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The Ingenious Melancholy of Taylor Swift

Forget "America's sweetheart" or "crossover queen" or whatever else folks may be calling her. In the spirit of Halloween, I'm going to call Taylor Swift what she really is: a witch. How else but…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1832 words)

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance

I've had guns pulled on me by four people under Central Mississippi skies — once by a white undercover cop, once by a young brother trying to rob me for the leftovers of a weak work-study check, once…
SOURCE:gawker.com
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4724 words)

Will and Erwynn met at church and fell in love. But they had a big problem—“don’t ask, don’t tell.” The unlikely story of the first gay military union.

Tech. Sgt. Erwynn Umali (right) and Will Behrens (left) at the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst chapel, where their civil union was held on June 23, 2012.Photo by Jeff Sheng It’s almost Christmas, and I’m…
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (904 words)
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