Online friends: the comfort and sadness of digital relationships

Online friends: the comfort and sadness of digital relationships

Editor's Note: given the subject, our incredibly talented visual designers Catarina Gomes and Inês Laureano were challenged with co-creating the artwork for this blog piece with an AI. You can...
November 14, 2022 — Mara Franzen
It's Okay to Let Friendships Fade Away: a guide to uncomplicated friendship breakups

It's Okay to Let Friendships Fade Away: a guide to uncomplicated friendship breakups

The amount of people we saw before COVID-19 isolation wasn’t healthy for some of us. It’s okay to trim the fat in your social life, let some friendships fade away,...
November 28, 2021 — Chris Middleton
Dungeons and Dragons and Friends

Dungeons and Dragons and Friends

How playing a weekly game can form and strengthen. Even if you and your friends haven’t played Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) before, you probably have some vague idea of what...
May 13, 2021 — Mara Franzen
Making Friends in my 20s During the 2020s? It’s easier for me than it has ever been

Making Friends in my 20s During the 2020s? It’s easier for me than it has ever been

The new normal It’s been 406 days since I came home for Spring Break. In this time so many things have happened: I became aware of the Coronavirus outbreak, finished...
May 10, 2021 — Andrea Manning
Surviving the 2020s with a Friendship Bubble

Surviving the 2020s with a Friendship Bubble

When the pandemic hit last year, many of my friends and I whisked ourselves back to our parents’ homes or put off plans to move out. For many, this was...
April 19, 2021 — Molly Lipson
How to Maintain Long Distance BFF ships

How to Maintain Long Distance BFF ships

For many years during and after college, my BFF (let’s call them Charlie) and I lived on different continents. Our relationship was sustained by Facebook messenger, occasional video calls, and...
April 04, 2021 — Taia Hardlin