‘There are just so many gay guys at Georgetown.” I hate this sentence, and I hear it way too much. Frequently, this line of thinking leads people to believe that Georgetown is some kind of “gay-topia,”...

One year. Twelve months. 365 days. 1.27 percent of an average American lifespan. This doesn’t seem like much, does it?  Yet somehow, this small amount of time seems as threatening as the view from the...

Lucrecia Martel serves up a cacophonous brew of middle-class misery in her 2001 debut “La Cienaga,” or “The Swamp,” a film quite unlike any I had ever seen before. I say this on the tail end of...

What kind of je ne se quoi transforms a typical French bistro into the hottest power player magnet in Washington D.C.? Where do the creme-de-la-creme congregate over pasta and ritzy bottles of red wine?...

“Being gay is like having a super power. I don’t mind it all.” In reality, not being straight often sucks. My experiences with oppression in a society not built to serve me in terms of sexuality...

Courtney Barnett is the quotidian lyricist our generation needs, although we certainly don't deserve her. With deadpan wit and rambling, 1990s grunge-soaked style, Australian singer-songwriter Barnett...

In a world where films that clock in at or around three hours tend to take straight, white men as their subjects (last year alone gave us “Boyhood” and “Mr. Turner,” to name two), it takes a certain...

Graduation is thrilling — it seems you have worked your entire life for that one moment.  Every test, every homework assignment, every missed party has finally paid off.  You adorn yourself in traditional,...

Recently, my father has been overly interested in my dating life. Nowadays, it seems not even one conversation can go by without him asking if I’m seeing anyone. I can always hear the disappointment...

Spring break was a series of ice-cold cars and off beat record stores. After a sunrise flight into Chicago, Jack and I found ourselves at the mecca of Midwest hipsterdom: Wicker Park. In Wicker Park, grunge...

Okay, let’s talk grad school. Around three million Americans enroll in a graduate program each year, which is about a sixth of the number of Americans who enroll as undergraduates each year. There are...

J.K. Simmons urged a captive audience to give their parents a call two weeks ago in his Oscar acceptance speech, and with that advice in mind—and with many of us returning home for the break—now seems...