Yarin: Fair enough — A return to Topsfield By Sophie Yarin | October 18, 2021 10:53 PM I went to the Topsfield Fair for the first time when I was 7 years old. I remember a spinning
Is there still a place for the ‘third place’? By Sophie Yarin | October 11, 2021 8:15 PM In order to survive in 21st century America, you need a place to sleep and a means of income. That’s
Yarin: Cracking the dress code By Sophie Yarin | September 24, 2021 4:23 PM At a newsroom meeting a few days ago, the young staff of The Item was treated to its yearly reminder
Yarin: Where there’s smoke… By Sophie Yarin | September 10, 2021 7:30 PM I used to smoke cigarettes. I don’t anymore, or at least I intend not to from the bottom of my
Yarin: Catcallers are cramping my style By Sophie Yarin | August 13, 2021 4:00 PM My best friend and I are of two minds about catcalling. She assumes the rare attitude of flattery, even pride,
Yarin: Dressing up in black and white By Sophie Yarin | July 31, 2021 11:42 PM The other day, as I was walking down the street, I came upon a woman and her male companion on
Yarin: Improperly-dressed Bostonians — Summer Edition By Sophie Yarin | July 16, 2021 7:25 PM They say that Boston is the worst-dressed major city in the country, and they might be right. It goes beyond
Yarin: TATTOO YOU AND YOU AND YOU. AND ME. By Sophie Yarin | June 25, 2021 8:27 PM So. In my last column, while singing the praises of the humble safety pin, I may have outed myself as
Yarin: A punk-rock ode to the safety pin By Sophie Yarin | June 11, 2021 8:09 PM The other day, a coworker showed me a cool new gizmo she’d purchased on Amazon. It was a quarter-sized pin
Yarin: Accepting the unaccepted By Sophie Yarin | May 28, 2021 10:23 PM Generations before COVID-19 cast its long shadow over American life, graduation had been a big, big deal. The coronavirus may
