Illustration by Tiffani Nelson Welcome back to Trending Now (& Then), where modern trends are discussed from their origins to where they are now.  Last week, I chronicled the history of Weight...

Illustration by Tiffani Nelson Do you ever miss certain toys from your childhood? What about that top you wore to shreds in your teens? Remember  the diet that was all the rage in high school? Oh,...

Take a second and think back to January of 2020. You are waking up in the morning and getting ready for school or work and picking out your clothes. Maybe it is a formal day that calls for slacks and...

Written by Lyndsey Brennan for Spring 2020 print issue of The Burr Magazine If you want to learn about history, go ahead: crack open a textbook.  But if you want to understand the people who...