Nicole B. Farina
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On Display
By letting someone into my space, albeit virtually, I can share with them how I see the world.
Can Psychedelics Actually Save America?
As the United States approaches the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of a “war on drugs,” the country faces a reckoning over its long history of racism and institutional violence. That reckoning has manifested most publicly in protests this summer. But a crucial, if less visible, part of the fight for racial justice are efforts to decriminalize controlled substances — including psychedelics — that have played a large part in enabling the mass incarceration of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Americans. In a panel on Oct. 28, Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center sought to interrogate this very question.
Survival of the Small Business
Every weekend since Aug. 9 of this year, local vendors have flocked to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to set up shop under canvas tents (all stationed six feet apart from each other, of course). The Greenpoint Terminal Market is organized by Lauren Nishi, who wanted to facilitate local commerce on summer weekends in hopes of easing the financial hardships that small businesses continue to face amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A First for First-Years
Harvard freshmen — the only full cohort living on campus — have no choice but to try and get close to each other from six feet away.
Advice to Josh: Quarantine
With a limited amount of things to do in quarantine, FM is coming back from its six-year hiatus to provide advice to our eternal and anonymous freshman, Josh. We’ve asked FM writers to help Josh come up with some new ideas to help pass his time in quarantine. Josh didn’t even ask for FM’s advice — so you can be the judge of who’s really crying for help here. Anyway, here are their expert answers.
72 Students in the Studio
“Painting’s Doubt” is unlike any other introductory painting course taught at Harvard. While most studio classes are capped at anywhere from 12 to 20 students, Painting’s Doubt has room for 72.
Remember Elementary School V-Day Grams? Wait ’Til You See Her Now
FM falls in love!
Cambridge Kneads Doughnuts
Cambridge’s EHChocolatier storefront looks quiet and empty at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning.
But for the Grace of Henry Dunster
In 1639, only twelve months after offering its first classes and three years after its creation, Harvard closed its doors to students for a year.
So a Witch, a Voodoo Master, and a Warlock Walk Into a Market...
We’re stuck behind a cluster of middle-aged women clad in black tulle and felt witch hats. It’s early on a Friday evening in Salem, Mass., and after unsuccessfully trying to locate the Psychic Fair and Witch’s Market, which we traveled 26.2 miles to visit, we decide it’s a safe bet to follow the gaggle of witches.
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Greenpoint 2
Every weekend since Aug. 9 of this year, local vendors have flocked to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to set up shop under canvas tents (all stationed six feet apart from each other, of course).
Greenpoint 1
Solis collaborates with indigenous women in Mexico and Guatemala to create one-of-a-kind cowhide leather bags.
Salem Psychic Fair
The Salem Psychic Fair and Witches' Market featured tarot card readings, palm readings, and crystal ball scrying.