Poetry: Hello Kitty is a Feminist
by: Nico Lang Hello Kitty is the Japanese Mona Lisa. You never know what she’s thinking, and her inscrutability is part of her strength. Her secret is her weapon, and […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Poetry: Because Tomorrow Isn’t Good Enough
by: Tania Zaparaniuk Those dishes aren’t going to do themselves. Neither is that paper. Nor is the apology you never gave any closer to being accepted, or the love of […]
Marcia’s Law: An Inward Disposition of Mind
by: Marcia Prichason It was 1982. The country was in a recession. Interest rates were soaring above 15%, and the State of Illinois began closing state facilities to conserve resources. […]
Johnny Gall: What I Haven’t Learned Yet
by: Johnny Gall 1. It’s okay to talk to people in bars I genuinely don’t go to bars to hook up with folks; I go because I like to make […]
The World: Still Not Revolving Around Me
by: Carly Oishi Recently someone suggested that I was unaware that there are other things in life going on besides me. They acknowledged that we’re all selfish, but that they […]
Plan B: Why I Missed Pride This Year
by: Anonymous I did not participate in any Pride events this past Sunday, because I was too busy buying the Morning After pill and dealing with the subsequent physical, psychological, and […]
The Larger Impact of Art: How Artists Can Change the Narrative
by: Jason Wyman On June 11, SOMArts Cultural Center, an arts organization whose mission is “to promote and nurture art on the community level, and to foster an appreciation of and […]
50 Things That Should Be Relationship Dealbreakers
by: Nico Lang In relationships, we get hung up on a lot of stuff that doesn’t matter too much, like whether or not they know who our favorite obscure indie […]
A Series of Random and Ethereal Events
by: Bobby Crowley The other night was fucking wild. A long string of unlikely mayhem-like events that evoked some interesting reflecting on my part and a long night of peaceful […]
Bookshelf: Reviewing Kate Bornstein’s New Memoir A Queer and Pleasant Danger
by: Jamie Anne Royce We all have our stories. We all have our truths. We all have unbelievable events in our lives. And Kate Bornstein‘s story seems more like a […]
