Shaky Knees 2019: Atlanta’s Indie Dreamland

Atlanta is arguably the biggest musical hub in the country, some even may say the world at the moment. No matter what anyone’s side of the argument is — it’s undeniable that the city is gaining more and more tr...

The Messy Art of Decluttering

Nowadays, we can’t escape the word “decluttering” without darting our attention to Marie Kondo’s work, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” It’s fantastic, sure. But without our own submission, self-help bo...

To Say I Do, Or I Don’t

We are tugged back and forth in society over the holy matrimony known as marriage. We’ve all heard the cliché pokes about how it eventually becomes stale and static — making it seem like this trap that some of ...

Bad Neighbor

Neighbors are a strange concept. We live in this spatial bubble with people who are virtually strangers — or if we are fortunate enough (depending on the circumstance), they are people that we know or have fami...

The Marie Kondo Phenomenon: Sparking Your Ultimate Joy

Marie Kondo’s “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up” was something that I heard about in passing and on social media. I hadn’t thought about it very much because I coul...

The Science Behind Heartbreak

Heartbreak is a universal and natural response to grieving the end of a relationship. It’s a dreadful experience that makes your day to day life a fog, and you feel that your world is caving in with every step ...

Bad Habits and Jedi-Mind Tricks

New year’s resolutions are impossible to deter ourselves from, no matter how hard we try. You’ll overhear them on the radio, casual conversation between people in a grocery aisle, see divorce billboards that sa...

The ABC’s of Our Identities

There can be a vast amount of perplexity when it comes to the meaning behind LGBTQ. Those who are unaware of the definition may fear being perceived as ignorant; they never quite muster up the strength to ask w...

In Memoriam: Everyday People, Everyday Heroes

Every year, the Atlanta LGBTQ community loses prized members that made a difference. This year has been no different. Each life played an essential role in making the community more irrepressible than it alread...