An American Original: e.e.cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings, who would later be known as e.e.cummings, was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. e.e.cummings, 1894-1962 Cummings decided from an [...]
Culture
National Coming Out Day 2019
Today is National Coming Out Day. In honor of the day I will say, like I have said before, Y’ALL! I’m super queer! Look at me in this fabulous portrait. Okay, fine. This [...]
A Voice that Sounds Like Home
This week, after almost two months abroad, I’ve returned to my official place of residence in Portland, Oregon. But I’m having trouble calling it home. I wonder if maybe [...]
Celebrating Bisexuality Day
Friends, Romans, countryfolks, lend me your ears: I’m super Queer, y’all. I use the term Queer because, for me, it’s both an identity and a call to action. It’s a [...]
Be Bold: Read Banned Books | Banned Books Week 2019
Every year, during the last week of September, the American Library Association and Amnesty International run a campaign called Banned Books Week. Its purpose is to celebrate [...]
World Beard Appreciation Day | 10 Celebrity Beards to Celebrate
Move over, clean-shaven faces! Now there’s something beardier. Facial hair isn’t just for mountain men or billy goats – some of our favorite celebs are sporting [...]
For Here, Please | You Can Always Make a Wish
Slip the hematite ring on your left thumb, and squeeze your eyes shut to make a wish from your heart, as the shop owner tells you to. Follow her instructions, and wish for [...]
Toni Morrison, Beloved, and Me
I cradled Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved in the crook of my arm the summer before my 18th birthday. Sweat dripped from my elbow onto the plastic cover of the library book as [...]
What We Love | Artist Turns Thrift Store Finds Into Wonderfully Weird Paintings
Artist David Irvine creates hilariously surreal art by inserting pop culture characters into paintings he finds in thrift stores, and we’re sort of obsessed. Weird, [...]
In Appreciation of Left-Handers
I’m a left-handed person, as are about 10% of the people on the planet. Some things attributed to this group are supported by research that proves it, and some are just [...]
