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Kicking It At David’s Inn
During school breaks, I would sometimes go to work with my mom. She was a cook at a restaurant called David’s Inn Restaurant and Cocktails on Michigan Avenue, and some of my favorite childhood memories are centered around that place. I was an inquisitive child—nosy as hell, really—and for some reason, adults loved my nosy…
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Witch Hazel: The Original Unbothered Crone
I have always loved a woman who refuses to behave herself. So let’s talk about one of my favorite ladies. Witch Hazel of Looney Tunes. Long before television started giving us complicated female villains, witches with trauma, misunderstood antiheroines, and women who “lean into their power,” there was this wild-haired, green-skinned, cackling old broad tearing…
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Softness & Moi
A soft life is not easy, but it’s possible to create it in the midst of hardship. It’s about finding joy in simple things, like a cup of coffee in silence or listening to your favorite music.
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Three’s Company Was Dirtier Than We Remember — and That Was the Fun of It
I’ve been watching old episodes of Three’s Company, and one thing keeps cracking me up: this show was nowhere near as innocent as nostalgia would have you believe. Take the episode where Mr. Furley ends up getting arrested for solicitation. Yes. Mr. Furley. Don Knotts. Arrested for trying to buy a prostitute. On network television.…
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Winsome Witch and the Town That Forgot Women
If you’ve never seen Winsome Witch, you’re missing one of Hanna-Barbera’s most charming and underrated cartoon characters. I had forgotten all about this cartoon until MeTv Toons started playing it again. My favorite episode is the one where Winnie lands in a lonely frontier town where the men have gone twenty years without seeing a…
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The Tradwife Movement: A Pretty Apron Wrapped Around an Old Idea
I’ve never understood the appeal of tradwife content. Watching a woman bake sourdough bread in a spotless farmhouse kitchen while wearing a ball gown has never been my idea of compelling entertainment. Yet it’s wildly popular, especially the content of Nara Smith. Nara Smith is a model with more than 12 million followers on TikTok.…
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The Paradox of Race
I’m not going to lie—I’m tired of white people. I’m tired of the wealthy ones who are destroying the planet through greed, exploitation, and an insatiable hunger for more. And I’m tired of the everyday ones with their astonishing lack of curiosity and critical thinking. Many of them benefit from white privilege, yet they’re still…
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The Everleigh Club: From Silk Sheets to Section 8
Chicago has always had a talent for reinventing itself. Sometimes it builds a skyscraper. Sometimes it tears down a brothel. And sometimes it tears down a brothel…and builds public housing on top of it. You really can’t make this stuff up. If you had wandered into Chicago’s Levee District around 1900, you would have found…
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Hoard Park: Known as the Da Park
Tourists will never find Hoard Park in a guidebook. It doesn’t have Buckingham Fountain or the grandeur of Jackson Park. It’s just a small neighborhood park tucked away on 72nd and Dobson. But for me and my childhood friends, it was our treehouse. Long before I knew anything about urban renewal or city planning, I…
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The Many Ways in Which the United States Ain’t Shit
I was sitting here thinking about America, a country that is often described as the greatest nation on Earth. It is a nation that has accomplished extraordinary things. It has sent human beings to the Moon, produced some of the world’s greatest innovations, and given birth to cultural treasures such as jazz, blues, gospel, and…
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