2013 Year End Review
Why 2013 Left Us Scratching our Heads Lily Golightly In the Twilight Zone episode ‘Stopover in a Quiet Town’ there is a couple who awakes from a night of heavy…
HOW TO BECOME AN OFFICE LEGEND IN 12 EASY STEPS
by / Anne Walls You guys, look. I get it. Offices are sort of the pits. You have to go there like every day, regardless of how much you’ve had to…
DEAR FACEBOOK…
Dear Facebook, This is my first open letter and will probably be my last. Although I wish I could use this trend and shot in the dark as some kind…
Chase it to brake it
story / Maggie Craig illustrations / Sierra Joy I spent that summer covered in sweat and bruises. I was two months out of college, working at a bike shop in…
Hairdresser on Fire: A Short Hair Saga
story / Lily Golightly pictures / Jena Cumbo I had long hair. And then I cut it. There's this moment when you're in the salon chair, heart racing, clutching the…
6th Grade Ankle Spraining Party
story+ images / Gina Tron Sometimes I think about what it would be like to relive junior high school. When I think about this, my brain immediately starts to think…
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please
story / Diana Bruk On Valentine’s Day, 2013, I was sitting alone in an Indian restaurant, the glittering lights of the overly decorated room and the oversized portions of Chicken…
MOTHERLESS ONES
By Anne Walls I am 34 years old. I neither have a mother nor am a mother. I lost my own years ago and probably won’t become one for a…
CALL 911. THIS STALKING MACHINE IS ON FIRE!
By Gina Tron Love is like a seed. Sometimes it blossoms into a beautiful yet flawed cheating flower. Other times, it blossoms into a restraining order. This seed of insanity…
On the Street: What’s on your wish list? Also what are you looking forward to in the new year?
Alec What's on your wish list? A haircut. Also, what are you looking forward to in the new year? I'm not going to put any expectations on it. Just want…
Occupy LA
story + video+ photos / Ericka Clevenger It's a lot like the 60s. If you have been anywhere near downtown Los Angeles over the last few weeks, you might have…
PAINTED CRUSH
PAINTED CRUSH: Which Cosmetics To Lust After and Which To Avoid by Anne Mannal Carpenter The look from across the bar. Obsessively stalking Facebook and Twitter. Finally seeing each other…