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Ten Money Questions for Jennifer Boylan
Jennifer Boylan is a best-selling author and professor at Colby College in Maine. Her new memoir is I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted, which is about growing up in…
Turning Down Easy Money: a Model’s Story
is a college grad who moved to a suburb of Washington, for his first real job. He publishes a blog called The Guppie Life for other gay, young urban professionals.…
5 Reasons to Hire a Property Manager for Your Real Estate Investments
'œWe pay the property manager to take care of the property. I'm an investor in this and I really don't know whether he's doing a great job or not. I'm…
In Search of Gay Money: Secrets to Domestic Partnership and Money Bliss
As gays and lesbians writing about money, we've grown weary of reading all the personal finance content that's written from the perspective of straight marriages. So at Queercents, we've turned…
The emergence of bling: race, wealth and twentysomething entitlement
'œAppearances are often deceiving.' '“ Aesop What types of consumer goods symbolize higher income? Items observed by others: such as clothing, cars, and jewelry. Who spends more on these items?…
How to Respond to Clueless Advertising: An Exercise in Self-Esteem
Sarah Dopp is the editor of Genderfork, a blog that explores androgyny and gender variance through artistic photography. I asked her to write a guest post about gender and money.…
Ten Money Questions for Candace Gingrich
Armed with a well-known name, Candace Gingrich, made her own mark as an activist for the GLBT community over a decade ago. She first served as Human Rights Campaign's National…
Should I buy earthquake insurance? The cost/benefit analysis.
'œTake calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.' '“ General George S. Patton Newport Beach had an earthquake two weeks ago. It was minor at a magnitude ,…
In Search of Gay Money: 5 Steps to Partnered Pocketbooks
As a gay woman writing about money, I've grown weary of reading all the personal finance content that's written from the perspective of straight marriages. So at Queercents, we're turning…
SmartyPig: Social networking meets good old-fashioned savings
Giveaway alert: read this entire post for the chance to win a SmartyPig $100 gift card. SmartyPig reminds me of the days when my grandmother made weekly deposits to her…