I WANT AN OCEAN KIND OF LOVE
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, Not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, They’re in each other all along. – Rumi Standing with feet in...
View ArticleBLACK PEOPLE DON’T OWN THE N-WORD SO USE IT WHENEVER YOU WANT
Nigger. There it is. You just read it. It’s such a magical word. Speak its name and it makes all common sense disappear. I know some of you hate that word. Some of you are hurt by it. (I apologize for...
View ArticleTEACH ME HOW TO LOVE YOU AND I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO LOVE ME
Almost all of us are wondering: how the hell do you do this dance called love? It sure ain’t easy. I’m not here to bullshit you. Looking around, other than grandparents or perhaps even your friends’...
View ArticleWHEN YOUR SISTER BECOMES A MOTHER
If I’m being honest, it’s still weird to think of you as a mother. I know how that sounds but … you’re my sister. And now, you’re someone’s mother. How can you be a mother? You’re nothing like our...
View ArticleNEVER SAY FUCK ON THE AIR AND 8 OTHER WAYS COLLEGE RADIO WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE
At the end of this article, there’s a mess of links to some of the best stations in the nation. I’m done with Spotify. You can keep Pandora. I want no more iPod shufflin’. I don’t need ‘em anymore! I...
View ArticleSCHEMERS, SAVIORS, STRUGGLERS, SUFFERERS: WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
I spend a lot of time thinking about toilet paper. I’d forgotten how much toilet paper women can go through in a single day. I live with two women and I often ask my housemates why they hate trees....
View ArticleA GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO RAPE CULTURE
If you are a man, you are part of rape culture. I know … that sounds rough. You’re not a rapist, necessarily. But you do perpetuate the attitudes and behaviors commonly referred to as rape culture....
View ArticleWomen Writers Taught Me To Be Brave
“Why must you call them women writers? They’re just writers!” I know, right? Totally agree. Have you ever heard anyone say “men writers?” That just sounds stupid. Well, so does “women writers.” Type...
View ArticleI USED TO HAVE A GREAT ASS
If you wish to remove a woman from your heart, they say to start dating a second woman. Friends gave me that advice — one would erase the other. But I didn’t want to use one woman to negate another....
View ArticleWHY ARE MEN SUDDENLY SO INTERESTED IN EQUALITY?
I’m not sure if you’ve pissed off a large group of men recently, but I have, and I learned a very interesting lesson: a surprising number of modern men are really, really into the idea of “equality.”...
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