This Is Us

Reclaiming Friendship in the Age of Isolation

Quarantine has me longing for an intimacy I didn’t know I missed

Melissa A. Fabello, PhD
Human Parts
Published in
9 min readOct 22, 2020

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Low section of female friends applying nail polish while sitting on carpet at home.
Photo: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

Deep into state-mandated quarantine, two of my dearest friends come to my house to drink wine and eat take-out on my roof. Maybe it’s the shared experience of pent-up-ness, six months into being told friends are off limits; maybe it’s…

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Melissa A. Fabello, PhD
Human Parts

The politics of relationships, bodies, and wellness. PhD in Human Sexuality Studies. Taylor Swift is my problematic fave.