Flawless folk, There’s not a lot of things we know right now. Here’s one thing we do know: shit is fucked. Let’s just sit in that first. I’m not interested in providing platitudes to make me or you feel better. This is not a time to feel good. This is not the time to show off our “ally” cards or… Read more →
By Emily Joy Allison-Hearn A couple of Saturdays ago I had to throw a shopping cart in between me and man who was angry at me because I did not flirt with him. He was staring at me in the aisle at the grocery store and it made me uncomfortable. He asked me about the box of soup… Read more →
By Emily Joy Allison-Hearn The Bachelor is absolutely my greatest and most serious guilty pleasure. I started watching it years ago as pure entertainment—Homeschooled-Bible-College me was fascinated by the lives of people who did nothing but drink cocktails out of coconuts on the beach and make out with multiple partners for several weeks. Later, Newly-Awakened-Feminist me was a little outraged at… Read more →
By Emily Joy Allison-Hearn Okay, let me say one thing right off the bat: I love Rey. LOVE her. I wanna be her for Halloween, I think she’s an interesting and nuanced and well-cast character, and I will personally take it upon myself to make sure each of my sisters sees The Force Awakens and has the opportunity… Read more →
By Emily Joy Allison-Hearn We’re having Christmas in our tiny one-bedroom apartment this year. Oh, Billy and I are still driving to my parents’ house on the 25th to spend Christmas Day with them and open presents and participate in my mother’s love language, otherwise known as eating all the food she puts in front of you or else. But on… Read more →
…and Why #TeamPeeta Is the Only Choice By Hannah Paasch Cosand I really expected to be over the Games by now. I really did. But I am not over J Law and I am not over revolutionary feels so I went and saw the last film, hoping, I think, for closure—from more than just the dystopian series itself. … Read more →
