T and Conversation: Asking About Pronoun Preference
Dear Professor Xx, Here’s my issue: I want to be a good queer. I really do. But pronouns really trip me up. I feel awful when I get them wrong, […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
City of Possibility: Why I Love Chicago
by: Addison Bell Tabula rasa. I didn’t know what that meant when I was 18. I didn’t know anything, except that I hated myself and I wanted to start over. […]
Poetry: Deep Down Words
by: Yosef Tinkelman words can be taken, sunken like stones. words can be hidden, buried like bones. words can be stolen, broken by lies. instead i take words, fly em […]
Social Media: Climbing in Your Windows and Snatching Your Privacy Up
by: Kara Crawford I spent the majority of my formative years in small towns. Worse yet, I spent the majority of my formative years as the daughter of two pastors […]
Why I Dream of the 90′s: 5 Reasons to Live in Portlandia
by: Mattis “Mar” Curran If you are not already watching Portlandia, I am concerned for your well being. I am at least 40% serious, people. One of the funniest shows […]
“Reiteration”: A Poem about Alcohol, Consent and Revenge
by: Kiki Kirk I realize now why people, so different from myself, seek cold blooded revenge. I realize now that it is because you are broken beyond even the thought […]
The Kung Pow Test: How to Weed Out Potential Mates
by: Dominick Mayer What really matters is what you like, not what you are like. Books, records, films, these things matter. Call me shallow, it’s the fuckin’ truth. – Rob […]
Commitment Conundrum: Clearing Up the Confusion on Marriage Equality
by: Jamie Royce Every queermo has heard the various arguments surround marriage equality so many times that we can recite them better than Gaga lyrics. (This could, potentially, be used […]
Love in a Hopeless Place: Songs That Got Us Through 2011 (Part Two)
by: Mariann Devlin Note: This is the second entry in a two-part feature on the Songs of 2011. Check out yesterday’s piece by Lindsey Dietzler. The songs that defined 2011, […]
No Trans Left Behind: My Thoughts on Serving Openly
by: Allison Mitchell Obviously, we’ve all heard about the lift of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. I can’t help but feel a little left behind. Even if allowing […]
