Fridge Magnets and Memory: Part 1
16 min readOct 7, 2021
Fridge magnets are more than tacky souvenirs. They’re vessels for our memories.
I was getting a glass of water at a friend-of-a-friend’s party when I noticed their fridge. Or rather, what was on it. Every single magnetized inch of it was covered in souvenir refrigerator magnets. They came from every continent and from many of the planet’s better-known…