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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Adventure Time!
Happy Saturday everyone! I’m celebrating the passing of another year by submitting my thesis and going camping. One thing about living in Maine is that you certainly appreciate the sun a lot more. Hopefully your weekend plans involve lots of fun playing outside in the sun. And now, the roundup. I’ve actually noticed among my…
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Introducing the Queercents Professional Directory (beta launch)
Giveaway Alert: See below for your chance to win an iTunes gift card (value: $50) Queercents is launching its Professional Directory (note the links and details – above left hand corner of this page). The Professional Directory is a place to browse for LGBT and LGBT-friendly professionals. We all know from our day-to-day experiences and…
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Let’s Talk Stimulation: The Economy and the LGBTQ Community
Guest blogger Waymon Hudson is the founder of Fight Out Loud, a national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering GLBT individuals and their allies to fight discrimination and hate. He is a regular contributor at The Bilerico Project. These are his words . . . We have lots of issues facing us as a community. They…
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Role Models and Success
Role models are everywhere. Some are worthy of the term, others are thrust into the role for whatever reason and are not worthy of emulation by any stretch of the imagination. Yet it is human nature for all of us to seek out role models. We all want to see ourselves reflected in the faces…
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The shifting views of household luxuries vs. household necessities.
Yesterday on NPR, there was a short segment (less than five minutes) about what household items are now considered to be luxuries vs. necessities (to start, think televisions, landlines and mobile phones). They also talk about the so-called convenience appliances like microwaves and dishwashers. Views and perspectives are changing. What’s the reason for the shift?…
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Careful If You Relocate – State Budget Shortfalls Mean Higher State Taxes
41 states could go bankrupt by 2009-2010 – the table below shows which are the worst. As state governments scramble to stay above water – cutting both unneeded and needed services – the local legislatures grapple with ways to increase revenue. And you know what that means. More taxes for all of us. No more…
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Vlog: Student Loans, Part Tres
Good afternoon, Queercents readers. This is the final installment in a series on student loan debt. Seemingly the most fundamental part of student lending, making payments is actually the most difficult. Not only are there misconceptions, but there are just plain bad practices a lot of people have when paying down their debts. Join me…
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Mindfulness Saves Money
It’s been four weeks now so it can’t be a fluke! A little inspiration and some mindfulness has saved us $250/month on our food budget. Recently I read about a woman who successfully lived on a $1/day food budget. She lost some weight and didn’t achieve optimal nutrition but, all things considered she did it…
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Queercents seeks frugal & travel writers
Our resident frugalista has opted to post less frequent at Queercents. This means there’s room for another writer to be our homespun voice of thrifty; offering readers prudent and pennywise ideas to save money and live a more simplified life. It’s a primo slot [Monday mornings] and one where we’d be looking for a weekly…
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