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Blog Action Day: Stop Using Plastic Bags
‘œUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.’ ‘“ New England proverb About a year ago, I wrote a post called Making Peace with Plastic Grocery Bags and some suggested I should quit using altogether instead of just focusing on ‘œrecycling’ plastic bags. One reader wrote, ‘œPlastic is just bad news…
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Blog Action Day: One issue. One day. Thousands of voices.
Queercents is proud to participate in Blog Action Day. This unique movement asks, what would happen if every blog published posts discussing the same issue, on the same day? “On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. [Bloggers] will post about the…
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Ten Money Questions for Lisa Sherman
Lisa Sherman is the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Logo. Logo is the network for LGBT viewers launched by MTV Networks. The network provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment programming that is authentic, smart, inclusive and open-minded. I asked her to get personal about money, work and all things financial. Enjoy!…
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Sleeping With Money: Coming Out of the Closet
Since today is National Coming Out Day, here’s my coming out story blended with this week’s Sleeping With Money series. I was twenty-eight at the time and already out of the closet at work and with friends. The year was 1995 and I was in love with Partner #1. We were going to be together…
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National Coming Out Day – October 11, 2007
Are you out in your professional life? Could that be your next step in your personal coming out process? It may just boost your bottom line in your finances, your career, and your personal confidence account. And, today is a great day to start creating a
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WWYD: Indulge, Nibble or Shun Office Gossip?
Whenever someone gives me guff about reading trashy gossip columns, my response is always, ‘œWell, how are they any different from talking about your co-workers?’ The usual responses are 1) ‘œThat’s totally different. I know these people, and my co-workers actually affect my life,’ or 2) ‘œI don’t gossip about my co-workers.’ I concede that…
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Femme Economics: Femme Fashion, Frugally!
Wanting to bulk up your wardrobe or change your style? Consider changing your ways over to some very frugal fashion options. Sure, Old Navy is affordable, but their labor practices suck and you will wind up looking like everyone else walking the street. Yawn. Thrifting: Some rich people have ‘œpersonal shoppers.’ I have a ‘œPersonal…
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Same-Sex Parents Earn Less than Married Counterparts
‘œLove makes a family.’ ‘“ Gigi Kaeser It is estimated that at least six million children in the U.S. have LGBT parents. According to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, ‘œStudies have shown that on average, same-sex parents with children earn $10,000 less than married couples with children.’ At Mombian, the lesbian parenting blog, Dana…
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Annual Cost of Alcohol is a Buzz Kill: Spend Anyway?
Federal guidelines define moderate drinking as ‘œconsumption of up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men.’ Some days I don’t drink, some days I have more than two, but overall, my average consumption is about fifteen drinks per week. How about you? I’m sure there is…
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How to Make a List of Financial Goals
‘œIf one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ‘“ Henry David Thoreau Recently, Alex Williams at The New York Times peddled the benefits of list making in his Ten Things to Do Before…
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