The Consolations of Icons: How Woody Allen Inspires Me
by: Nico Lang Have you ever found out what your descriptors are? How people describe what you are like to other people? We all do this with our friends and […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Cardinal George Called Me a Terrorist: My Story of Catholic Acceptance
by: Anthony Martinez This past Wednesday, Catholic Cardinal Frances George was interviewed by Fox News for a Christmas morning news special. In that interview, the Cardinal said, “You don’t want […]
Queer at the U: Finding Identity and Community on Campus
by: Ange Concepcion I walked out into Halas field the Wednesday of my freshman year at Loyola Chicago. Out in the sunny distance was a loud, cheerful colorful, wonderful mess […]
Reason, Compassion and Hope in Community: A Response to Criticism for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard
by: James Croft Andrew Tripp, fellow commentator on In Our Words, has written a readable and interesting critique of some of my recent work at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard […]
Suppressing the Sissy: My Complex Relationship With Gender
by: Johnathan Fields I was the little boy America is supposedly becoming more comfortable talking about. I was the little boy who, on his sixth birthday, asked for the Aladdin […]
Searching for the Ghosts of Occupy in “A Christmas Carol”
by: Danielle Wordelman Christmas is a time of tradition. Whether it’s trimming the perfect tree or spiking the egg nog, people adhere to some ritual to get in the Christmas […]
The Killer in Me Is the Killer in You: Creating Queer Villains in Cinema
by: Sidney Stokes “Jimmy was the kind of guy that rooted for the bad guys in the movies,” remarks Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) about his gangster cohort (played by Joe […]
Top 5 Posts of the Week: Dec 18th-24th
Happy Holigays! from the In Our Words Cyber-Family Whether you’re celebrating a holiday or avoiding them this year, take a minute to check out our Top 5 Posts of the […]
“Shitting All Over You”: The Christmas Gift That Kept on Giving
by: Jessica Neria Every January, I look forward to returning to school, and hearing of stories about Winter Break from my friends. More often than not, these stories include instances […]
Big Love for the Browns: 5 Reasons You Should Watch TLC’s “Sister Wives”
by: David Chastity Sister Wives is a really great show. I shouldn’t like it. I should be upset about how unfair the fundamentalist Mormon lifestyle is, where a man gets to […]
