Martha’s Vineyard, Governor DeSantis and the Island Shuffle

Harper’s Bazaar

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Florida’s Governor DeSantis sent a group of Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Many think of the island as a refuge for the rich but it’s always harbored a vulnerable working class, uneasily making a home in paradise.

“For most of my life, I have seen strangers donning sweatshirts and T-shirts with my hometown’s name emblazoned across the front: NANTUCKET, a Wampanoag word that means ‘faraway land.

I remember once, in college, I approached a classmate dressed in the island’s quintessential pinkish crewneck. Nantucket Red, the color is dubbed, as if crimson has been diluted with saltwater spray. I pointed and said, “Nantucket is my home. I’m from there.”’

The Cost of Eggs

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“I had never before seen my reproductive system up close. I felt more familiar with other involuntary functions, like digestion or breathing. The doctor explained to me that ovaries are constantly evolving. Every cycle they shapeshift, producing hormones, dissolving cysts, amassing eggs. Every cycle, they are doing two things at once: getting older and becoming anew’