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Quarantine Is Bringing Back the Retro Pleasures We Thought Were Gone

Alienated Intimacy

Online life during quarantine can feel like too much Zooming. Alongside other retro pleasures, the magic talisman of the moment is the telephone.

Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart
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