Mortified Chicago was featured on the latest episode of ABC-7′s show, 190 North, which aired on Sunday, May 16th at 10:30pm. A comic excavation of high school journals, poetry, songs and other ephemera, Mortified helps participants finally laugh at the writings they once thought were the ultimate truth. In this episode of Mortified, I share my [...]
I never want to forget high school. Crushes kept me up all night long journaling about a never-ending wave of emotions. Masturbation poems that I wrote while listening to my idol, queer folk singer-songwriter Ani Difranco. And, of course, songs about my intense relationships with girls that lasted, oh…three weeks. I had the masochistic pleasure of [...]
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