Jen Gerson: You Will Forget 2020. But You'll Remember the Parties to Come.

I think we're going to forget 2020. I think we're going to go to some effort to ensure this lost year stays that way. The '20s were known for the rituals of vitality and recklessness that are inextricably linked with encounters of death: speculation, gambling, drugs, sex and alcohol. These have the benefit of aiding forgetfulness, but they're also, in their own way, a kind of desperate and flailing attempt to rebuild the bonds between us that have been broken. (View Highlight)