Monthly Archives: February 2018

Feb 19 2018
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Uncategorized

Beware the Gym Rep

After my sophomore year of college, I spent the summer of 2004 as one of two editorial interns hired by The Advocate newsmagazine. The other intern, Steven, was a student at Kent State University and had been hired on full-time. I applied late (no shocker there) after the position had already been filled, but the hiring team was impressed by my resume and LGBT activism and decided to bring me on anyway part-time. Continue reading →

Feb 16 2018
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Misadventures, Uncategorized

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In the summer of 2004, my ex-girlfriend Ana and I were on a cross-country road trip on our way from my parents’ house in West Virginia to summer internships we had in Los Angeles—hers at the Feminist Majority Foundation and mine at The Advocate newsmagazine (back when it was still in print form, as well).

As is bound to happen on long car rides, we got bored, and somewhere on I-40 while crossing the barren landscape of northern Texas, we decided to play car games to keep ourselves occupied. Continue reading →