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Here to Knock Some Queercents Into You
Dear Reader, Yes. You can pull off making your own facial hair or sewing a Lady Bunny-worthy shift dress and walk the streets in style. You can make nutrition-packed vegetarian meals without blowing a limited budget. And you can learn a thing or two from the movements of the stars about how and when to…
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LGBT Money Writers Join Queercents
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” — Joan Didion Queercents is pleased to introduce three new contributing writers to our LGBT personal finance family: Allison Einbinder, Audrey Dundee Hannah and Peter Piatkowski. Allison Einbinder…
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Gay Men and Women Earn More…. in the U.K
Academic research carried out by three British universities says gay women in couples earn 35% more than their straight counterparts. Moreover, lesbians have a better chance of being employed.
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Free Concert Online
For some people Sleater-Kinney is the best band around. If you are a fan you may know that they are going on an extended hiatus. And you may aleady know that they will be playing one of their last concerts in Washington D.c What you may not know is that you can listen to the…
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A Room of One’s Own
“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.” — Voltaire I’m fresh off the BlogHer conference where I met many wonderful people… including a few men that braved the event. I met the ladies from BeJane.com and we had a nice…
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Frugal by Any Other Name
If you do a search online for “thoughtful living” you will find a lot of interesting results. The thoughtful living I am thinking of has nothing to do with the metaphysical, fine wine or a class taught at the university. It is instead a change of attitude, eventually of mindset and ultimately of lifestyle that…
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Blogoversary
“I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn’t paid for what she writes.” — Joyce Maynard Today marks my blogoversary… I’ve been blogging for one year. It’s fitting that I’m off this evening to the BlogHer…
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Generic Rules
I can remember growing up and opening up cupboards to a wonderful display of color, as long as it was black and white only ( there was the occasional blue or green as I recall also, but mostly black). I grew up on generic and since I trusted that mom knew what she was doing,…
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Current Documents for International Travel
“We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine A few years ago when I started traveling internationally for work, Jeanine insisted that I apply for a new passport. “Why?” I asked. I still had a couple of years until it was up for renewal. Her reply went something like this: “Well,…
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