Rachel McAdams in ‘The Family Stone’ Is My Holiday Inspiration This Year

Rachel McAdams in ‘The Family Stone’ Is My Holiday Inspiration This Year

Every year, the same gif appears on my social-media feeds like clockwork: Rachel McAdams as pissed-off, suburbs-resenting, concert-tee-wearing misfit Amy Stone in my favorite dysfunctional-family Christmas movie of all time, The Family Stone. Granted, calling her a “misfit” in a family where everyone is slightly weird is a little unfair, but Amy is messy-haired, grouchy, … Read more

My One Wild Night as a Go-Go Dancer

My One Wild Night as a Go-Go Dancer

Besides an ill-fated immersive play I starred in at my liberal arts college, I don’t have much experience on stage. At queer bars, I’ve always considered myself more of a rhythm-challenged spectator; someone who politely tucks a five dollar bill into a dancer’s jockstrap, then retreats into my own world of exchanging low-stakes gossip between … Read more