At least one person is dying every four minutes in New Delhi. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

So insulting. As a former Republic reporter, the exodus of staffers who have been chronically underpaid/mistreated is sad to watch. Pay your journalists a living wage. Empower your employees to tell stories that reflect the diversity of your community.

This should be asked of every state leader trying to curb transgender athletes. Press them on on it.

What’s something that has been mansplained to you? We asked our Instagram followers this question and received over 200 responses. Here’s what they told us:

thelily.com/as-a-former-fo… new comic for the Lily today. I always get a few rando comments on Instagram that seem to willfully misunderstand what I’m trying to say (love the internet) but I just want to be clear that moms are amazing AND families can look a lot of ways.

Deleted all my travel apps over a year ago. Now, as I plan my first post-vaxx trip, I have no idea what I used and why. And where can I find the best deals? Are there deals? What is traveling? Did I used to know how to do this?!

All jokes aside, what are you all wearing to meet up in public these days? I have no muscle memory for that activity, all of my in person meet ups for a year were at a farm or on a hike.

My love language is picking out the most perfect birthday cards for my friends.

weird!

In today’s Lily Lines: 〰 Mental health resources you should bookmark, courtesy of @goodhannah7 〰 An inspiring story about a 7-year-old girl, via Sydney Page 〰 A crafty idea for marking time, recommended by Caroline Kitchener 💌 Subscribe: thelily.news/newsletter

my latest in experimental art. this time with cicadas. ✨ the wing woman ✨

Mine were: Impromptu drink at a bar!!!! 🍸 Visiting a museum 🖼 Having people over for dinner 🍽 Hosting friends to make art ✂️ All of these make me the most happy 🥺😭

Incredibly niche tweet for people who watched the 18th season of Grey’s Anatomy

Sooooo Criminal when are you dropping the second half of this episode? aka how long do I have to deal with this cliff hanger!

Can anyone in D.C. tell me if E Street Cinema is coming back?! 🙏😩

In today's Lily Lines: 〰 What an Olympic skateboarder is listening to in Tokyo, by @goodhannah7 〰 Thank you letters for Surfside rescue crews, by Sydney Page 〰 How Rachel Orr is keeping cool this summer 💌 Subscribe: thelily.news/newsletter. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?track…

Ya'll. My "baby" aka comics are four years old and we just published our 250th comic over the weekend. check em' out The Lily

Comics offer a unique space that marries striking visuals with vulnerable writing to push autobiographic storytelling to the next level, writes Rachel Orr. Here are a few that explore friendship — the healthy ones, the tough ones, the lost ones 👇 thelily.com/6-comics-that-…

“I’m admitting young healthy people to the hospital with very serious COVID infections. One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late," she wrote. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…

besties in journalism are so great bc u can be chatting about life and switch gears to work so fast like shift from "omg here's the tea" to "can u gut check this headline for me" in 0.5 seconds