Weird Phone Case of the Month is a monthly series in which we live with, and subsequently review, our time with a phone case. Phone cases are one of our only ways to express individuality with our smartphones, so what do our phone case choices say about us?
The rubber ducky was the obvious choice. My friend Casey visited me from LA earlier this month, and during a trip to Flushing, New York we stopped in a massive mall. I needed a new Weird Phone Case of the Month, I told her. I faced a wall of phone cases. Most had at least some glitter, others featured popular cartoon characters, but the rubber ducky case — the only one in the store — stood out. It had to be mine. What called me to it I can’t say exactly. It’s kind of like when you see...