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Save Money… Carry A Thermos
Has your employer, perhaps done like mine did a couple of months ago, decided that the tanking economy was a good excuse to stop supplying Free Coffee for everyone (except the office boffins, of course… what’s good for the goose is NOT good for the gander in this case). For the record it was running…
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I Have the Current Economy to Thank for Crystallizing my Ultimate Personal Finance Goal
I used to just be interested. Now I’m obsessed with financial independence. As Queercents readers probably know, financial independence does not equate with wealth. At least not wealth the way it is normally imagined. It simply means the personal economic state of equilibrium whereby your income from passive sources meets or exceeds your expenses. Or…
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You get what you measure
Didja’ ever notice that how you measure something sometimes changes the outcome? In the 1980’s CEO’s compensation changed from a salary-and-bonus plan to being directly tied to the stock price, and voila, stock prices rose. The companies weren’t necessarily managed any better, but since stock price was suddenly the important metric, it improved. A similar…
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Father’s Day, Queer Families, and Gay Marriage
For J. I was ready to ignore Father’s Day. I find such commercialised holidays tiresome and problematic, given that they are both hypercommercialised and overly sentimental (and perhaps those two traits are never too far apart). They hearken to the days when gender roles were more prescriptive. Mother’s Day, for instance, allows both card companies…
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The financial costs of driving under the influence of alcohol
For me, living a financially responsible lifestyle involves being a responsible citizen. But what can happen when a person is not a responsible citizen? I investigated. Consider this story: Once upon a time there was a beautiful looking woman from Mexico who was skinny. To her friends, since her beauty was ‘œsizzling hot’ and since…
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Family Planning: A Great Return on the Investment
A new report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shows that development assistance for family planning services in developing nations is a pretty remarkable investment. According to the study, donor nations can see a 4-fold return on their investment if they support family planning services. For 2007, donor countries should have contributed $3 billion…
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Evicted from the ownership society
In the Vanity Fair article about Fannie Mae’s Last Stand, the slang term ‘œhousers’ was used to describe the Fannie people who believed that better housing is the cure to all of society’s ills. Most housers were likely supportors of the ownership society; a model encouraged by George W. Bush that values personal responsibility, economic…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Happy Father’s Day
Happy Saturday everyone! The weekend is here. I hope you all have fun and exciting plans for the weekend- or equally nice and relaxing plans. I will be enjoying my Saturday by getting the brakes on my bike fixed. Oh how I’ve missed them…Before that, the roundup. Tomorrow is Father’s Day, and DIY Life has…
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Why Gays Spend More Money on Home Repairs
A few weeks ago I wrote about a study that said gays and lesbians spend more money on home repairs. I was full of questions – you can thank my statistics professor for my skepticism. Well, I got an e-mail this week from Matthew Tumminello of Target 10, the author of the study. Here’s what…
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Podcast Interview with Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder and COO of BlogHer
This month I am thrilled to share with you my interview with Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder and COO of BlogHer. About two years ago I was invited to write for BlogHer as a contributing editor in business, career, and personal finance. At the time I didn’t have a clue about just how much BlogHer and…
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