The Will To Connect: Some Thoughts On Human Nature In The Age of Social Media

This preoccupation with “wills” isn’t just a contest to come up with the best catchphrase; it’s the search to discover the root motivation(s) of human behavior. Why do human beings do what we do? Why do we maintain crazy beliefs, engage in crazy activities, and stay in crazy relationships?

David McMillan is a screenwriter, filmmaker and blogger. He runs the blog All About Oscar and is the creator of the ...

5 Songs Guaranteed To Make You Scream Hysterically

There are some songs that make your heart feel as though it will burst out of your chest from sheer emotion — and that emotion can vary. Sometimes it’s profound sadness, sometimes from aching nostalgia, and sometimes from the kind of excitement accompanied by a “THIS IS MY SONG OH MY GOD YES YES YES PUT IT ON ME DJ!”

Chelsea Fagan is a writer living in Paris. It's less pretentious than it sounds.
 

TV Will Teach Me Everything

You see, I have cable television, which means I have The Learning Channel, the History Channel, The Travel Channel, and The Discovery Channel. These educational networks dispense valuable wisdom to me.

Brad Pike is a writer and performer in Chicago. His writing has been featured on The Sixth Wall, Thought Catalog, The ...

The Curse Of Sleeping In

I have at least five alarm clocks, none of which have snooze buttons and none even close to being at arm’s length from my bed. I have set up habits that put me in a sleepy mood earlier in the evening. I have taken pills. I have done everything save be shocked with a cattle prod in the morning.

Emil was born in Lima, Peru in 1984 with big dreams of becoming a writer and editor until he discovered the pay ...

I'm Vegetarian

On my 15th Thanksgiving, I stopped eating meat. A quiet decision that entailed not eating turkey that day, realizing that I didn’t miss it, and not eating another piece of meat after that. Haven’t since.

She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and believes it is impossible to live anywhere without a large ...
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