How to Not Give Your Money to the People Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline
A citizen’s guide to divesting from morally ambiguous national banks...
Are Bagels to NYC as Burritos Are to SF?
While I don’t want to say I would die without good Mexican food, I’m also not convinced that life would still be worth living....
What Are Your Sexual Fantasies?
The Bold Italic is a not-for-profit media organization, and we publish first-person perspectives about San Francisco and the Bay Area....
It’s Time We Set Aside Our Differences and Transformed Lombard Street into the World’s Curviest Slip ’N’ Slide
Historically, when the going gets tough, civilizations have pulled together to accomplish incredible feats....
When Donnie Met Hillary: Dating Outside the Bubble
I had no qualms about going on a date with a Trump voter, but things soured fast when the subject of race came up....
I’m a Third-Generation Witch — and My Spiritual Practice Is Not a Joke
As a child, the best part of visiting my grandmother was going to the local crystal shop. My younger sisters...
Lights, Camera, Nope: Six Unrealistic Movie and TV Representations of San Francisco
Hundreds of films, from rom-coms like The Wedding Planner to comedies like Mrs. Doubtfire to disaster films like San Andreas,...
Art Warehouses Saved My Life — Which Is Why the Ghost Ship Tragedy Haunts Me
Spaces like Ghost Ship are vital to anyone who’s spent time in the Bay Area music scene. That’s part of what makes the tragedy even more terrifying....
About that Muni Fare Hike…
That is all. — The Bold Italic Editors More evidence that the San Francisco is becoming a Dickens novel: These Are...
Why 2017 Might Actually Be Worse Than 2016
Droughts, aging heroes, gentrification and the horror show that is American politics means 2017 may surpass 2016 in terms of...
The Best of Photo Essays, 2016
“The power of the photograph lies in its ability to pause time. Things that we would not dare stare at...
The Best of Personal Essays, 2016
I’ll never forget the first time I read a personal essay. It was a sublime and harrowing experience that...