Illustrations by Sophia Meng
17 illustrations found.
Dirty Undies
Seeing and unseeing the thong in pop culture
I bought my first thong when I was 15. It was a cinnamon color with light blue polka dots, framed by …
Body Talk
On wounds and the loneliest form of memory
content warning:depictions of blood and wounds When faced with a missing person or examining an unnamed or unclaimed body, the police …
Beyond Rubbers
A short history of male birth control
When patients come to Dr. Kelly Brogan MD, a Manhattan-based holistic women’s health psychiatrist, with complaints of low libido, insomnia, unstable …
Exit Interview with My Grandmother
On 76th between Columbus and Amsterdam, a ninety-two year old woman is reading Sally Rooney
My grandmother serves me small lunches she likes to call gourmet. Ham, whole wheat, mustard, assorted cookies my mother brings my …
Survivors Have Said "Me Too"
Now what should their perpetrators say?
content warning: sexual assault “Hey, I have a really serious question for you that hasn’t been addressed ever,” reads the text …
Week in Upgrades
Robots Hit the Rhodes Years from now, in the throes of the Artificial Intelligence Takeover we all know is coming, when …
Tourist Trap
Geosure tries to build a safer world—but for whom?
I open Geosure and the map populates with nearby scores. There’s a lot of green, implying “low risk.” One of the …
A Black Mirror
Cognitive bias in machine learning
“These systems are simply mirrors for a biased society,” says Dr. Jerry Kaplan, a professor at Stanford University, speaking about deep …
Material Girls
Gendered consumerism and the allure of ‘natural’ beauty
The ‘real girl’ lives on commercial breaks, subway cars, and the glossy broad sides of commuter buses. She is beautiful, but …
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 …
Eat 'em
I’ve figured it out The trick is eat everyone Eat ‘em all Put ‘em in your belly They can’t be mean …
Week in Strange Competition
Fighting for Fitness When it comes to national security threats, you’ve heard of North Korea, you’ve heard of Russia’s troll farms, …
A Future You Can Believe In
China and the advent of the Social Credit System
Every internet user leaves crumbs of data behind—clicks, scrolls, advertisement views, website visits, location check-ins—a mountain of information, compounding every day. …
This is Drought
The long view of water shortage in California
In the Kitchen Green vines grow up my backyard fence beyond my kitchen window, looking down over my neighbor’s fresh green …
Week in Post-Apocalypse
A Fizzling Housing Market Like a specter haunting Middle America, the remnants of Cold War industry are making for a strange …
Criminal Treatment
Rhode Island’s efforts to treat opioid-use disorders in its prison population
Michael is set to leave the prison in two days, ending an 80 day sentence for possession of a controlled substance. …
Dear Indy...
Dear Indy, Thoughts on PDA? LB: Despite long being an object of public scrutiny, regulation, judgment, and fantasy, the thing about …