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If you could go anywhere, where would it be? (Photo by Alaina Johns.)

Dispatches from the last millennial who has never been to Iceland

Summer confessional

Alaina Johns has something to tell you this summer. Can you relate?

Alaina Johns

Jul 09, 2019 Editorials 4 minute read

If you need help in a crowd, what do you do? (Illustration by Hannah Kaplan, for Broad Street Review.)

Someone stops you for help in the street. What do you do next?

Talking to strangers

Some people can put on their headphones and get from their home to any destination and back again without talking to anyone. But not me. Why does everyone always ask me for help?

Alaina Johns

Jun 25, 2019 Editorials 5 minute read

Time for fun? Or time to avoid the streets? (Photo by Kyle V. Hiller.)

Some people dread the heat—with good reason

Summertime is when a lot of us look forward to kicking back a bit: traveling, swimming, and enjoying the long days. But for an undeniable number of us, hot days bring hard feelings. Kyle V. Hiller considers.

Kyle V. Hiller

Jun 12, 2019 Editorials 4 minute read

How do you get a beach body? Read on for the secret. (Image courtesy of the author.)

Whose body is welcome at Philly venues?

Fitting in at the theater

Are there any spaces that are hard for you access because of your body—or rather, because of the way the world around you refuses to accommodate your body? Alaina Johns considers.

Alaina Johns

Jun 04, 2019 Editorials 5 minute read

Critical thinking with BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford. (Photo by Darnelle Radford.)

The art of saying no at work—when you’re a woman

Dispatches from a lady editor

When I need to say no, I'm noticing a pattern.

Alaina Johns

May 28, 2019 Editorials 5 minute read

If not my history, then my legacy: Osage Avenue and 62nd Street. (Photo by Kyle V. Hiller.)

Thirty-four years later: My Osage Avenue neighborhood

Movements of a legacy

How does one of the darkest moments in Philadelphia history inform identity and legacy? Kyle V. Hiller considers the 1985 MOVE bombing.

Kyle V. Hiller

May 21, 2019 Editorials 5 minute read

Clouds and sun at home. (Photo by Alaina Johns.)

Have you ever had a day like this on your Philly block?

My neighbor’s keepers

Doorbells are still a thing. Why will someone ring yours? Can you handle the news if you open the door? Alaina Johns considers.

Alaina Johns

May 14, 2019 Editorials 7 minute read

Do you see what you get? (Image courtesy of the author.)

Find me at the Broad Street Run

Surviving myself

What’s the line between self-destruction and survival? Who do you become when your feet hit the pavement? Kyle V. Hiller considers the Broad Street Run.

Kyle V. Hiller

Apr 30, 2019 Editorials 5 minute read