Why This Atheist Still Needs His Former Pastor
by: Chris Stedman It felt good to pick my own pastor. He was young–so much so that nearly everyone called him “Pastor Doogie” –gracious, eloquent and kind, with a biting […]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Mean Girls on Twitter: How the Cruel Criticism of Lindsay Lohan on SNL Embodies Our Culture of H8
by: Nico Lang Before I begin, I want to issue a disclaimer: I have no particular investment in the film career of Lindsay Lohan, and I’m not really a big […]
Stuff Gay Guys Say
by: Mar Curran I have a lot of young, white, middle class, educated, gay, cis gender male acquaintances and friends. This comes with the territory of working with college students. […]
Poetry: “The Way Some Friendships End”
by: Yvette Nepper I will spend a good part of today missing you and your juicer missing you calling beet juice with just a little bit of dill the elixir […]
Ladies of the Night: How a Few Fierce Women Are Revolutionizing the LA Club Scene
by: Alexandra Le Tellier Note: This piece was originally featured on the LA Times, Metromix and the author’s website. You can also read it on her site here. Shereen Arazm, a […]
Fill ‘Er Up!: A Story of Drinking, Depression and Friendship
by: Elise Nagy I’m an INFP, a strange girl who went to weird hippie schools 1st through 12th grade, and therefore never really learned to socialize properly with people my […]
Fag Rags with Ben Kramer: “Dancer from the Dance”
by: Ben Kramer The novel revolves around two main characters: Anthony Malone, a young man from the Midwest who leaves behind his “straight” life as a lawyer to immerse himself […]
The Pen That Preys: An Essay About Tyler Perry By A Mad Black Woman
by: Michelle Jackson There are more than a few ways to approach the problem that is Tyler Perry. There’s the fact that he’s a terrible, hackneyed writer pumping out virtually […]
Queer Magazine Chicago IRL Releases Third Issue
by: The Qu Chicago IRL (“In Real Life”), a queer Chicago collaboration of culture & class(lessness), featuring work from 25 contributors in the fields of poetry, prose, photography, collage and illustration […]
Juice Fast and Furious: A 7-Day Detox (Part Two)
by: Patrick Gill Patrick Gill didn’t feel all that good about himself, so for seven days he didn’t eat solid food. This was his third, fourth, and fifth day. […]
