I like beer, sports, and video games as much as the next guy. But I wouldn’t mind a world where guys talk to each about more than which actress is the hottest. I’ve envied girlfriends who get to sit around and talk about relationships and their childhoods, and who laugh about sex instead of brag [...]

On the contrary, they’re relieved that you want to do something creative with your life. Especially because art school tuition isn’t $40,000 a year—it’s free and subsidized by the government. The new administration has spearheaded an initiative that uses art to transform downtrodden places. Artists have been assigned to beautify decaying urban neighborhoods and poor [...]

The cute little pooches—the Chihuahuas, the pugs, the dachshunds, the toy poodles—aren’t stuffed into polo shirts, cashmere sweaters, and fleeces and paraded through the park like models. Unknowing kitties aren’t hissing in their analyst’s office. Pet owners come to the realization that their pets aren’t people. And once they start spending a little more time [...]

Though we as a society talk a good game about how everyone should have access to healthy, organic foods, our actions don’t bear out our ambition. An organic apple is more expensive than a regular apple that has been grown with pesticides, and a bag of chips is often cheaper than either of them. The [...]

My leg wants to be on the dance floor so bad it’s twitching. I can feel the backbeat in my heart, my head is swaying back and forth, and my palms are officially sweaty with anticipation. Damn it, people, get on the floor already. This song is calling my name, but I can’t be the [...]