The Lengths We Covered in Barranquilla to Get Quality Bacillus Bulgaricus. Photo by Yasin Hoşgör...
Personal Essay
The Frailty of a Landing: A dangerous time to be airborne
The airplane was one foot off the ground from the Harry Reid International Airport runway when it...
I Have Never Smoked Weed
Okay, Sorta Photo by Roberto Valdivia on Unsplash Yes, I’m Colombian. And when people find out I’m...
Money-Making Seminars Promised Me the American Dream
The stranger made a beeline toward my wife and me through the sea of Christmas shoppers drowning...
How Do I Tell My Friend She is in an Abusive Relationship
Signs to get out of an abusive relationship My friend told me how she was lying in bed with her...
A Crumpled Last Will and Testament
What stands behind picture-perfect parenting “When you die, can I get your PlayStation 4?” I asked...
You Will Never Poop in Peace Again
Congratulations, your toddler can walk. *First published by Scribe: A Medium Publication. I...
A Loogie On Your Face
On Issues of Form, Content and Feedback Fernando Londono was addressing Colombia’s congress when a...
Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
The castle of little white lies my mom built to protect us Rafa was shot with a BB shotgun by his...
Under the shade of coconut trees
I bought happiness at a farmer's market in Kauai for seven dollars. It only lasted a few minutes —...
Dynamite For Our Old Wounds
A Colombian New Year’s Tradition ‘El año viejo” was a tradition I grew up with in Colombia. A...
Becoming a Feminist in a Masculine World
Where is Waldo’s Tip? “I am not your audience,” my wife snapped. “I don’t think those jokes...
Recent Articles
Silly Rabbit, Trinkets Don’t Replace Hugs
The Impulse to Buy Mementos While Being Away From Home The first few years after my parent’s divorce, my sister and I would eagerly wait for my mom to come home from work every night. We were living...
The Media’s Pressure on Average Men
The Vasectomy Dialogues: An Evolutionary Defense for Promptly Coming Photo by Irv P on Unsplash Scholars and women advocates like to talk about the effects of the media on women, but nobody talks...
Is a Father a Man If He Only Has Daughters?
The Vasectomy Dialogues: The Obsession Over Having Boys I laughed at how amazing it was that all this time bringing my oldest daughter to get “Paletas,” and she never goes, “That one! I want the...