Here’s What It Was Like as the Only Black Woman Living in a Small Mayan Village During the Pandemic
Staying in the small Maya town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, I gained a new perspective of what it means to navigate a pandemic.
Staying in the small Maya town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, I gained a new perspective of what it means to navigate a pandemic.
We’ve experienced kuchisabishii—the act of mindlessly snacking not because we’re hungry, but because our mouth feels lonely—probably more than a few times during this pandemic. We might recognize the feeling of dangubiti—when we’ve spent another day being unproductive and purposeless—during a few of those hopeless quarantine days. We’ve also probably felt resfeber—a rush of anxiety … Continued