Essays Cover Up: A 14-Year-Old’s Look at Rape Culture *Names have been changed to protect privacy This summer I went to Health and Medicine camp at Northwestern University (fondly Makena McElroy Posted on September 16, 2014
Wellness For Here, Please | Get Down To Get Up Mike told me he was going to put up signs around the neighborhood that said, “Missing: My Serenity.” Like the lost pet signs Jen Violi Posted on September 15, 2014
Essays At The Root Of Things | Goodbye To The Odyssey As I stood ensconced in the familiar greasy aroma of George’s mechanic shop with the phone to my ear, my husband Kyle’s words Amy McElroy Posted on September 8, 2014
Inspiration Poetry Corner | Julia Park Tracey Interview: What it means to be poet laureate, The Doris Diaries, and an ode to the 1989 quake “Poetry is kind of like Brussels sprouts,” a friend of mine said recently. “Some people love it and most people hate it.” I Tomi Wiley Posted on September 1, 2014
Uncategorized Small Acts of Kindness | The Persistent Optimist Optimism for me isn’t a passive expectation that things will get better; it’s a conviction that we can make Jordan Rosenfeld Posted on August 26, 2014
TV, Movies & Recaps 8 Reasons You Should Be Watching Orphan Black | Geek Lounge At this point in the summer, I’m caught up on my DVR’s Fall overload but I’m not quite ready to tackle the Spring backlog. Greg Joseph Posted on August 13, 2014
Mental Sweatpants & Sanity | Why I Bug My Kid About Mental Health By Nanea Hoffman “Mom, you know what sucks? When you just start sweating for no reason. Like, special effects sweating where Nanea Hoffman Posted on August 12, 2014
Essays, Wellness The Illusion Of Independence | Essay Rae is the only son of a ex-Special Forces soldier in the South African Defense Force, so naturally a large chunk of his Amy McElroy Posted on July 30, 2014
Books Patry Francis | Author Interview I first encountered Patry Francis’ words on her blog, Simply Wait, back in the 2005, before I had heard of Facebook or Jordan Rosenfeld Posted on July 29, 2014
Wellness Nerdmaste: The Divine Awkward In Me Honors The Divine Awkward In You I’m twelve years old, about to be thirteen, and I’m crying my eyes out in a bathroom stall thinking: not fair not fair not Nanea Hoffman Posted on July 28, 2014