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The Hottest New Accessory

Title (Dublin Core)

The Hottest New Accessory

Description (Dublin Core)

Masks. In the span of just a few weeks, I went from never having worn one before to wearing one nearly every day. As a person with several autoimmune diseases, COVID-19 poses an existential threat to my health. Masks are not just about being allowed in a grocery store, or avoiding the ridicule of others; they are a matter of survival. I have now amassed quite the collection, partly out of convenience- I never want to find myself without a clean one- and partly out of fear. We are now in the fifth month of COVID restrictions, with a distinct possibility of another five or more to come. What if there is another PPE shortage? What if I become too sick to sew my own? So dutifully I collect, buying and making and sharing, just in case.

Written by Meghan E. Donahue, incoming junior at Suffolk University.

Date (Dublin Core)

August 16, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Meghan E. Donahue

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Meghan E. Donahue

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

GVT180

Partner (Dublin Core)

Suffolk University in Boston

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph and text story. Original work.

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Clothing & Accessories
English Education--Universities
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

autoimmune
mask
fear
shortage
safety

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Boston
Suffolk University
fear
PPE
safety

Collection (Dublin Core)

en Survivor Stories

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/22/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

09/17/2020

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/16/2020

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This item was submitted on August 22, 2020 by Meghan E Donahue. using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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