Columns by Beth Lindly

Dead Awake
“I wake up and I’m dead. Not sure how, really, but I know that I am. I walk out my room and peer into my sister’s bedroom beside it. She’s gone. It’s probably a school day. She has to finish senior year — I’ll never see her graduate.”

Dead Awake
“I wake up and I’m dead. Not sure how, really, but I know that I am. I walk out my room and peer into my sister’s bedroom beside it. She’s gone. It’s probably a school day. She has to finish senior year — I’ll never see her graduate.”

Joking about Rape is not Okay
“Stop making rape jokes when you’re playing Xbox. Stop feeling entitled to sex. Stop belittling our opinions and experiences, and help us.”

Joking about Rape is not Okay
“Stop making rape jokes when you’re playing Xbox. Stop feeling entitled to sex. Stop belittling our opinions and experiences, and help us.”

It’s Okay to not Like Things (but Don’t be a Jerk About it)
“I always joke when people ask me my major and say I’m studying underwater basket weaving, but there are actual people out there who enjoy underwater basket weaving, and I’m pretty sure there’s at least one person who’s majored in it.”

It’s Okay to not Like Things (but Don’t be a Jerk About it)
“I always joke when people ask me my major and say I’m studying underwater basket weaving, but there are actual people out there who enjoy underwater basket weaving, and I’m pretty sure there’s at least one person who’s majored in it.”

Did you say Olympics? I Don’t Care.
“That’s all fine and good for people who enjoy sports and talking about them, but I am not one of those people. I have never been one of those people.”

Did you say Olympics? I Don’t Care.
“That’s all fine and good for people who enjoy sports and talking about them, but I am not one of those people. I have never been one of those people.”