Hi. How Are You?: A Call for Consciousness and Kindness
by: Addison Bell There was a suicide on Valentine’s Day. I was desperately trying to get to Lincoln Park from downtown, but all of the Red Line stations were closed off […]
Category Archives: Letter
Lessons Learned from the Berenstain Bears
by: Shelly Phillips On February 24, 2012, Jan Berenstain, the last remaining living member of the husband-and-wife writing team that penned the bestselling children’s series, the Berenstain Bears, passed away […]
Good People: A Letter to Closeted Queers
by: Khai Devon When I came out, I was lucky. I was on a very supportive liberal-arts college campus, and my chosen extracurricular activity happens to be one that is […]
Dear Tyler, the Creator: Why You Should Be Afraid of Willow Smith
by: Patrick Gill Dear Tyler, the Creator, I, among many others, raised an eyebrow at Willow Smith’s recent comments, taken from a Rap-Up Magazine interview and splashed across the internet, […]
A Source of Pride: An Open Letter For Carrie Brownstein
by: Jonah Lefholtz Dear Carrie, We’re on a first-name basis, at this point in my life. I hope that’s okay with you; I wouldn’t want to offend. The first time […]
Colombia, Te Quiero: A Love Letter to My Current Home
by: Kara Crawford I have this habit of dating my work. Some might call me a workaholic, but I like to think of it as that I’m passionate about what […]
Stop Ruining Poly: An Open Letter To Newt Gingrich
by: David Chastity Dear Newt, Please stop it. Stop being a source of stories about “open relationships” that make me cringe–because you’re doing it wrong. You’re a liar and a […]
Saying Good Morning and Goodnight: My Life in 10 Years
By: Addison Bell You always give advice, but you never follow it. You don’t know why this is but it bothers you. In ten years, you will finally learn to listen […]
An Open Letter to Cardinal George from a Queer Catholic
by: Kevin Brady George’s initial statement: “You don’t want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.” His attempted […]
Extremely Upset and Incredibly Angry: An Open Letter to Stephen Daldry
by: Addison Bell Mr. Daldry, I have a tremendous distaste for film adaptations of novels. When I find out that one of my favorite books is being made into a movie, […]
