Michael Starr Hopkins

Welcome to the Ex Games: a content series about love lost. Whether it's the realization things need to end, the act of rejection, the reality of being single, or the resurrection that is moving on, the Ex Games has every stage of a breakup…

Let me start off  by saying I believe Donald Trump is racist, elitist, sexist and fascist. He threatens the very foundation of this country. He, like many before him, has exploited a vulnerable group of Americans with a need for their fears to be…

Like a lot of people I know, I grew up with divorced parents. I had the opportunity, for better or for worse, to see all the ways a relationship between two loving individuals can end in pain and heartbreak. I say for better or for worse because…

It seems obvious to say that what happened in Flint, Michigan was about race and economic inequality, but it was — and still is — about these issues. We all know it. The citizens of Flint, Michigan were allowed to unknowingly drink, cook and bathe…

No one goes into a relationship expecting to breakup (hopefully). You go into a relationship because you see something in your significant other that you want to be a part of. There's an attraction, both mentally and physically that draws you to…

Until I met my first love, I never understood what Tim McGraw was talking about when he said, “The memory of a first love never fades away.” I met my first love at summer camp. We were young, awkward and inexperienced. Puberty was beginning to take…

I met Christine* during our first week of college. Like all the other freshmen, we were both nervous about meeting new people and experiencing all that college had to offer. Things started off casually. We hung out in groups and often stole…

At some point in every man or woman's life, they'll go through a breakup. I don't mean just any breakup. I mean an earth-shattering, life-altering, even-tequila-can't-solve-the-pain kind of breakup. For those of us that have been through them, we…

I've been a Democrat since I was old enough to vote. My parents were Democrats, their parents were Democrats and I've known nothing other than the Democratic Party my entire life. In 2000, much to the dismay of my grandfather, I considered voting…