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Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 23, 2020
An ex-coworker keeps sexting my man

You’re “fine” with flirting, but she won’t stop blowing up his phone.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, flirting, sexting, pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, depression

City Life, Stay at Home Apr 4, 2020
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 15 and 16

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, Buffy Sainte-Marie, car alarm, care, collapse, coronavirus, COVID-19, depression, Duke University, homework, Jessy Parr, light rock, lite rock, Little River Band, Metafilter, Modachrome, pandemic, Peanuts, Quarterflash, Sally Brown, stay at home, Twitter, YouTube

Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
Recommended
After a bout of self-doubt, Chicago rapper Kembe X re-emerges with a star’s brightness
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Kembe X, Dikembe Caston, rap, hip-hop, R&B, Kehlani, depression, I Was Depressed Until I Made This, FocusGroup, Empire, Self Rule, Lyrical Lemonade, Schubas, Recommended

Film, Small Screen Dec 20, 2018
Diagnosis: Boring uses surreal comedy to demonstrate the distortional logic of depression

The Chicago-made webseries takes a radically different view of mental illness.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, Diagnosis: Boring, comedy, webseries, Frank Spiro, Ana Silva, depression, mental illness, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, surrealism, Annoyance Theatre, Matt Damon Improv, improv

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Sep 12, 2018
Gay, middle-aged, and lonely as hell

Dan Savage advises a trio of late bloomers.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, gay, hookup aps, Michael Hobbs, Together Alone: The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness, depression, being single, loneliness, living alone, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, Eric Kleinbenberg, relationships, suicidal ideation, social anxiety, Stephen Fry

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jul 4, 2018
Can sex get better after marriage?

Dan gets an earful from people whose sex lives improved after the event.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, sex after marriage, swinger, virgin, counseling, sex counseling, depression, anxiety, kinks, erectile dysfunction

Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 12, 2017
An Andersonville shopkeeper redefines retail therapy

At Martha Mae, Jean Cate fights her demons by inviting customers into a total work of art.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Martha Mae: Art Supplies & Beautiful Things, Andersonville, Jean Cate, taxidermy, art supplies, retail, depression, Martha Mae

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2017
Punk Talks works to change the conversation about musicians and mental health

Social worker Sheridan Allen and her organization Punk Talks hold a fund-raising concert in Chicago this month to help connect DIY musicians with mental-health care.
- By Sean Neumann
- Tags: Band Life, Music, Punk Talks, Sheridan Allen, nonprofit, mental health, depression, anxiety, ACA, Affordable Care Act, therapists, therapy, Dowsing, Joie de Vivre, Mother Evergreen, Annabel, Auxiliary Arts Center, fund-raiser, benefit, Erik Czaja, Newport, Kentucky, Philadelphia

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 22, 2016
Recommended
A brief interview with Andrew Solomon

In advance of his appearance at the Chicago Humanities Festival, the writer speaks about travel and his recently released essay collection Far and Away: Reporting From the Brink of Change
- By Nissa Rhee
- Tags: Lit Feature, Andrew Solomon, Chicago Humanities Festival, Spring Style, Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, travel, Senegal, n'deup, depression, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 11, 2016
My annual Valentine’s Day depression

A different kind of heartache arrives every February 14—and it’s my stupid dead dad’s fault.
- By Erika Price
- Tags: Feature, depression, Valentine's Day, You've Got Mail, Fireside Lounge, insulin

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 13, 2015
Old-fashioned romantic wants to torture your gonads

Advice from a CBT specialist. Plus: about that sexually frustrated husband . . .
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, cock and ball torture, BDSM, kink, Donald Roger, Shotgun Video, depression, anxiety, abandonment issues, penetration, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, George Pataki, Planned Parenthood

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2015
ChronicBabe.com founder says chronic illness sufferers can still be sexy

Chicagoan Jenni Prokopy created ChronicBabe.com, a resource for women like herself suffering from chronic illness.
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: You Are Here, Chicagoans, News, Jenni Prokopy, ChronicBabe.com, Chicagoans, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Hunter S. Thompson, chronic illness, Fibromyalgia, asthma, anxiety, depression, rosacea, GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Raynaud’s phenomenon

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Feb 19, 2015
How to legally find someone to have sex with (in Michigan)

Dan advises the son of a 65-year-old father who hasn't had sex in 30 years. Plus: a 20-year-old who isn't getting much, more homework on kink
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, sex partners, Savannah Sly, sex work, escorts, Michigan, depression, libido, abusive relationships, masturbation, rape porn, BDSM, bondage, kink, Scarleteen, When Someone You Love Is Kinky, Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt

