Author: Nina
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Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich
Last summer, I met Susie Bright at a blogging conference where she was snarky, vocal, and loved the fact that we had a site dedicated to queer money. After participating in our Ten Money Questions series, we had an email thread that lingered on the topic of Suze Orman’s sexuality. Susie Bright is known as…
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WWYD: Gifts that keep on giving; the art of regifting
Regift: (verb) To give an unwanted gift to someone else; to give as a gift something one previously received as a gift. ‘“ Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition Jeanine and I recently received a lovely hostess gift and after realizing ‘“ what it was and where it came from ‘“ I said,…
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Foster Parents Balance Emotional Economy
After Kate posted a comment on Queercents, I checked out her blog, Foster Mamas and learned about her role as a foster parent. I thought she might an opinion about queers spending too much money to make a baby, when there are so many kids in need of parents. I figure she’d have something thought-provoking…
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Saving Money on Christmas Trees
‘œThe perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!’ ‘“ Charles N. Barnard When Jeanine and I try to cut corners and save money, it typically is a disaster. Like the time we canceled our cleaning service at the house. This money-saving experiment lasted about two minutes and the ironic part of the story was…
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Ten Money Questions for Joe LaMuraglia
Joe LaMuraglia loves cars. As the founder and publisher of Gaywheels.com, he knows a thing or two about kicking the tires and looking under the hood. When it comes to spending your hard earned dollars on a vehicle, Joe and his team of car buffs have answers. Let’s put the top down and take a…
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Stepping Off Infertility Treadmill: Lesbians Consider Adoption
‘œWe go through what we go through to help others go through what we went through.’ ‘“ Emily Perl Kingsley Jeanine and I found out last week that our third attempt with IVF was unsuccessful. It was painfully hard to hear the news since this try had a certain finality attached to it. We’re out…
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Ten Money Questions for Marcia Gagliardi
In the San Francisco food community, Marcia Gagliardi is best known as ‘œthe tablehopper’ but many queers remember the popular nightlife events (think +Rehab+ and feather) she co-produced before launching tablehopper.com. When Marcia isn’t dining out and gossiping about the San Fran restaurant and bar scene, she’s busy running a small business and adding to…
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Sleeping with Money: Pony Up or Put Out
‘œThe decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.’ ‘“ Emil Ludwig I refer to the Year of Nina as the time period between…
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MBA for Free: Business School via iTunes
‘œWhen it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.’ ‘“ Christine Comaford-Lynch So the title of this post (the MBA for Free part) is a bit of a stretch, but it begs the follow up question: who has the…
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