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Keeping up with the Stuff

By Heather Klassen

What’s more important—stuff or free time? Jason begins to wonder if his life of work, work, work to maintain his car and music and clothes is worth it, or if he should be more like his new friend Nick who has no job and no stuff, but lots of free time to hike and paint and play basketball.

Review: The Kids Are All Right

By Alex Bleiberg

Maybe we should be surprised that Lisa Chodhenko’s The Kids are All Right hasn’t produced any kind of dustup or backlash. Most mainstream(ish) movies that explore same-sex relationships still tend to generate at least some controversy, but compared to what happened after the 2006 release of Brokeback Mountain, the response to The Kids are All Right has been pretty tame.

Scholarships for Students with LGBT Parents

By Erin Hagen

As many of you older readers know, now is the time when friends and family start asking you what your post-high school plans are. You may not be able to answer that question definitively yet, but no worries: you can still apply for some scholarships. No need to scour the internet, no need to learn any silly human tricks; just check out the list we’ve compiled for you and start filling out those applications.

DIY: Where the Wild Things Are Halloween Costume

By Jordan Sandvig

I'm not a Halloween person. I'm not the type to spend months obsessing over which costume to wear, what party to go to or what candy I should give out at my apartment where no one comes to trick-or-treat at anyway. But last year was different. I was determined that I would do Halloween as it was meant to be done.

Hi Everybody!

By Alex Bleiberg

My name is Alex Bleiberg, and I’m thrilled to be contributing to Rainbow Rumpus as a staff writer and random ideas generator.




Staff Picks

This month Erin shares ice cream making and Alex judges his books by the back cover. 

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