“They can connect with other beings that share their tortured plight–to be young, but not feel it; to feel old but not be old yet, but be so stuck thinking about age that oldness feels inevitable. “

A piece on female contextual friendships and the pressure to always be connecting especially in the wake of a new year.

“ Care itself becomes a pressure point; self-care starts to blur into self-discipline, into another metric we have to meet.”

Here are six tips for incoming freshmen entering college or university as first-year students.