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Queercents introduces Rachel Gollay
Remember my call for writers about a week ago? Well, I learned something’¦ apparently; short term commitment is the clincher for queers. I had a handful of people write in with some really fantastic series ideas. First up is Rachel Gollay. She’s a full-time grad student (surviving on a small stipend!) and has offered to…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Vote Louder!
Voting in Maine opened earlier yesterday with a celebration by the League of Progressive Voters. It was a great day of guerilla theater for women’s rights and convincing people to bike to the polls to vote early and vote loud. If you’re looking to vote but are worried about when to go, most states give…
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Budgeting – Constraint or Freedom?
To many, the word budget often has the feel of a four letter word. What comes to mind is deprivation, lack, and constraint. Yet as we’ve seen throughout this economic crisis, those who have a budget and clear picture of their inflow and outflow are the people who have landed on sound financial footing at…
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Ten Money Questions for Alan Cumming
The many faces of Alan Cumming include film and Tony Award-winning stage credits. Of course, on television, he appeared in Sex and the City and The L Word. He also directs, produces, and writes films and plays. He has earned his living in a variety of creative ways and as we learn below, he has…
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Go ‘œNo on 8’ ‘¦ to be more like ‘œYes on 8’
I think the privilege of being gay means not having to get married or join the army. – John Waters I proposed marriage to a girl not long ago. In fact, I did more than propose; I begged for marriage. I was naked and full of cocktails, and, in retrospect, I think in that moment…
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Sometimes it Pays to Go Slowly
Today I’m trying an experiment: I’m trying to reduce the speed of all of my movements. It sounds strange, but it’s actually loosely based off of a meditative kinetic exercise I tried last night that arose from a combination of Kabuki, Noh, and Butoh. Because I am a novice and have only a rudimentary understanding…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Canning and Preserving
Hey everyone – this is the fourteenth installment of our food budgeting series;. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. They’ve really been driving the direction of the posts. This week I want to talk about canning and preserving, based on an excellent suggestion from Jane a few weeks ago. Whether your growing your own…
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Needs vs. Wants: Having money to throw around…
Recently, Lauren at Feministe, one of the oldest feminist blogs, mentioned us in her weekend roundup. She writes: SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs. One of my new favorites is Queer Cents, a blog that talks money management with a focus on and around…
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Bernanke & Paulson Have Done A Lousy Job
Treasury Secretary. I also said that we should re-enact a form of Glass Steagall (Bring Back Glass Steagall). What can I say’¦no one listens! And what I consider the worst part of this whole mess is that Lehman Brothers did not have to go bankrupt. Indeed, were I prone to conspiracy theories, I would say…
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Anti-Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, and GLBT Folk…
While reading last weeks issue of the Economist Magazine (Great but pricey even with a subscription… sigh…) one article was accompanied by a photo of a protester holding up a sign with a web address on the bottom. Ever the curious one I decided to check it out… www.workers.org… no less than the website for…
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