This Is Not a Love Letter
by:Addison Bell What happened was that I was young and I did not know what I was doing; I was hopelessly romantic and alone, eager to love and to be […]
Category Archives: Life
On the Sea: Coping With a Family Member’s Deployment
by: Patrick Gill I want to say I was born without internal motivation, but that kind of self-defeating rhetoric is what I just started trying to fix. That kind of […]
Coming Out as Femme: How My Transition Helped Me Find Myself
by: Jonah M. Lefholtz First off, I need to stress that I am only speaking for myself and in no way do I mean for this to reflect the feelings […]
The Best Part of Waking Up: How My Coffee (Family) Inspires Me
by: Kiki Kirk I met a girl my freshman year of college whose sister passed away in a bike accident. I never knew her sister, as I met her a […]
Riding In Cars With Girls
by: Amanda Stefanski Part One: In my memories, I think of myself as wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette, but I know I didn’t do either one of […]
Mar Curran: What I Haven’t Learned Yet
by: Mar Curran Note: “What I Haven’t Learned Yet” is a new column that features anti-advice from our writers. This week, Mar Curran explains why bus drivers scare him, when […]
Invisible in Modern Society: Why I Don’t Pay Attention to Pop Culture
by: Khai Devon Pretty much any time anyone mentions a movie—any movie—that someone from my generation should have seen, I have to admit that I haven’t seen it. I’ve seen […]
Queering Valentine’s Day: Why We Should Deconstruct (Not Reject) Our Holidays
by: Johnny Gall Today, I have the unfortunate task of defending Valentine’s Day. The easiest holiday to hate (with the possible exception of the 4th of July). So, let’s get the […]
Hugging It Forward: Using Hugs to Foster World Peace
by: Timothy Lalowski Hello World, Sometimes, I feel like life is one big, giant beauty pageant, where everyone is competing for title of Supreme Being. Unbeknownst to many, we’re being […]
Black and Gay: Celebrating Bayard Rustin
by: Tim’m, OVAH! Outreach Coordinator Note: This post was originally featured on the Chicago Phoenix website and the Center on Halsted blog. You can read the original here. I had a […]