Film, Movie Review Dec 17, 2014
Video
The real monster in The Babadook is all in your mind

A storybook creature creeps from the pages into real life—or does it?
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Movie Review, Jennifer Kent, the Babadook, Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Repulsion, the Shining, the Omen, the Cabinent of Dr. Caligari, trauma, depression, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 20, 2014
In Chicago's war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die

What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Latoya Winters, Shamiya Adams, West Garfield Park, violence, murder, children, East Garfield Park, neighborhoods, poverty, Marillac House, social service agencies, shootings, guns, Sam Walker, gangs, Chicago Tribune, fires, drug dealers, Gangster Disciples, Rockwell Gardens, depression, grieving, childhood trauma, mood disturbances, psychiatric illness, cardiac illness, immunological illness, gastrointestinal illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, stress hormones, childhood development, trauma, toxic stress, Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child, Jame Garbarino, Loyola University, war zones, high-poverty neighborhoods, Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza, after-school programs, playing "funeral", Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development, psychological first aid, class, Boys Hope Girls Hope, Maureen Hallagan, residential programs, Garfield Park, Catholic schools, Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, NIU, Northern Illinois University, sociology, Department of Children and Family Services, DCFS

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2014
Sweet soul: The generosity and tragedy of soul historian Bob Abrahamian

A personal farewell to Chicago soul historian and WHPK deejay Bob Abrahamian, who died at age 35 last week
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: RIP, Music, News, Bob Abrahamian, WHPK, University of Chicago, Sitting in the Park, soul, doo-wop, R&B, Roctober, Dusty Groove, radio, obituary, RIP, suicide, depression, death

Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2014
A taxonomy of snow

It's not just the Eskimos who have lots of names for the white (or gray, or brown) stuff.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Apropos of Nothing, Eco, News, snow, winter, depression, snirt, slush, crud, neve, firn, zard barf, penitents, snow rollers

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Feb 27, 2014
Keep calm and introduce yourself

Plus: Reexploring bisexuality regardless of your boyfriend's hurt feelings
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, bisexuality, kink, swingers club, depression, anger

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Feb 13, 2014
Masturbate? You mean "Hail Satan!"

Plus: Summoning the strength to handle the depression now and worry about the women later—as detailed by the infinitely wise Louis C.K.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, pansexual, virginity, masturbation, religion, depression, twink, migrant workers

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Nov 28, 2013
So I had casual sex with an ax murderer

Plus: Rob Delaney offers advice on dating someone with depression.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, depression, Rob Delaney, diet, exercise, Twitter, Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage., sexually transmitted infections, ABDL, Fetlife, pedophilia, SSRIs, kinks

Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2013
How much Google is too much Google?

What would Google say to claims that it was too big a presence in our lives? Search me.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Science, The Internet, Technology, Media, News, Google, Google Trip Planner, Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainians, Taras Bulba, Google Translate, Google Earth, New York Times, Sunday Review, child abuse, Ngram, Great Recession, Harvard, The Grapes of Wrath, Sciene 2.0, depression, Psychopathology

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 3/29: "100 Acts of Sewing," Psycho/Hitchcock double feature, and Frank Fairfield

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, March 29, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Sonya Philip, 100 Acts of Sewing, Lillstreet Arts Center, Gene Siskel Film Center, Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho, Sacha Gervasi, Hitchcock, Psycho, Hitchcock, Gus Van Sant, Frank Fairfield, Depression, Farm Security Administration, Harry Smith, Anthology of American Folk Music, Bill Meyer, Fairfield, Schubas, Andrew Pelletier

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2012
My season of dread

On two different kinds of "bouts with depression"
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Dread Week, Dread Week, Variations on a Theme, bipolar disorder, depression

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Aug 29, 2012
A portrait of David Foster Wallace as a midwestern author

The first full biography of the late novelist fails to bring much subtlety to how the region influenced his art
- By Craig Fehrman
- Tags: Lit Feature, David Foster Wallace, Bloomington-Normal, Infinite Jest, central Illinois, midwestern literature, D.T. Max, DFW biography, anxiety, suicide, depression, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Karr, Illinois State University, substance abuse, religion, farm kids, midwestern virtues

Arts & Culture, Fiction Jan 12, 2012
Fiction Issue 2012: "Sky Boys"

Lunch is served 69 stories above Manhattan
- By Steve Trumpeter
- Tags: Fiction, fiction, Fiction Issue 2012, New York, construction, Empire State Building, RCA Building, Charles C. Ebbets, Depression, skyscrapers, John D. Rockefeller

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