my friend, joseph

“Hollygrove monster, Eagle Street creature Come to your funeral, Kill everybody but the preacher” Lil Wayne – Grove St. Party Things that I know about Eagle Street in New Orleans: Continue reading →

new shoes

“So instead of exploiting racial issues for your own small-minded purposes, you choose to lash out against a people who a)have nothing AT ALL to do with Christopher Dorner and Continue reading →

i am christopher dorner

I am not here to justify Christopher Dorner’s actions. Instead, I’m trying to share the other story. The part we might not be hearing when we watch the news or Continue reading →

an open letter to lena dunham

Lena – Hey, girl. I wanted to write you this open letter to let you know that I think you’re great. At least, I think I think you’re great. I’m Continue reading →

azealia banks, lena dunham, and what the hell is wrong with this week

All right, world. I’m having some beef with celebrity biz, and I have to share it because otherwise my girlfriend will break up with me because I won’t shut up Continue reading →

new year, new you

New Year’s resolutions. Ew. They never work. Actually, let me rephrase that. I have one that worked! I stopped biting my nails about six or seven years ago when that Continue reading →

house versus home

At what point does home become your “parent’s house?” I wondered this as I tossed and turned on night three in the bedroom in the home my mom and stepdad Continue reading →

changemakers

When I was a child, maybe eight or nine years old, my mom called a Brazilian nut a “nigger toe.” I remember bursting into tears as she explained that she Continue reading →

words

I probably shouldn’t have gone through that notebook of yours that I found that you started ten years ago. I promise that I was looking for a blank one to Continue reading →

how to queer above your ears: a love story on national coming out day

alternative lifestyle haircut (n) – A haircut or style that indicates its owner leads a life contrary to that of the conservative or heterosexual world. Also known as “the significant Continue reading →