Reading Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times and Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies, Rachel Tay explores the unease of moving away from one’s own country and language.

Media Editor Zoë G. Burnett reviews two documentaries about two women she should have already known about, and you should, too.

“How do we weather hard times? How do we prepare ourselves for the inevitable, emotional, lonely winter periods in our lives?” Vesna Curlic focuses on the questions at the heart of Katherine May’s Wintering.

“Detransition, Baby is a book that crackles with life.” Culture Editor Eliza Campbell reviews the book we’re all thinking about.

From escapist novels to LGBTQA+ history to contemporary non-fiction, The Attic on Eighth writers and editors share what they’re reading this month.

As a globally unusual year comes to an end and we enter into 2021, we consider the reading that defined each of our 2020s. In this piece, writer Sam Cohen talks about reading as refuge in 2020.

In our latest look at The Attic’s personal wardrobes, we visit the favorite cold weather prints, patterns, and cozy textiles that break us free of the hum drum dark days of the season.

In a new chapter of The Attic’s fashion series featuring our favorites pieces, a selection of our editors discuss the workhorse of their shoe collections: the humble loafer.

As summer rolls on, Contributing Editor Zoë G. Burnett shares a humorous look into her working from home wardrobe.

“My new motto is, if you can put it on, you can pull it off.” Corinne Elicona talks quarantine fashion and long, flowing dresses.

The five things we’re doing to make the most of February 2021 to reconnect with both ourselves and our loved ones after a long winter.

In a personal letter to the readers and writers of the attic on eighth, our editor-in-chief reflects on 2020 and looks forward to our goals for the new year.

Adding to the community spirit of the holidays, founding The Attic on Eighth member Amy Richardson shares a Christmas Eve tradition (and recipe) that she started with her father.

Personal traditions can be a balm to the soul in a hectic world. In this new volume for 2020, Attic on Eighth contributor Sarai Seekamp shares family traditions tied to her beloved grandmother.

By Our Bedsides is The Attic on Eighth’s evening series, sharing the methods and products we use to unwind. In a time when the world feels unstable, Perfume Columnist Mishka Hoosen gives us a glimpse at his nightstand as a place of healing and comfort.

As we face a year of plans undone, teacher and writer M. A. McCuen shares valuable tips on gap year essentials for finding the healthiest, happiest, most-balanced version of yourself.

In a personal essay, Elizabeth Slabaugh visits the disappointments and realization of tempered dreams around traveling to Oxford after not being able to spend a semester at the university due to chronic illness.

In a new city piece, contributor Caitlyn Kinsella describes childhood memories in and a sensitive love for the city of Boston.

In our first coffee guide of the new year, new contributor and university student Maria-Lise Dobri takes us on a tour of Toronto, sharing her favorite work and study spots.

On literary pilgrimage, art historian Kiely Schuck visits the Mauritshuis to see Carel Fabritius’s The Goldfinch and to pay homage to Donna Tartt.

In a personal essay, Elizabeth Slabaugh visits the disappointments and realization of tempered dreams around traveling to Oxford after not being able to spend a semester at the university due to chronic illness.

In our latest curation of period dramas, EIC Olivia Gündüz-Willemin shares the period dramas that distracted her and kept her amused while battling Covid.

In her latest, Grusha Singh delves into the world of publishing as seen on screen and what makes it such a popular occupation for main characters in romantic comedies.

Wandering through the Georgia O’Keeffe retrospective in Paris, Aida Marrella reflects on the artist’s overdue arrival and appreciation in Europe.

Media Editor Zoë G. Burnett reviews two documentaries about two women she should have already known about, and you should, too.

The shows, films, and Netflix binges we’re spending our time with this autumn.

In the latest of the series, Attic writer Madeline Baker gives us a glimpse into her nightly routine at a time where the world feels unstable.

At a time where small comforts are more important than ever, Attic writer and teacher Sarai Seekamp gives us a glimpse into her nightly routine.

Continuing our series in Comforting Things, The Attic's Perfume Columnist Mishka Hoosen shares the many ways he elevates the everyday into a thing of beauty.

At a time where small comforts are more important than ever, Attic writer and teacher M.A. McCuen continues our evening series and gives us a glimpse into her nightly routine.

Rory Mara shares three beauty looks to ring in 2020, in order to celebrate the year that’s past and all the sparkle and joy that’s to come.

Culture Editor Eliza Campbell shares eight of the best films and documentaries that highlight LGBT+ pride as a protest against corrupt systems, heteropatriarchal culture, and uncaring governments.

As we return from a period of action and learning outside of our own space, we discuss our shortcomings and what comes next at The Attic.

“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Resources, masterlists, masterthreads, and more to help you figure out how to unlearn racism.

“As of yesterday, Donald Trump became the third president to ever be impeached by the US House of Representatives. But what does it really mean?” The Attic’s Political Expert Lauren Olmeda explains all things Impeachment.