This Isn’t Your Father’s Classroom: Technology in Education
In a week that had the Red Sox and Yankees fined for Apple Watches and clandestine dugout cell phones, it’s a reminder that even a stalwart like our national pastime isn’t immune from the infiltration...
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Advice from the Trenches: Battling Holiday Bloat
Dear C; The holidays aren’t even over, and already I feel so bloated and disgusting that I can’t stand to look at myself. I keep wearing the same stretch pants with various tunic tops and scarves over...
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Advice from the Trenches: Keeping Resolutions
Dear C, I really want to make some changes this year. What’s the best way to make a New Year’s resolution that sticks? My resolve always seems to wear off after the first week. Ida Intent Dear Ida, New...
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Consent Deserves a New Definition
We need to fix our definition of consent. I’m a sex educator. I teach about consent. I’ve taught my workshop on consent over three dozen times in the past two years — to middle schoolers, high...
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Arena Attack Race Series
Scott Sutter runs Southern New England Athletic Association (SNEAA), which has nearly two dozen running events each year, mostly in Connecticut. The Arena Attack Series, which gives runners the option...
View ArticleLunch with Garrison
The day was overcast but mostly nice when Kate Lohman and I met at Three Sisters Café in Providence. I’d heard an anecdote from Kate years ago about an uncomfortable meeting with Garrison Keillor. It...
View ArticleOverdue #MeToo Movement
It’s fall 1991. I am a senior in college and feminist is a word I have been using for less than a year. My roommates and I rush home from class every day to witness the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court...
View ArticleFamily of None
“Why would I want a mini-me?” she asks, annoyed at the suggestion that someday she might want to have kids. “No way do I want offspring. Isn’t one of me enough?” She swears she will not change her...
View ArticleAbilify MyCite – The Ethics of Digital Drugs in Mental Health Treatment
For the first time, the Federal Drug Administration has approved a drug that tracks when you’ve taken it. This digital drug is called Abilify MyCite, a sensor-equipped version of the Abilify drug...
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Advice from the Trenches: Panicky Parent
Dear C, I’m wondering if I did the right thing. Last night, my 14-year-old daughter had a sleepover with her best friend, Kimmy, another 14-year-old girl. When I went up to check on them and to say...
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2018 Tattoo Awards!
It’s time for Motif’s annual tattoo contest. We’d love to have you participate. Please get back to us at admin@motifri.com by Wednesday, January 17 We will put the images online in a survey and...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: First Date Tips
Dear C; I’m an attractive, intelligent woman with a wide variety of interests. I support myself as a freelance writer and I’ve read and researched extensively about every subject I’ve been assigned so...
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Learning to Fly
“That’s right. Look at that, you just took off,” said the flight instructor, with a tone calm enough to soothe a lion. The situation didn’t seem calm to me, but she was quite right – by following her...
View ArticleOpened and Closed
OPENED: Friskie Fries’ storefront is officially open for business; Grand Opening was on Nov 11. 110 Washington St, PVD. facebook.com/Friskiefries Yoleni’s, a Greek foods marketplace, is opening soon,...
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Alt-Health: PCPs Are Important!
There is no question that the United States healthcare system is in trouble, but getting to the root of that problem is a complex issue. While insurance conundrums and pharmaceutical price gouging have...
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Flying in All Types of Weather
Leroy doesn’t have gloves. To protect his fingers from the cold – which is pretty intense today – he keeps his parka pulled down over his hands; it makes holding his cardboard sign difficult, and he...
View ArticleResolve to Meet Your Neighbors
I’ve always been obsessed with my neighbors. It’s not entirely in a Rear Window way — although I love that movie, and The Burbs is my most-watched-movie of all time. I grew up in the north end of...
View ArticleFeel Better Tips for 2018
This has been a tough year, what with terrorism, wildfires, the disintegration of political reason and the unfathomable dick banging between the oval office and Kim Jong Un. To quote Rudy Cheeks,...
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Explore Rhode Island’s Ecological Treasures
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it contains an abundance of green and blue places ripe for investigation. Your two feet can carry you along our treasured bay, through the largest forest...
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Advice from the Trenches: Battling Holiday Bloat
Dear C; The holidays aren’t even over, and already I feel so bloated and disgusting that I can’t stand to look at myself. I keep wearing the same stretch pants with various tunic tops and scarves over...
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