Category Archives: Biology and Me

Romance. It’s probably difficult at every age, but it’s sure as hell difficult in college, where the nicest date I’ve been on was a trip to someone’s frat basement to watch him consume copious amounts of cheap beer and lose at beer pong. Repeatedly. Is asking for a trip to an actual restaurant too much?Continue reading “Romance and RTKs”

CW: Star Wars spoilers. (But if you don’t know by now . . . come on.) It’s one of the most iconic lines in cinema. Five words that brought a generation of sci-fi nerds to their knees: “Luke . . . I am your father.”* Luke and Vader’s clash of wills is one of theContinue reading “Luke . . . You Have No Father”

When I was a kid, I hated the phrase “a few bad apples spoil the barrel.” I was full of righteous indignation on behalf of the other apples. It wasn’t their fault that they were shacked up with bruised, browning, spoiled apples. They didn’t do anything wrong! Why should they be spoiled, too, just becauseContinue reading “Do A Few Bad Apples Really Spoil the Barrel?”

What does a septuagenarian white senator have in common with young Latinx voters? It sounds like the beginning of an off-color joke, but it’s actually a question that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders takes quite seriously. Although he represents the largely homogenous and well-to-do state of Vermont (the population of which, in 2016, was 95.1% white),Continue reading “A Tamales Cascade”

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are basically the perfect couple. He’s an incredible musician and she’s an actress, producer, and bestselling author. And they’re both ridiculously hot. I mean, look at those smiles. Who better to make luxury fun, indeed? In case you didn’t know, the two met when Chrissy was cast as the romanticContinue reading “Can You Actually Be a Headass?”