In order to gain more clarity for ourselves on how this can be done, we gave Jax Anderson, a multidisciplinary artist from Detroit, a call to unearth how she has seized control over her world in the form of voluntary confines and Instagram Live sessions to assemble her most recent project • Image ℅ Jax Anderson

We love Virgo placements for their eye for detail, limitless resource of knowledge, analytical resourcefulness, and commitment to care for those they love and the world they inhabit • Exclusive Art ℅ Annika Bjerke

From packing up and moving from city to city, exploring various communities, and finding new ways to make music, the 21-year-old Nashville native has begun to see comfort in transformation, and that shows on her newest record • Photo ℅ Kelton Young

Checking your privilege is a meaningless gesture performed by white people desperate to prove their allyship — another platitudinous term that ultimately means nothing — instead of doing something substantial that will result in material benefits for marginalized groups • Art ℅ Pinterest, source unknown

I have been searching for a way for my queer experience and identity to feel real • Photograph ℅ Taylor Swift

We have a lot to learn from Leo placements with their radiant charisma, creative flair, knowledge of themselves, and courage in their authenticity • Exclusive illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke

At age 14 — a portrait of a young teenager who still had several years before she would call herself a lesbian — I sat down with my older sister to dive into seven long seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Rooney writes a non-standard, nonlinear, very normal love story, a romance that resonates with many of us who are young and confused and figuring it out • Image ℅ The Atlantic

Thinking about seeing a sexual partner? Wanting to have sex but not wanting to physically increase risk? Curious about exploring masturbation or virtual sex? Read on for some risks and benefits to consider • Art ℅ Jeffrey Cheung

In recent states of isolation, I’ve been (more than typically) concerned that I don’t exist at all • Art ℅ Tyler Spangler

I don’t necessarily think everyone needs to learn how to debone a whole chicken in order to strengthen their relationships, but there are opportunities for connection in every step of acquiring, cooking and eating food. Food is not just fuel, it is an expression of love and a living record of the past • Photo ℅ Yuni Yoshida

Living in a community near a fossil fuel plant or other sort of toxic facility can consequently mean the difference between life or death when fighting the Coronavirus, and communities of color throughout the United States are generally located closer to these air pollution epicenters • Photograph ℅ Image Nation

“When was the first time you saw yourself in the media?” • Photo by Meredithe Ettrich

The notion that men and women can’t be friends because sex ostensibly gets in the way of things felt silly and heteronormative • Art ℅ James Fenner

We love Cancers for their emotionally intuitive, nurturing ways, their romantic sentimentality, and their embodiment of sensitivity as a strength • Exclusive Illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke

But we cannot go back. We have to keep plowing forward, and I know that I cannot keep going in this way, angry and insecure about anything and everything • Art ℅ Tyler Spangler

Loving him felt like walking on eggshells. The more of myself I invested, the more of me I hurt • Art collage ℅ Lone Wolf Magazine

How are any of us supposed to know what form of intimacy we yearn for when most types feel as if they are constantly fleeting? • Art ℅ Pinterest, source unknown