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Our Favorite Stories About Secret Lives Within Social Isolation

Quarantine stories from the Medium universe that reveal what happens behind closed doors

Each week on Medium Rare, I’ll be sharing stories you might have missed that are definitely worth a second look. Got a suggestion for a piece we should feature? Pop it in the responses below!

• There’s something eerily prescient about the premise of Schitt’s Creek, a show about a family who is “forcibly separated from their livelihood and comfortable, spacious life,” writes Lizzie Finn. Much like the fictional Rose family, many of us are anxious to reclaim our old lives. But should we?

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• Molly Cassity was swept away by the cool teenager who lives on the first floor of her building. The neighbor and her friend have been filming themselves doing TikTok dances while under quarantine, which begs the question: How are they so effortlessly cool? Do they, like, practice these dances all the time?