
cw: graphic depictions of death, racial violence On the night of September 1, 1994, local news anchors Loretta Caroll and John …
Forest for the Trees
"Tree mortality” and fire management in the Sierra Nevada
In March of 2017, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop in Washington D.C. titled “A Century …
Communicating Through Taste and Text
Cake fixes everything (I hope)
Prompted by a request from her parents, Rachel Gelmis received an optional drug test from her Alabama high school. As reported …
Do You Even Rift?
Hellnoser Forums Rifter discussion and community news. We can deal with demons, but don’t be a dick. --- Quick Guides for …
Crypto Contra Central Control
Silk Road and the failed 'revolution'
Within the last week, the apocalyptically-named “Crypto Crash of 2018” has reached new lows. “Crypto’s 80% Plunge Is Now Worse Than …
Can You Gentrify a Vacant Lot?
The Jewelry District and the myth of the American urban utopia
During a Providence Ordinance Committee hearing this July, opponents of the proposed 46-story Fane Tower framed the project as a referendum …
The Urban Landscape Re-imagined in Wood
A humble building material soars to new heights
It is a rare and special occasion when a truly novel building material is made widely available for commercial use. The …