{"id":1629,"date":"2021-09-03T11:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T15:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2021-09-03T11:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T15:41:42","slug":"since-youve-been-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/hsslibrary\/since-youve-been-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Since You’ve Been Gone – A Redpath Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday, March 13th<\/sup>, 2020, many of us left campus unsure of when we would be back. Only a day later the Premier of Quebec, Fran\u00e7ois Legault, announced<\/a> the province had entered a public health emergency set to last only ten days. The McGill Library closed its doors over the weekend and began shifting to remote services. In the early days of the pandemic there was a lot of confusion and uncertainty. There was a lot of fear. But from that fear a light emerged, and people came together (albeit apart) to form new and resilient communities. Here\u2019s what you missed since you\u2019ve been gone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collectivity we took up new hobbies like baking, which caused the sale of flour<\/a> to increase by over 2000%. Some of us got a little too<\/em> into baking and began naming our sourdough\u2019s, but it\u2019s okay, we forgive you. We looked to crafts like knitting and making homemade masks to help fill our days. Jigsaw puzzles were nearly sold out<\/a> across the country, and sales worldwide went up by over 300%. And when that wasn\u2019t enough, on March 20th<\/sup> we became obsessed with the Netflix true crime documentary series Tiger King<\/em>. In the first ten days of the show\u2019s release, it was watched by over 34.4 million households<\/a>. That\u2019s 34.4 million households who have a lot of questions about Carol Baskin\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger King <\/em>wasn\u2019t the only thing we streamed. On July 3rd<\/sup>, Disney+ released a filmed version of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton<\/em>. Over 22 million households<\/a> watched and soon everyone was singing. But we all know we will never be satisfied\u2026 which is why on October 23rd<\/sup>, 2020, when Netflix released the mini-series The Queen\u2019s Gambit,<\/em> over 62 million households<\/a> streamed the show, making it the most watched series in the entire world (the show is an adaption of the Walter Tevis novel of the same name and is available in the McGill Library)! The show sparked a wave of people purchasing chess sets (sales increased by over 1000%<\/a>) and millions of people signed up to Chess.com. And on December 25th<\/sup>, just when we thought we couldn\u2019t watch anymore television, Netflix released Bridgerton<\/em>. Over 82 million households rushed to binge the series (though if your parents ask, you skipped episode six), making it the new most watched show in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n