Contributor Week

A Self-Made Danger Zone: Leikeli47 and the Ski Mask Way

At 4:37 PM today, I finished some Things that have been plaguing my sleep, my mind, and the set of my shoulders for about two weeks. In my office, I closed my laptop, packed up my things, locked the door and turned out the lights. I…

Before You Kiss Me, You Should Know: An Identity/Playlist

For the Happy Misanthrope

Every so often I find an artist that makes me feel tinges of regret for waiting to listen to them, but it’s rare that regret crosses from why-didn’t-I-do-this-sooner into how-did-I-survive-without-this territory. Sparks occupies the latter. Back in December I started to dig into…

You See Me: Donald Glover’s Commitment to “I”

When I wanna be a superhero I just wake up
Renaissance man with a Hollywood buzz
I refuse to go back to not likin’ who I was
Because…

Weird Love and 95.5

I.

I spent Valentine’s Day in bed with someone who makes my body feel like melted gold. It takes new vigilance to keep myself from falling between his front teeth and eating every last secret tucked under his tongue. He doesn’t want me to, I think. He already knows…

Neurotic to the Bone: Becoming Crazy With Green Day

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me

Here is my thesis, right at the outset, too brash and too big, and I entirely believe it: every Green Day song is, at…

Songs My Roommate & I Have Listened to on Repeat: A Playlist

First-year roommates at my college are completely random and I was terrified about who mine would be. Would she be able to handle how disgustingly messy I was? What about how I’m constantly naked? What if she hated me, or…

Tell My Father That I Love Him Dearly, Tell My Mother That I Need Her Back Again

I am not good at being a girl (Not to say that I’m not a girl, although I’m 20 years old so I guess you could call me a “young woman” if you preferred). I love my parents more than I think…

I’ve Seen Your Repulsion And It Looks Real Good On You: Hole’s Pretty On The Inside And the Monsters Inside Us All

Where I live, forming cover bands to play Halloween shows has been all the rage for years now. A few years ago, I had what felt to me…