It’s late afternoon, the light is glinting off the snow and beaming directly into my eyes. Irritated, I spin around in my chair, turning my back to the window, hunched over my laptop. Instead of doing the 10+ tasks I need to be doing today, I am deep in the r/tradwives subreddit. User WildMaineBlueberry87 comments: […]
At just 13 years old, Phillis Wheatley published her first poem “On Messrs, Hussey and Coffn” in 1767, in the Newport Mercury, a well-known Rhode Island newspaper. Wheatley’s early publication marked the beginnings of African American poetry. She would later go on to write about her experiences as an enslaved woman in New England. Her […]
As of 2016, there were 5,712 cases of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-spirits (MMIWG2S) in the United States, only 116 of which were logged in the US Department of Justice database. This is a commonly referenced statistic when discussing the nationwide crisis of violence against indigenous women, and as one would expect, […]
Wilma Hannah Briggs, also affectionately known as “Willy” or “Briggsie,” passed away on September 4, 2023 at the age of 92. Born in East Greenwich on September 4, 1930, Briggs lived an extraordinary life. In 1948, Briggs entered the American Girls Professional Baseball League and played in the league until 1954. She stood 5’4” tall […]
Elizabeth’s Portofino Tuscan Grill is a delicious gem located in a tiny Warwick strip mall. Upon entering, the welcoming atmosphere is immediately felt — Elizabeth’s is full of friendly faces and elegant lighting, which sets the mood in its three intimate and cozy dining areas, each complete with its own ambiance. When the weather’s right, […]
It was the ’90s and I loved being in clubs. It was common to be among folks who had made it while I was seeing and playing shows. The Big Three (“The Godmothers” as I like to call them) were at their height — signed to major record labels, touring the country, playing on the […]
The stories sounded like something out of a National Geographic: “When I was working with the mountain gorillas…” “I hurt myself chasing giant pandas through a forest in China…” “I’m going down to help with the Giant River Otters…” That’s how she began her stories. She wasn’t braggadocios. She simply remarked on her past as […]
There exists a house, off Broadway, that rises from a grass courtyard like a colonial bull. It is eggshell white, and its three stories slope and curve with jagged edges and antique designs. Fog hangs around its spires. From the street, the windows peek out like eyeballs. A swath of fabric roams across one window. […]
The morning of June 24, 2022, I was flossing my teeth at a La Quinta outside DC. I had traveled to Philly to take part in an art show and wanted to get the most out of the trek, so I spent a few days enjoying the Laurie Anderson exhibit at the Hirshhorn. That morning, […]
Indoor prostitution, or sex work solicited in closed spaces, was decriminalized in Rhode Island from 1980 to 2009, empowering sex workers with the ability to report crimes committed against them by clients. Decriminalization was in part created by a legislative loophole in the RI Supreme Court’s 1998 ruling, State v DeMagistris, which focused on criminalizing […]