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Plantation Blues: Ani DiFranco steps into it … and then out

Ani DiFranco has cancelled her planned Righteous Retreat at the controversial Nottoway Plantation & Resort and issued a statement explaining why she thought the place would be okay in the first place.

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Real names, real problems: Pseudonymity under siege

Anonymity shields trolls from the consequences of their behavior in online communities. We should take that tool from them.

Gender is what you wear.

Gender bending or gender illuminating? AdFreak misses a far bigger reveal in Wacoal's push-up bra ad.

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Paula Deen & southern-fried Schadenfreude

In reply to the discussion of a New York Times article posted by Son of Baldwin on Facebook regarding celebrity chef Paula Deen Hm. I agree that the Food Network was right

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And so I am done with Death

As posted to our friend, Abi, to whom I’m grateful. Kim and I met at Whitman-Walker Clinic in 1992 where we were both employed. For those who don’t know, WWC is the

Were you sexually active before you were married?

In case you women missed it, Bristol Palin — young, single mother and daughter of abstinence-only wack-job Sarah Palin — has been crowned a Teen Ambassador by the Candie’s Foundation, according to

Turn Your Back on Obama Day

So much for celebrating the inauguration. In this morning’s read of The Vicki Rant, I learned that President “Change You Can Believe In” Obama has chosen anti-gay, Proposition 8 proponent Rick Warren

The Pillory for Billary

Imagine, if you will, that a prominent corporation is holding final talks for its CEO position and one of the leading applicants invites her spouse to speak on her behalf at the

I expect better, Obama!

Vicki sent me a WTF message today on the McClurkin-Obama controversy. As the queer press is spinning it, the Obama campaign has gotten into bed with an anti-gay gospel singer. I would

What if God was one of us…and had office hours?

From Vicki, this morning’s humor: Barack Obama cast as Jesus by a student artist, generating calls to his art school (good and bad) and the candidate actually having to “distance” himself from

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Week 5, in which I enjoyed art and political confrontation

I biked to Mitte to check out an exhibit at KOW featuring works by Jens Jensen, Barbara Hammer, and Tobias Zielony.

Tammi’s V-Day tip: never regret love.

This is definitely not my typical post. I admit to being an unrepentant romantic. And it’s the Hallmark Holiday! So… …a virtual

My first canyon

About Walnut Canyon...wow. My photographs will never do justice to what it was like looking over into that canyon.

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