40 Reasons I Love Being a Chicagoan
by: Nico Lang Last year, Travel and Leisure named Chicago fourth-best in civic pride — of the country’s major cities. In “Proud of Their City,” T&L put Chicago after New Orleans, San Juan and […]
Category Archives: Loose Ends
The Cats Have Very Little To Do With Why I Hate Them
by: Sarah Hollenbeck “So, what do you say?” Aimee asked one January afternoon. We were sitting at my dining room table, eating chili. My friend Aimee was in dire financial […]
Socially Awkward Internet: How Memes Create Community Online
by: Courtney Rust Internet memes are one of those things I’ve come to understand and recognize, yet don’t quite know how to describe. They are something to be learned without […]
50 Signs You’re a Coffee Addict
by: Nico Lang You pregame coffee with coffee or other forms of caffeine. You were once seen shotgunning a Diet Coke outside of a café to prepare for drinking more […]
Controlling the Chaos: My Battle with Anorexia
by: Jonah M. Lefholtz Note: Contains possible eating disorder triggers. A fourteen year old girl, having no way of controlling the chaos in her life, doesn’t eat. What little eating […]
Don’t Treat Your Friend Like a Handbag
by: Sarah Estime There’s a girl who was years before me in high school. She was kind of douchey when it came to relationships, she dated girls who fell in love […]
Public Sex, Private Lives: A Documentary on Porn Performers
Upcoming documentary Public Sex, Private Lives, an intimate portrait of three adult film stars, seeks funds for post-production and festival submissions. Public Sex, Private Lives explores the professional and private lives of adult […]
Temporary Magic: The Time I Worked as a Magician’s Assistant
by: Joseph Erbentraut “We have an unusual assignment we’re looking to fill.” It was the throes of the Great Recession of 2008 — as I will explain to my cats’ […]
Celebrating Bad Movies: Why We Need to Talk About the Razzies
by: Lew Ojeda On April Fools Day, The Razzies were given out for Hollywood’s most notable subpar achievements of the year, and the big loser was the Adam Sandler abomination […]
Drag Us to Hell: The Time We Survived Jack and Jill
by: Patrick Gill and Nico Lang Patrick: It was supposed to be terrible fun. I love bad movies, I love it when a film trying in earnest misses it’s intended […]
