Lately, it feels like all my friends and family judge me for dating in quarantine. They take it as a sign that I’m not treating…
Just as music fans argue about genre classifications, foodies debate cuisines. And there is no cuisine more abstract than that which goes by the name…
Those of us who straddle the line between punk and poser have a difficult time finding a place within the scene. I’m open-minded enough to…
I hate 311. They are my nemesis. Why, you ask? Because they committed the worst crime of all. Something I would not wish upon my…
CHICAGO — Singer-songwriter Kyla Bernhardt learned today just how much her fans have failed to successfully parse the artistic intent behind her songs and many…
Like many Los Angeles transplants, I don’t go home for every holiday. And since I don’t want to miss out on sick-ass Christmas gifts, I…
There was once a man who dreamed of a more perfect humanity, a day when everyone would be considered equally beautiful. Think it sounds nice?…
If I raise my own children, am I not enabling a patriarchal society upon their impressionable minds? Children are our future, and they need to…
You’re at a show in some 20-something’s basement. You look to your left and see a bunch of young, hip zoomers using slang. You don’t…
In the days following Donald Trump’s election loss, droves of conservatives have left Facebook in favor of so-called “alternative” social media sites with Parler quickly…
Look, refreshing the page isn’t doing anything, okay? I think it’s making it worse. We just need to pause it for a while and let…
As a first-time parent, I struggle with self-doubt. I often question my child-rearing abilities and second-guess my decisions. But whenever these nagging thoughts enter my…
I am a devout, lifelong anarchist. I was marching for squatters rights when you were getting cut from your fucking little league team. I was…
Let me get one thing straight. This may be a punk house, but we’re upper-crust-punks. Whatever I offer my guests is of a caliber so…
2020 has got to be the worst year for punk by far. Ant that’s saying a lot since it died in 1978, 1986, and a…