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Britt Julious

While the majority of LGBTQ services are in the Lakeview area, there is a dearth of resources on the South and West Sides of the city.
Diederich’s photographs tell a complete story in each image. One of his many works is featured at “Chicago Style,” a new salon-style group exhibition at David Weinberg Photography.
Chicago writer and performer Samantha Irby is not obsessed with her body. She knows it for what it is, and keeps going anyway.
Thirty-five is not as easy as 25. And with greater adulthood comes greater concerns.
The selfie is the narrative of your making. What’s wrong with that?
Chicago food is not just what we eat; it helps define our way of life. It is who we are and where we came from.
What makes for a great neighborhood bar? To me, its main quality exists in comfort.
In fashion, if it’s all white, it’s all right.
If broadcast news is intended to be as informational as possible to as many people as possible, the reality of a black woman presenting that information was and is not lost on me.
In 2013, the issue is not just about blacks on television, but a variety of different races, ethnicities, genders, and bodies in the public eye.
Did I actually see what I thought I saw? Or did I insert race into a situation that was not about race?
No one will ever confuse the efforts in Chicago with the Fashion Weeks across the globe.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Robyn Mineko Williams is the next great choreographer.
Gentrification is both complicated and welcomed. To only present one side of the matter ignores the very real desire of many to diminish and eventually eradicate problems of many city neighborhoods.
More than anything, Scandal’s near-perfect formula of intrigue, sex, and crazy has created and sustained a community of fans that are dedicated to the show’s plot and the show’s success.
An older generation mourns what they once knew. A middle generation mourns what could have been. A younger generation knows no difference at all.
If you can not find your community here, you are not looking hard enough.
Based on the 2010 documentary Catfish, the TV version seeks to reveal the potential insidiousness of online dating. More than dating though, the show reveals the power of identity creation in the Internet age.