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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. These are her words’¦ I’ve given up on television and I avoid magazines. I haven’t figured out a way to escape billboards and pay-per-click banner…
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Recession Proofing Your Mind
Every person has a money story. You can tell whether your money story is empowering or disempowering simply by observing how much struggle (or lack thereof) you experience in the financial areas of your life. I believe the current recession we are experiencing will only serve to magnify each person’s current mindset. After all times…
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It’s Time for a Reality Check
Ever since I wrote about Recession Proofing Your Mind I’ve been thinking more and more about this whole concept of recession, how it affects my business, and the impact it is having on millions of others. As media and water cooler conversations water the seeds of panic, I was thrilled to death to see Suze…
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Frugal Parenting: Ways To Recycle Dry Art Supplies
Full disclosure: I’m NOT a parent. I anticipate that it will be several years before I even begin to think seriously about parenting myself. I’m not anti-kid though. Libby, over at TheFullCup epitomizes the ideals of frugal parenting. She says: Now, as a rule, we try not to throw anything away. If it can be…
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Tipping Etiquette: From Strippers to Hairdressers
In this series on tipping we’ve covered everything from the tip on outrageously expensive wine to the hair splitting minutia of tipping on tax. I learned that you’re supposed to tip in hotels. And perhaps most importantly we laid to rest the tired stereotype that lesbians are worse tippers (unless they’re in a bar). However…
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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 Coming Out Project Spokesperson in1995 and is currently HRC’s Senior Youth Outreach Manager where she works with and inspires queer youth around the country. In…
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Hey, This Financial Planning Thing Actually Works…
Making the rounds of my accounts this week, I was pleased to discover that after a few months on a regular prepayment plan, the minimum payment on my private student loan has dropped a sweet twenty bucks. Twenty bucks! That’s like a happy hour and a half a month! Or six empanadas! I mean, of…
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The Bliss Chronicles: Refining Your Career Vision
The greatest joy in writing for Queercents is when I get a comment that says I’ve inspired someone — that I’ve given someone strength to follow their passion in life. I live for those comments as much as I live to see the beaming smile on my partner’s face first thing when I wake up…
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Ben Bernanke calls for financial literacy in young people
It’s all over the news right now; Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, just spoke at a news conference on the release of a survey by the Jump$tart Coalition about financial literacy in high school students. As the AP reports, he said: In light of the problems that have arisen in the subprime mortgage…
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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 3.1, but we still felt the jolt for two seconds. Being from the Midwest, tornadoes were always my big fear when it came time for natural…
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