I’ll just start out by saying I don’t think Neon Genesis Evangelion is a particularly good show overall. It’s a legendary series, and it deserves most of the credit it gets since its...
You might have noticed that the United States has a tiny problem with gun violence. Don’t worry though! Texas State representative Matt Schaefer has noticed too! Texas, if you haven’t heard, has...
Writer, poet, performer, and author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s published work—including the memoir Dirty River and poetry collections Bodymap, Love Cake, and Consensual Genocide—has...
Not-so-secret: as a youngster, I was a huge VHS bootlegger. My family life revolved around television and movies. As soon as something from the big screens hit Best Buy and Circuit City, we had a...
When I was at school, it was clear that my periods were a problem. Anybody who knew me could tell that their period pain versus my whatever-the-hell-was-going-on were a different matter, but I was...
When I was not even 10 years old, I remember standing in front of my cousins’ bathroom mirror comparing eyelids. Kara*, my oldest cousin, had just learned about “Asian eyes**” from her...
Since the election, many have lamented the psychic pain that now comes with following the news. Turning on CNN or opening a Twitter feed has become a trial to be endured. Like others, I’ve...
Some people have asked me in earnest. “Have you ever…you know…eaten one?” Some people think they’re the first special snowflake to ever make the joke. “DON’T EAT MY DOG! I see you...
Mondays are Killer Queen League Night in Portland. I wrap up my work mid-evening and take a train down to the arcade to play a 5v5 competitive multiplayer game. It gets my blood pumping, and the...
When I was in college, white guys liked to bow at me in bars. I don’t know why the bowings mainly happened in the early 2000s in St. Louis, I have yet to experience so many white guys bowing at me...
