Growing up in a religious, Hispanic household, I was taught that intimacy was something sacred and something you only shared with someone you trusted, felt comfortable and could imagine a future with. I...

Since its premiere last November, “Heated Rivalry” has led to a growing public embracement of on-screen gay romance. Its unexpected success and positive reception have gone so far as to inspire...

Christmas is right around the corner, and with this joyful holiday we would expect our halls to be decked with lights, decorum, and the joyful Christmas spirit. However, for some years now—perhaps...

Between you & me, it keeps playing over again in my head that this winter will mean a familiar door is permanently closing. Some days I wake up, feeling rejuvenated by counting the days to life post...

Between You & Me, the holiday season often represents a period of love, joy and union. However, it is often overlooked that for many, this season is one in which we experience grief. Grief is an emotional...

Between you & me, you are not running out of time to live the life you want. You just have to trust the process and have fun in the meantime. A new year is on the horizon, a new calendar on the way,...

Between You & Me...  A couple of weeks ago, I read Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, and while reading this essay, I kept thinking about its implications for contemporary women. Women...

Between you and me, as a 20 something year-old, crushes are beginning to feel less and less like a fairytale and more like a horror film.  Stories of young love, once coated in a filtered vibrance, now...

Between You & Me, I’m not ashamed to say I’ve been called embarrassing a good handful of times. And not just the “embarrassing” I exuded as a 13-year-old girl awkwardly unsure of how her new...

Between You & Me,   Can we just talk about the frustrating process of maintaining friendships in our 20s? These are the people who have been with us since high school or elementary; those who...

Between you and me, it would be a lie if I said I haven’t depended on my phone as much as I have. But it would be a greater lie if I didn’t admit my simultaneous dissatisfaction with how these tiny...

Between You & Me,   I can’t wait to leave El Paso. I write that with no resentment for this city, but with the pure, unadulterated fact: despite the large population, I keep bumping into everyone...