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Find all our Film Club films here.“Here I Am" is a eight-minute film that touches on themes of love, sexuality, stigma and acceptance. In the video, Mengwen Cao, a queer Chinese photographer, watches on FaceTime as her parents view her video letter coming out to them.What are the possibilities and challenges of coming out to…

limn ˈlim verb1. make a portrait of2. trace the shape of_________The word limn has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 17 in “More and More Children Are Feeling Anxious. This Graphic Novelist Is Trying to Help” by Scott Stossel:Children are struggling. Over the last decade, cases…

With the situation around the world changing so rapidly, we often feel a little bit lost and terrified. Believe me, I was there too! It is important to keep going and find something that will keep us busy. I want to help and show you some quarantine ideas for when you need to stay at…

quid pro quo ˌkwid-ˌprō-ˈkwō noun: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something done, given or promised_________The term quid pro quo has appeared in 376 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 2 in “Union Official Resigns Over Handling of Plácido Domingo Inquiry”…

For decades, shopping malls were a bustling gathering place for millions of Americans. But 21st-century shopping habits have had a deteriorative effect on them, according to a recent Times article that reports on a spate of retail store closings nationwide.How often do you go to the mall? What places do you visit when you go?…

What story does this video inspire for you? Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem from the perspective of one of the skaters or the spectator who is filming them.Or, tell us about a memory from your own life that this video makes you think of.Post it in the…

What do you think this image is saying? How does it relate to or comment on society or the world today? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to find out what it means.Find many more ways to use our…

What would the opening line of your favorite book look like written with emojis? Like Patrick Thomas, the graphic artist who recreated the first line of Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” in this piece, try rewriting a line from a book you’ve read by replacing some key words with emojis. Post it in…

What would the opening line of your favorite book look like written with emojis? Like Patrick Thomas, the graphic artist who recreated the first line of Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” in this piece, try rewriting a line from a book you’ve read by replacing some key words with emojis. Post it in…

What would the opening line of your favorite book look like written with emojis? Like Patrick Thomas, the graphic artist who recreated the first line of Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” in this piece, try rewriting a line from a book you’ve read by replacing some key words with emojis. Post it in…