New Yorker cover going viral (millennial woman, childless, cats, drinking alone in apt on zoom)

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Anonymous wrote:It is hysterical to read this with post after post discussing this piece of art as if it is a real person who actually lives exactly like this.
More amusing than the actual art.

When/if I meet her, I plan to tell her how nasty and fake she is.😒

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 1957 cover looks a lot like where I grew up in the suburbs of Boston. Looking at it now, I think of the (generally) happy home my family lived in -- though my family isn't white like the one depicted -- but I can also conjure up Cheever stories and images of the pain that might have been hidden in those lovely old houses. Similarly, this week's cover made me smile -- a young-ish woman who's doing her best to make a life for herself during this unprecedented time. Maybe this Zoom date will be the one. At the same time, I can see how some folks might see pain there -- loneliness or uncertainty -- but some of the interpretations here are just bizarre and mean-spirited.

That artist lived in Westport with her husband, another New Yorker cover artist, and their three children. Not possible now.

[Anonymous]

I also enjoyed reading this thread and the interpretations the cover invokes!
Too add, the cat loves her and cuddles at her foot - this tells me the woman takes good care of her pets.
I dislike that she has her phone in her hand under the table - she is not giving her full attention to the zoom date and already scrolling for other dates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also enjoyed reading this thread and the interpretations the cover invokes!
Too add, the cat loves her and cuddles at her foot - this tells me the woman takes good care of her pets.
I dislike that she has her phone in her hand under the table - she is not giving her full attention to the zoom date and already scrolling for other dates.

That’s your interpretation. She might also be an essential worker who needs to have her phone on in case she’s called by work. She might be like me and legally responsible for a medically fragile parent and need to be reachable by staff at all times. She might have just ordered delivery and is watching DoorDash navigate to her building.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is she is happy, why is she hiding how she lives from the person on the other end of the zoom? Why the divider thing behind her? Because she's clearly embarrassed with how she's living.

My husband had an efficiency when we married and we had a divider to section off the bedroom. Normal to have in order to create a bit more privacy. Every person who enter my home doesn’t need to see my bedroom.

Also, it is unprofessional to have your bed visible during Zoom meetings for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 1957 cover looks a lot like where I grew up in the suburbs of Boston. Looking at it now, I think of the (generally) happy home my family lived in -- though my family isn't white like the one depicted -- but I can also conjure up Cheever stories and images of the pain that might have been hidden in those lovely old houses. Similarly, this week's cover made me smile -- a young-ish woman who's doing her best to make a life for herself during this unprecedented time. Maybe this Zoom date will be the one. At the same time, I can see how some folks might see pain there -- loneliness or uncertainty -- but some of the interpretations here are just bizarre and mean-spirited.

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