Issue 12  •  Spring 2013

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Pay it Forward . . . with Poetry
Don’t let my new book’s title, How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir, lead you to believe I am a poetry expert. Besides “A rose is a rose is a rose” and “You do not do. Anym...
Bible Quiz: Competition in a Christian Subculture ...

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with award-winning short film director Nicole Teeny about her first feature documentary, Bible Quiz, which follows seventeen-year-old Mikayl...

Cookies, Collecting, and Poop—A Chat with Lisa H...

Lisa Hanawalt is a Brooklyn-based artist whose first major book, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, comes out on Drawn & Quarterly in May. Her work has appeared in The Hairpin, Vanity Fair, The B...

Françoise Cactus: The (Stereo) Total Picture

Making music to drown your sorrow to seems a lot more prevalent nowadays than its counterpart—making music that’s actually fun to listen to! Stereo Total’s new album Cactus Versus ...

Kale Salad
This is a delicious, easy salad that is also very good for you. I based the recipe on the kale salad a local grocery store sells (this version is better of course).
Top That: Eight Tips for the Wannabe Writer

You’ve been writing for as long as you can remember, from childhood scribbles to angsty teen poetry to stories that made you think, “Hey, maybe I’ve got something here.” You’ve ign...

What is Fluffy and Yellow and Sweet and Salty All ...

Time for movie night? Or a little midnight snack? These popcorn recipes will spice up your evening, literally. 

Gingerbread: The Cookie for all Seasons

What a difference four years makes. When Terry and I made these gingerbread punks for a lost episode of Post Punk Kitchen, we seemed to have all the time in the world to mix colors...

Two pregnant high school students from Michigan have been encouraged to retake their yearbook photos, which they are rightfully refusing to do.  Their photos, which do contain visible baby bumps, apparently contradict the school’s abstinence-only sex ed policy. The school is punishing these...
NPR: China's Artists Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal RH Reality Check: The Biology of Gender, and When (if Ever) Children Should Be Given Sex Reassignment Surgery Jezebel: Reality Show to Completely Devote Itself to the Virgin Fetish Autostradde: Let's Talk About Fictional...
The Atlantic: Why Sylvia Plath Still Haunts Us Jezebel: Pussy Rioter Opts Out of ‘Absurd’ Parole Hearing, Starts Hunger Strike Salon: Incoming BBC news director on journalism gender gap: “We can do better” Galway Advertiser: Ten things an Irish woman could not do in 1970 (and be...
The New York Times: Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That Salon: GOP attorney general candidate tried to force women to report miscarriages to police Flavorwire: Michelle Tea’s 5 Favorite Books About Teen Girls in Trouble The Frisky: One Woman Director Out Of 20, Cannes? That’s...
The Atlantic: There Are Plenty of Reasons Why Parents May Read More With Their Daughters Jezebel: Archie Comics' Only Openly Gay Character to Get First Published Kiss The New York Times: No Easy Choices on Breast Reconstruction The New Yorker: Faking it: “Mad Men”s Don Draper problem