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The Best Things We Consumed in 2024

All the movies, podcasts, books, albums, and TV that made us feel a little more human this year.

by The Conversationalist Team

THE LATEST

An illustration of the reflection on a bathroom mirror. An older woman is applying cream to her face, with her tied back in a scarf around her ahead. In the background, a young girl watches attentively. There's a pale blue tile behind them. In little inserts around the image are close ups of the cream being applied.
Beauty

Why Our Grandmothers Washed Their Faces

by Anmol Irfan

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 07: Palestinian demonstrators try to climb the separation wall during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East plan near a town in Ramallah, West Bank on February 07, 2020. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
War

The “Monsters” Behind the Wall

by Lailah Radhiya

People react to the artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece of art "Comedian" during an auction preview at Sotheby's in New York. In the foreground, two out-of-focus people face away from the piece, laughing. In the background, in focus, is a yellow banana duct taped to a wall.
Art

What Could One Banana Cost?

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

A paper collage of blue, green, and red cutouts, with a red swirl cutout overlayed on the green.
Community

Fear and Rage and Grief and Joy

by Gina Mei

Adult friendshiP

An illustration of a woman with long dark hair with one arm around a tree; her other hand is cupping her ear as if to hear what the tree is saying to her. They are surrounded by colorful leaves.
Old Friends

Have You Made a Non-Human Friend Today?

by Molly Savard

An illustration of two friends lying on the floor, one wearing a light blue, short sleeved collared shirt, her hands clasped over her chest and her eyes closed; the other woman is wearing a pink blouse and is leaning on her shoulder, looking up at the sky. Behind them there is a checkered blanket and bouquets of flowers. In two inserts, we see the woman in the pink shirt alone, clearly in pain and grieving.
Old Friends

“Then Came the Bodies”

by Marianne Eloise

An illustration of five friends, arms linked, exploring somewhere new.
Culture

The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat

by Alanna Bennett

A painting of a woman from behind, holding a glass of wine and looking out at a party where everyone is socializing.
Culture

No New Friends

by Amil Niazi

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An illustration of the welcome sign for the state of Arizona, with a white star in the center emitting red and yellow stripes, with the text "The Grand Canyon State Welcomes You." The sign is in front of a brick wall, and behind a chainlink fence with barbed wire.
Down-Ballot

When Local Police Enforce Federal Immigration

by Jamar Younger

An illustration of a light blue graph charting upwards, while in the background, local Louisiana flora rises proportionally. In the foreground there's a blue heron and an alligator.
Down-Ballot

Paying the Bill for Lousiana’s Crumbling Coast

by Sara Sneath

A colorful illustration of a city hall, with red tape over its front doors. The top of the roof mimics a vote-by-mail drop-off box, with a completed ballot halfway into it.
Down-Ballot

Is Noncitizen Voting Actually a Non-Issue?

by Cassie McGrath

An illustration of interchanging layers of dollar bills and paper checks, getting smaller and smaller with each layer. On top are a few pieces of candy and some loose change. In the left top corner is a red, white, and blue button that reads 2024.
Down-Ballot

The Tipping Point

by Maya Shavit

An illustration of three incarcerated people standing in front of a yellow police lineup wall with heights listed on the left. The face of each inmate is cropped out, but each is wearing an orange jumpsuit. The two on the outside are holding white pieces of paper, one with a check mark and the other with an x. The inmate in the center is holding a ball and chain, with a check mark on it.
Down-Ballot

California Voters Can End Forced Prison Labor

by Matt Pearce

Some Favorites

An illustration of a person in an all green outfit, holding a work bag, briskly walking towards the right side of the image, representative of workers returning to office. Behind them is a person in blue jeans and a black t-shirt, standing still, looking at their shoes—representative of the workers left behind.
Disability

Who Do Workplaces Actually Accommodate?

by s.e. smith

Books

What We’re Reading This Fall

by The Conversationalist Team

An illustration of a yellow canary with a pink mullet sitting on a tree branch. Below, two birdwatchers are looking at the bird from below, one pointing at the bird and the other looking through binoculars. In the background, there is a construction on what appears to be a new luxury high rise building. To the left, is a row of brownstones; on the right, is another luxury high rise.
Art

“Where the F*ck Are the Artists Going to Live?”

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

Various oil portraits of Victorian women blur into each other, overlapping and blending in unsettling ways; all of them looking somewhat bored. There's a pink wash over the whole image.
Gender

“Everything a Woman Ought to Know”

by Katie Dancey-Downs

Illustration of a vegetarian fast food restaurant. Many people can be seen enjoying their food, while others are seen ordering it. In small bubbles hovering over food items, we see a breakdown of the ingredients that went into them. On the left side of the illustration, we see a sweeping landscape of a farm, and a farmer holding a box of veggies, waving at one of the cashiers in the store.
Capitalism

Is An Ethical Fast Food Chain Possible?

by Alex Park

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