life
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‘Supermarket Sweep’ went off air but never left our hearts
“The next time you’re at a checkout counter and you hear that beep…” Beep beep! If you were a kid living in America during the ‘90s, it was almost impossible to avoid the above words, the iconic line that signaled closing time for each episode of Supermarket Sweep, the popular game show that premiered on…
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When artists cry out for help, how do we justify our silence?
Even after Amy in 2011, we didn’t take responsibility for how we contributed to her demise. In the curious case of Kanye, are we repeating our mistake?
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Manboobs and me
I was asked to read an essay as part of the Marrow reading series’ event at the Pitchfork Book Fort in Union Park on Sunday, July 20. This is what I read that day. I remember when I noticed my body was very different from most of the boys I knew. When I first came to…
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Excitement!
It’s been said that the only constant in life is that it is ever-changing.. And in that vein, comes an exciting announcement from My Writings and Me, Inc. As of this Friday, I’ll be taking a leave from the fantastical Chicagoist. In the year-ish since I came on board the site, I’ve written 101 posts…
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Dear Mike Huckabee…
I must say, it was a puzzling honor to realize my article – “The ’Ick’ Factor: How Gay Sex Plays in the Equality Debate” – hit your radar following the backlash ignited by your comments in your Ariel Levy-penned New Yorker profile. In fact, my sense of flattery left me feeling like you deserved the…
joe erbentraut 