Author: Nina
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Regan McClure, Lynn Casper & Yasmin Nair join Queercents
The thing I like most about Queercents is our readers. I posted last week about needing a new frugal writer and immediately received two emails. I quickly discovered that both writers were equally interesting yet different in their approaches with money. Regan McClure lives in Toronto, Canada with her wife and kids. She’s an environmentalist,…
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Mommyhood is currency in the straight world.
At Queercents, we have discussed how muscle is currency for gay men, how thin is currency for women (although issues around body image are catching up with men), and how an advanced degree is social currency for anyone that schleps their way through grad school. But here’s a new one: there’s currency in being a…
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Introducing the Queercents Professional Directory (beta launch)
Giveaway Alert: See below for your chance to win an iTunes gift card (value: $50) Queercents is launching its Professional Directory (note the links and details – above left hand corner of this page). The Professional Directory is a place to browse for LGBT and LGBT-friendly professionals. We all know from our day-to-day experiences and…
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The shifting views of household luxuries vs. household necessities.
Yesterday on NPR, there was a short segment (less than five minutes) about what household items are now considered to be luxuries vs. necessities (to start, think televisions, landlines and mobile phones). They also talk about the so-called convenience appliances like microwaves and dishwashers. Views and perspectives are changing. What’s the reason for the shift?…
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Queercents seeks frugal & travel writers
Our resident frugalista has opted to post less frequent at Queercents. This means there’s room for another writer to be our homespun voice of thrifty; offering readers prudent and pennywise ideas to save money and live a more simplified life. It’s a primo slot [Monday mornings] and one where we’d be looking for a weekly…
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When the economy gets tough, people cook (in rented kitchens).
We’ve all seen the lists telling us what the Top 25 Careers to pursue in a recession, but here’s a new idea. Cook. Bake. Boil. Blend. Mix. Create. The tough economy is inspiring creativity in the kitchen. The ‘œincubator’ kitchen, that is. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times featured a story about Chef’s Kitchens Co-op in…
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Did you get a refund? 3 ways to make a windfall pay at tax time.
Year after year, I get a tax refund and year after year, I hear the same thing: I’ve given the government an interest-free loan with that money. Even Suze Orman’s sidekick got chastised this weekend for getting a $5,000 refund. She wanted to know why he was willing to lend over $400 each month to…
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Remember Hillary? She still needs your money!
Not too long ago, if you went to HillaryClinton.com, you found the 2008 presidential nomination race in high gear with Clinton winning more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history. What a difference a year makes. Click through now and it happens to be sweepstakes mania. Yep, give a few bucks…
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Handsome Men Selling Great Stuff
Bronson Page is a screenwriter, art director, gay rodeo dude and keeper of LovesickBilly.com. Last year, I interviewed Bronson and his husband, Sam for our Ten Money Questions series. They’re hunky Hollywood types that know how to peddle their wares in a pinch. How hot is that? These are his words’¦ Sam and I had…
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Diffusion of responsibility: my accountant will tell me if it’s right or wrong
Yesterday on Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal interviewed Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist and author of Predictably Irrational about why some people are tempted to cheat on their taxes. Ariely pointed out that people who do their own taxes are less likely to cheat than if they have someone do it for them. Here’s why: It turns…
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