I don’t blame the city—we live in a capitalist society that makes or breaks a person’s will / bank account. So where did I find the middle? I just didn’t eat. Where budget planning goes way way way wrong—I used my excuse of living “in one of the most expensive cities in the world” to […]
Getting Laid Off From Your Job Isn’t The End Of Your World, It Isn’t The End At All
Even in uncertain and often, swift, changes—there is an odd hope that emerges. One year ago, this month, I was laid off from a tech job. It’s not a story untold, but as a creative living, thriving, and sustaining oneself in the Bay Area—rent prices speak higher than happiness. Lets dive in. Just shy of […]
Wear Black, Bring Flowers: Reflections From the Juneteenth Rally and The Black Panther Party
About a week ago on Juneteenth, I saw a post on Instagram about a rally taking place outside the Alameda county Courthouse to commemorate the legacy of the Black Panther Party, the same courthouse where said Panthers protested the trial of Huey P. Newton for the death of an Oakland police officer in July 1968. […]
Uh Huh Honey, A Book About Kanye West That We Didn’t Know We Needed
When the fandom cries, it screams—for Red Gaskell, a former SF-now-NYC inhabitant, his Kanye West inspired book has reach a sickening level of popularity overnight. When Kanye revived his Twitter account, the internet went wild—so wild, in fact, that the fandom couldn’t keep up. Drawing conclusions left and right about his one-sentence updates, the cryptic […]
How I Met My Romantic on the SF Bay Craigslist and How It Was So Right
Before you start judging, you need to quickly understand. All humans have the utter need to be loved and we happen to crave unadulterated affection. In one night, we met the forever and in one night, he left our life. The story starts how many do, a spark of a flame, a turn to the […]
