Not Taylor Swift: Eight Tracks for Your Poly Mixtape
by: David Chastity You know what’s kind of annoying about being polyamorous? Love songs. Way too many love songs are all about “you’re my one and only, I will always […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Closer Than I’d Like to Admit
by: Joseph Erbentraut In a moment of journalistic synchronicity, Rolling Stone and The New Yorker recently published in-depth stories digging deep into a handful of the spate of suicides of […]
Ebony and Ivory: A Love Story
by: Amaris Hinton I am 25 years old. I was allowed to date starting at age 16. All my life, my mother raised me to see people for their character–not […]
Poetry: “What He Left Me”
by: Rohan Lewis He was my soldier, my everything. He took my hand when the world rained with red swallows, Kissed me when naught but the night howled scathing praises […]
The Greatest City in the World: Why I Love New York
by: Johnny Gall One of my earliest memories is from when I was six years old, living in the grand metropolis that is Humboldt, Tennessee. I spent an entire Saturday […]
“Waiting”: A First Date
by: Luis Blasini For me, first dates are insidious. A tsunami of paranoia and angst. Especially, when the deal is made to meet at a certain spot. I sat in […]
Blow Jobs: Owning Your Cocksucking Prowess (NSFW)
by: David Chastity Dear In Our Words readers, I feel like we have gotten so close over the past few months. We’ve shared about a lot of really important things, […]
Deconstructing the Bad Romance: How Lady Gaga Exemplifies Queer Theory
by: Mason Strand I’ve been trying for a while to write this article about Lady Gaga. I simply haven’t known where to start. You have to understand, I’m not a […]
Bad With Men: Where I Was When Obama Was Elected
by: Dana Norris Dana Norris is the founder and host of Story Club. She once went on 120 internet dates. This is date no. 3. Keith is the first man […]
Commitment to Grace: Why I Won’t Give Up on the Methodist Church
by: Kara Crawford I am a self-avowed, practicing United Methodist [1]. I’m a Christian. I identify with an institutionalized religion. I’m a citizen of Queerville, and I’ve had an ongoing […]
