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‘Shadow and Bone,’ Two Kinds of Pizza, and the History of Woke

Here’s what I consumed this week

Ruth Terry
4 min readMay 4, 2021

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Cat on sidewalk with people behind him.
“Wait, why are there so many humans out during lockdown?” asked Istanbul cats this week. Photo by Emre on Unsplash

Things are… interesting here in Istanbul, where lockdown is starting to feel like its own superspreader event. First, there was the mass exodus from cities to rural areas before lockdown started. Those who stayed flocked to stores to stock up on food…

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Ruth Terry

American freelancer in Istanbul writing about culture, mental health, race & travel. Bylines everywhere from Al Jazeera to Zora. Tw: @Ruth_Terry | IG: @ruth.ist