Kc Hoard

Violence was the central theme of the middle-school sleepovers I shared with my best friend, Brendan. The highlight of our night was seeing who would lose a limb first. We would wrestle between hours-long Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto binges, drunk of... See more

About a month ago, I woke up before dawn in a fevered panic. I had slept through my alarm and my flight from Toronto to Guatemala was leaving in an hour. Within minutes I was in an Uber, wired despite the lack of caffeine in my system. Soon a new panic se... See more

When Robyn’s best album, Honey, came out in the fall of 2018, I’d ensnared myself in a messy homosexual web. My best friend, Sarah, was in a toxic lesbian relationship with my toxic boyfriend’s best friend. (Give that sentence another read—I know the deta... See more

This time last year, my knowledge of what the future held was dubious at best, but I was certain of one thing: Anora was going to win Best Picture. Having swept key precursors like the Directors and Producers Guild Awards, indie darling turned industry su... See more

Growing up, I felt like my whole life was leading up to the day I got my driver’s license. I was itching for a way out of the suburban monotony and tedium that had come to rule my days. There’s not much to do in the suburbs except drive. If I could drive,... See more