Topic: essay (page 2)

Ivy, living her best life (Illustration by Salon / Annie Bennett / Dikas Studio)

My dog taught me about rental culture

Annie Bennett
The side hustle of selling feet pics (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty / Vitalssss / Boonchai Wedmakawand)

Selling feet pics blurs boundaries

Ilana Amselem
The Old Man bar in Hong Kong (The Old Man)

I drank like Hemingway in Hong Kong

Howie Southworth
An illustration of a solo traveler in front of a cruise ship with images of older passengers (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lisa-Blue / Horsche / SOPA Images / RgStudio)

My awkward adventure on a seniors cruise

Katelyn Doyle
Spinning ceramics (Getty Images/ Kilito Chan)

My kitchen needed ceramics. So did I

Joy Saha
The author with his grandmother, Gertrude Sheft. (Photo courtesy Bob Brody)

Nana bailed me out and I'm still ashamed

Bob Brody
A Costco store (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Costco is for tariff preppers now

Daria Solovieva
Businessman explaining to coworker (Getty Images/Klaus Vedfelt)

Tackle mansplaining with "fauxtitude"

Asha Dore
The author's daughter Evie at Trinity College in Dublin. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Lawler)

One more way America hates kids

Kelly Lawler
Woman purchasing clothes on a mobile app. (Getty Images/Alistair Berg)

Fast fashion's price hike is good for us

Leslie Vooris
Little girl holding plastic credit card in hands (Getty Images/Ivan-balvan)

My 8-year-old wants a debit card

Dia Gallo
The author's basket of snail mail (Ashlie Stevens )

Forget DMs. Mail a recipe

Ashlie D. Stevens
LGBTQ party (Getty Images / Cesare Ferrari )

Queer joy never left the dance floor

Brandon Summers-Miller
Amazon messenger delivers a package (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

All my friends are quitting Amazon

Cara Michelle Smith
100 dollar banknote with medical mask (Getty Images/Anton Petrus)

Money saved our marriage from COVID

Bob Brody
Homemade Roman dinner (Courtesy of Winston Chiang)

The art of cooking for strangers

Winston Chiang
Sourdough starter (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The slow art of nurturing food (and me)

Ashlie D. Stevens
Correspondence with cartoonist Howard Cruse (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of the author/Getty Images)

Reading my mom's mail with Howard Cruse

Glenny Brock
Friends hanging out at a music festival, at sunset (Getty Images/Klaus Vedfelt)

How to foster community in the winter

Nardos Haile
The Chinese New Year of Snake Figurine (Getty Images/Wokephoto17)

My mom owns her year of the snake traits

Nicholas Liu
Putting 2025 through the shredder (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Christopher Ames)

Why does it feel like I'm ghosting 2025?

Nardos Haile
Couple toasting glasses of champagne (Getty Images/kieferpix)

Love in the time of delirium

Joy Peskin
The author and his family during his childhood Christmas celebrations in Baltimore (Courtesy of D. Watkins)

Moving on from a "Big Show” Christmas

D. Watkins
Packed suitcase lying open on bed (Getty Images/Kathrin Ziegler)

Holiday travel's secret ingredient

Ashlie D. Stevens
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