Olivia Rodrigo Forced Me To Confront Some Harsh Realities

I like to think that I’m still young. Until the pandemic hit, I was with the youth frequently. At work I was in charge of a group of teens, and on Wednesdays I led games for a middle school youth group. I had a handle on what was hip, what was trendy. I was technically

The Myth of the Homosexual Personality

Or: I’m Begging Straight People to Either Be Nice To Me or Leave Me Alone! We had to participate in mock elections in 9th Grade civics class. Four parties were formed based on surveys we all had to fill out that gave our teacher a vague idea of our political leanings. I was selected as

A Marriage Story

(But one that cannot possibly result in Oscar Buzz for Scarlett Johansson) In a recent friendship-ending argument, a former acquaintance accused me of self-righteousness and envy. The first charge is entirely true. I’m trying to build a brand on self-righteousness. My whole shtick would fall apart if I was ever on the wrong side of

Moving On

In Which the Author Struggles to Stop Settling for Pseudo-Love and to Finally Accept the Love that He Deserves If I could have dinner with one person, I’d probably choose the Pope. I don’t have much reasoning behind this honestly. I’m not Catholic, so I don’t feel like meeting him will do my eternal soul

Drunk II (2019)

Mannequin Pussy The year 2020 has filled me with so much angst and longing that I have dived headfirst back into loud music. Punk, the emo, DIY stuff, anything that makes me want to put my head through the wall from sheer adrenaline. My fingertips tremble just thinking about it. These songs let me feel

There’s Some Hoots in this House

Or: The Owl House and the Magic of Representation I first heard of The Owl House when a bunch of conservative housewives shared articles warning parents not to let their children watch it as it allegedly glorified witchcraft and demon worship. Naturally, I started watching immediately and was transfixed by the world and its inhabitants

Gaslighter (2020)

The Chicks The Chicks have dropped the Dixie from their name, severing one of their last ties to the Country Music scene that showed them such love only to snatch it away the second they refused to play nice with Republicans. As one of only two acts that have ever been successfully canceled (the other

Clumsy (2006)

Fergie // Song of the Week “Clumsy” is Fergie’s best song, and that is hard for me to say. Front to back, The Dutchess is all hits. It spawned five multi-platinum singles and it still feels underrated. We did not know what we had with Fergie, and I for one will forever be grateful to

Teenage Dirtbag (2000)

Wheatus // Deep Cut In an unprecedented move for this blog, I’m going to talk about a song that is Bad! It’s truly terrible, but I find it so very funny, and I’m sure if I had heard it when I was 13 it would have been my favorite song of all time. Plus, I

Work (2014)

Iggy Azalea // Song of the Week There are many hills that I will die on, mostly because if I did all the work to climb up that hill, why would I want to come back down? I’d rather stay put so that I don’t have to put in that kind of effort again. But