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As you may know, I run a monthly storytelling show called SUNDAY NIGHT SEX TALKS at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood. Think of it like The Moth, except all the topics have to do with sex, love and relationships. As you boys who post on my Facebook page about coming in drag seem to know, it’s strictly NO BOYS ALLOWED. Only once has a man …
If you have an extra 15 minutes this weekend between eating brunch and watching football, I implore you to watch Tavi Gevinson‘s TEDxTeen Talk “Still Figuring It Out” embedded below. If you don’t know who Tavin Gevinson is, I implore you to spend an extra 5 minutes figuring that out. Unfortunately that will probably turn into an hour and a half reading her blog The …
People have been talking about these things “infographics” for awhile now, so I thought I’d get into the game with one on the 7 Types of Millennials from Mint.com. I like it because it’s really colorful in a vintage, east-side Los Angeles way and therefore looks like something I’d hang on the wall of my eventual office. I don’t like it because when I embed …
Guess that movie reference!* I realize that’s a bold statement, but it’s true so stay with me. This past Saturday, somewhere between 2PM and 2AM I put together all the pieces of my former flirting self’s life and determined exactly what that idiot was doing so wrong. Here’s how. Over Labor Day Weekend, R and I took a trip to San Francisco to see Northwestern …
In lieu of my own words today, I’m posting the incredibly moving writings of my good friend Meghan. Her journey through the discovery, diagnosis and understanding of depression is something everyone should connect with, no matter their personal struggle. For me, this is not a piece about the fact that Meghan has a disease and is now making her triumphant march toward a more stable …