Emily Articulated: The 40 hours of adulthood
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist The transition from youth to adulthood is filled with milestones — not just to keep us on a trajectory toward maturity, but to serve as reminders to our younger...
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Emily Articulated: The front porch effect
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist When you date someone, you’re inevitably exposed to their interests, their way of thinking and, generally, a perspective that’s outside of your own. When you date an architect, you’re...
Emily Articulated: We are not your refuge
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist We are a little town with a big lake and rolling mountains. Our downtown streets have funny one-ways, but not as funny as the one-ways of years ago, I...
Emily Articulated: The women who shaped me
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I’m always surprised by the emotions that whirl around the Women’s March, acquiring intricacies in passing through each attendee, speaker and canvasser, eventually settling right inside my chest. This...
Emily Articulated: The Nacirema Tribe
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist One of the first groups of people I studied in my Introduction to Anthropology course in college was the Nacirema, a tribe of humans still alive and prevalent in...
Emily Articulated: A landlord love story
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There are some people who come into your life expectedly — introducing themselves in measured times of transition, like when you join a club or start a new job....
Emily Articulated: Human rights and responsibilities
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist As a sociology major in college, I got to take classes that zoomed out on the complex ways we organize and function as societies, learning and deconstructing theories based...
Emily Articulated: A beautiful day in the neighborhood
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist My grandparents’ television sat inside an old cabinet that could barely contain its mass. It had a large, curved screen set into wood-like paneling, and control buttons that stuck...
Emily Articulated: For the love of toast
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist In preparation for this week’s column, I clicked open my browser to search for the latest buzz around Millennials. I conduct this search regularly enough, digging for insights and...
Emily Articulated: Lessons of a Halloween tale
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Moonlight shone on the nighttime fog, its beams clinging to the moisture in the air. The cobblestone streets were quiet except for the scuttling of sewer rats and the...
