Our new century is growing up! She’s 25 years old, turning 26! Her frontal lobe has just fully formed, and she’s ready to take on the world! Her early twenties were rough, but hey, whose weren’t? She ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...