Forever Scared

Herman Atkins Sr. keeps every receipt. About this, he is meticulous. For every bottle of water, every pack of gum, he will ask the cashier for a sales slip. Each day, he brings the slips home to his wife, Machara, who files them in chronological order, a separate folder for each month. When Atkins is …

Asylum Denied

As evening falls on southern Mexico, Sarah (not her real name) is shopping at a fruit market a block from her house. It is Friday, and her father, an investigator for the State Judicial Police, is home relaxing on his night off. Wearing blue jeans and an unbuttoned shirt, he is sweeping his front porch, …

Behind the Masks

Inspired by a recent post by favorite fashion site Refinery29.com (check it!), this week is dedicated to something mostly everyone I know—male and female—loves: Masks! Hair masks, facemasks, foot masks, hand masks. . . . Most of the time, we use them not because we think they make us look any better, but just because …

The Political Machine: Six Reasons Why I Would Vote for Mitchell Hundred as Mayor

​ “This is the story of my four years in office, from the beginning of 2002 through to godforsaken 2005. It may look like a comic, but it's really a tragedy.” –Mitchell Hundred, Ex Machina #1 Ex Machina should never have survived 50 issues.  It's high concept–West Wing political drama meets superheroics–and should never have …

Rapper Game Tweets “Rampage Jackson is an Orange County HOUSE WIFE”

“Rampage Jackson is an Orange County 'HOUSE WIFE'. I'm from the streets champ, I mean chump!!! Lose lips sink ships……. #checkyaself 10:01 AM Aug 4th via web.” That was a tweet rapper Game directed at Irvine Ultimate Fighting Championship brawler and Orange County roadway demolition derby driver Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Apparently the two have been …