GERALD GARTH

Viola Davis has openly addressed the comments made by New York Times writer Alessandra Stanley. Stanley recently said Davis was “less classically beautiful” while referring to Shonda Rhimes, producer of How to Get Away With Murder, as an angry black woman. In response to that article, New York Times public editor, Margaret Sullivan, said it was “astonishingly tone-deaf and out of touch.” Sullivan also noted, “The readers and commentators are correct to protest this story.” Sh

Hipsters We are in a time where self-expression is at its highest. People of all ages are trying new things with fashion, hair, makeup, body art, blurring gender lines and bucking societal norms. Yet, in this time where self-expression in many form is celebrated and even encouraged, we should remember that, on the converse, some people will not agree with some of our expression choices. While some of us may be experimenting with green hair and cut-off shorts, some may not

As a kid, when I became an adult, I saw myself as a cool guy, who wore awesome clothes, stayed up late, wrote amazing stories and created stuff, and ate lots of cookies. And oddly enough, I kinda turned into that guy. (I’ve got the dental visits to prove it). Yet, in a society that tells us don’t daydream and that artists starve, we let that kid go silent. But it takes a conscious effort to learn to dream again. That cool adult we always saw ourselves as is still in us,

Having a little something that keeps you from acting a fool is a beautiful thing. Taking every and any opportunity to take your earrings off or dash drinks or push up beef is not a good thing. What keeps you civilized? I remember reading that character is what keeps you in line when no one is looking, so what is it that keeps you in check when people are looking? When the world is looking? When your mama is looking?! It is always something to be said about the person who