Features

• Growing Up by Looking Back Four writers’ letters to their younger selves By BY DANYA ELSAYED, FARIHA SHIMU, MARY FAIRHURST BREEN, RUBY CONDON
• The Power of Radical Imagination (and Bread) Imagination can be a tool for revolution By BY SARAH SIMON
• Worked Out Reclaiming play in a culture of toxic productivity By BY ELLA KEOGH

• QUICK READS

• EDITOR’S LETTER
• CONTRIBUTORS
• NEWSFLASH: millions of Ukrainians displaced, gender-affirming care in America threatened, Turning Red celebrates Chinese- Canadian experience
• ACTIVIST REPORT: Susie Showers
• ON THE JOB: Vanessa Raquel Raponi, toy engineer
• THEY’RE SHAMELESS: Introducing a cool Shameless reader
• FIVE SHAMELESS THINGS TO DO

• COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

• ADVICE: How do I prioritize play?
• BODY POLITICS: Redefining what success looks like
• MEDIA SAVVY: Dungeons and Dragons as self-exploration
• GREEN SCENE: Getting lost in the woods
• SPORTING GOODS: Playgrounds for grown-ups

• ARTS AND CULTURE

• SHOW & TELL: Growing up alongside Gilmore Girls
• DIY: Playing card games across the generations
• BEST OF THE BLOG: What we’re saying online
• ARTS PROFILE: Healing through play
• STIR IT UP: Building a playful relationship with food
• RECIPE: Vegan cinnamon buns
• GET UP: Rebelling against fashion norms
• GEEK CHIC: Trying on new identities
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• LETTERS
• COUNTERCULTURE CLASSIC: Recess