Category: Summer 2018
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On the 4th of July
Written by Walter Hill I do not feel patriotic today. It’s hard to feel pride in a country that as a black guy would prefer you to silently and “gratefully” play sports instead of have a political opinion. I struggle to endorse our forever Wars after learning of the failures…
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This is Spinal Tap
Written by Jordan Upshaw Between your brain and your skull there’s a membrane called the meninges. It’s there to protect your brain, spinal cord, nervous system—basically, it makes sure your entire body can function and you stay alive. Meningitis is when your meninges gets infected and tries to kill you…
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Your Horoscope for this Month: 2018 Summer Gift Guide
Written by the Chiv Astrologists Hello beach babes. School is out and so is the sun! Set your watches to fun times and summer lovin’. This month, we here at Chiv are bringing you the essential summer guide to treat yourself purchases based on your sign. The best part is…
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Violent Calm
Written by Noah LaPointe The dark raw of a cleft lip puckers and gapes like a bloody bruise in the cement of a city by the bay. Water that is brackish and torn dull by the flow of excrement swirls down, down, downward into the mouth, gurgling like a squirming…
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Lucid Dreamer
Written by Haley Clemens Two years ago, I was stuck in the lowest period of my life. It was … really bad. Depression had me drowning on land all day, every single day. I very nearly lost myself somewhere in the deep crush of anxiety and loneliness. Like any girl…
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The Fate of the 8th
Written by Artemis Walsh Editorial Note: This was written pre-vote, and we decided to keep it in its original form while including an Addendum at the end. On May 25, 2018, millions of Irish people will go to the polls to vote in a referendum on the most contentious topic…
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Take Me Away, Anthony
Written by Haley Clemens Star Ferry to Kowloon. Hong Kong @PartsUnknownCNN Sunday Night @AsiaArgento @dukefeng52 pic.twitter.com/eVwm33uTQ6 — Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) May 30, 2018 In the spring of 2016, there were times when I couldn’t move. The personhood had been pushed out of me. Haley wasn’t there, and I couldn’t really…
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Why I Feel Bad for Zuckerberg
Written by Walter Proulx Being a Data Analyst, I already knew that there were no ethics around tossing a consumers data to other companies. As seen in Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of congress, it was obvious that Facebook had inadequate guidelines for sharing data. What was also quite evident was…
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