Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Erasing The Shame and Power Of The F-Word

A Message To The Unemployed Of America By Jim Calder I used to fear the fact that I have been fired from a job. I used to be ashamed of it. I used to think it was my entire fault and that I must have been doing something terribly wrong in my career. Then one [...]

The Most Depressing Thing You’ll Ever Hear

By David Yancy Kang I heard a piece on NPR the other day about a new documentary of Bill Withers, the soul artist. There was an excerpt from this documentary that included an interview with him that really has stuck with me since I heard it. It goes like this: “One of the things I [...]

The Handshake

What Does A Handshake Mean To You? by David Yancy Kang Contrary to the words of Greg Graffin of Bad Religion, a handshake is more than a silent ‘fuck you’. What does a handshake mean to you? It makes me think about the gesture itself. I’ve been told that it’s existed since ancient times as [...]