Collected Item: “The Hottest New Accessory”
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The Hottest New Accessory
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photograph and text story. Original work.
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
Masks. In the span of just a few weeks, I went from never having worn one before to wearing one nearly every day. As a person with several autoimmune diseases, COVID-19 poses an existential threat to my health. Masks are not just about being allowed in a grocery store, or avoiding the ridicule of others; they are a matter of survival. I have now amassed quite the collection, partly out of convenience- I never want to find myself without a clean one- and partly out of fear. We are now in the fifth month of COVID restrictions, with a distinct possibility of another five or more to come. What if there is another PPE shortage? What if I become too sick to sew my own? So dutifully I collect, buying and making and sharing, just in case.
Written by Meghan E. Donahue, incoming junior at Suffolk University.
Written by Meghan E. Donahue, incoming junior at Suffolk University.
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#boston #suffolkuniversity #masks #fear #PPE #safety
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Meghan E. Donahue
Give this story a date.
2020-08-16