St. Dominic: When I Attended Catholic School in the Chicago Suburbs
by: Dominick Mayer It wasn’t until I decided to get the hell out of parochial school at the age of ten that I discovered what subterfuge is. I attended St. […]
Category Archives: Memoir
5 Potentially Embarassing Bands I Used to Love in High School
by: Joshua Isaacson “Reminiscing via my iPod” is a game I like to play from time to time. However, over the years I have lost a majority of my music, […]
Unemployed and In Love: A Recession Romance
by: Amaris Hinton I have had a decent track record with employment. I was always the one to quit the job, either because I would die one more day if […]
All Right: Why I Listen to Sigur Ros
by: Addison Bell I cried the first time I heard Sigur Rós. I was 18. A friend had given me a copy of Takk… over coffee and I played it on […]
How to Be An Ally Those Suffering From Mental Illness
by: Amelia Hussein In October 2010, I was admitted into Advocate Masonic Hospital for my depression and suicidal thoughts. I had not made a plan, but I was showing signs […]
Does Good Parenting Make For Screwed-Up Children?
by: Mariann Devlin A semi-recent story in the Atlantic chronicles one therapist’s discovery that sometimes really good parents screw up their kids. I appreciated the article for what it was […]
A Story That Disappears: Visiting the Theatre in My Hometown
by: Dominick Mayer In nightmares, I keep seeing a twisted version of a town in Michigan called South Haven that my family used to visit in the summers. I know […]
Saying Goodbye to SNL: A Tribute to Kristen Wiig
by: Molly Geoghegan Live! From New York—it’s Saturday night! As of May 19th, we will never again hear Kristen Wiig yell that phrase to kickoff Saturday Night Live—besides as the guest […]
Hometown Glory: When I Went to the Santa Cruz Pride Festival
by: Patrick Gill The Pride celebration in Santa Cruz, California is much smaller than the ones in Chicago that I have attended, but it’s foolish to correlate size with power. […]
These Boots Are Made for Talking: What My Style Says About My Identity
by: Bobby Crowley “Just grow your hair out.” “I am not going out with you dressed like that.” “Did you notice your hose were ripped?” “Why don’t you ever wear pants?” […]
