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Category Archives: Humor/Satire

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The Many Hatted Man: An Interview With Adam Guerino

March 21, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: In Our Words and OutLoud Chicago Staff Your blog Serial Dater was one of our first, and longest, columns we had on In Our Words. For our readers, what […]

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Event, Humor/Satire, Interviews, Nightlife
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10 Love Lessons You Can Learn from the 80s

November 9, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Nico Lang 1. Dancing is the key to winning someone’s heart. (Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Footloose , Fame, Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo) For anyone who has seen Dirty Dancing […]

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Dating, Humor/Satire, Media/Entertainment, Movies, Romance, Sex
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We’re Not Really Going To Kill The Heckler: A Defense of Crass Humor

November 7, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Mariann Devlin I’m hard to offend. Even when I do draw the line between funny and not-funny, it’s usually on account of the joke being tired and unoriginal, not […]

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Art/Culture, Awareness, Feminism, Humor/Satire, Media/Entertainment, Men, Nightlife, Politics, TV, Women
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25 Little-Known Facts About Clueless

November 6, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Nico Lang 1. The reason Alicia Silverstone was chosen for Cher wasn’t because of her acting abilities.  When casting for the part, director Amy Heckerling reportedly ordered casting agents […]

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Humor/Satire, Movies
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25 Little-Known Tidbits About Hocus Pocus

October 24, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Nico Lang Like almost everyone else in the world, Hocus Pocus was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I would curl up on the couch with my […]

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Humor/Satire, Media/Entertainment
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Beyonce Broke My Foot

October 23, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Adam Guerino I fell during Beyonce’s song, “Countdown.” One of my best gal pals, Patrick Gill, and I were cutting a rug. We had finished an entire bottle of […]

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Humor/Satire
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How to Anger Bang Your Way to November

September 19, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow Those who have met me would likely find me easy-going and amenable in most situations. I’m a free love type of guy. But I do have a […]

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Activism, Commentary, Humor/Satire, Politics, Sex
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Why Is Talking to Women So Difficult?

September 17, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Sarah Baran  I identify as bisexual. I was back and forth about whether I was bisexual or lesbian for a nice long stretch of time — which was difficult […]

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Bisexual, Dating, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Life, Personal, Queers, Relationships, Romance, Sex
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Learning to Speak Darthraki:How to Cope With GOTOS

September 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

By: Emily Shine and Courtney Rust Do you find yourself spending hours staring at maps of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and wondering how things might have turned out differently […]

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Art/Culture, Humor/Satire, Life, TV
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Get Over Yourselves, Homophobia Doesn’t Make You An Asshole

August 31, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Carrie Kaufman  “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a real phobia.  You are not scared. You are an asshole.” That meme has been going around the internets for […]

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Commentary, Friends, Gay, Homophobia, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Opinion, Society

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