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How Shredding Stuff Saves Money
Last month, Moorea wrote about how shedding stuff saves money by introducing readers to the concept of Shelf-Life. What this means is how long you can go without using an item before she would urge you to purge it. Moorea is all about being clutter-free. I’m clutter free except when it comes to paper’¦ this…
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Dating on a Budget: Play Dates
As a little kid, I could not wait to grow up. I hated having to follow rules and other people telling me what to do. It was my biggest pet peeve. As I got older, I realized growing up has its privileges but it isn’t always that great. Every now and then I like to…
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Steps for Financial Aid Success
Guest writer Jonna Mastropasqua has ten years experience in Financial Aid administration. She received her M.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of Arizona in 2006. She has been both a financial aid counselor, as well as the Director of the UofA’s LGBTQ Student Resource Center. Now a resident of North Carolina, Jonna enjoys gardening…
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Ten Money Questions for Daryn DeZengotita
Daryn DeZengotita is an Avon sales representative serving as one of its ‘œfaces of Avon’ in an advertising and marketing campaign. First of all, I feel like I am the last person on earth from whom ANYONE should take financial advice. But, I realize that many of us feel that way. It was…
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Are corporations just feeding the recession beast?
The article on MSN about Starbucks closing 300 stores and laying off 6700 employees really burns me. Why? Because they are adding to the recession by firing employees and closing stores solely because their Net Income has dropped… not because they had a loss… and just because it wasn’t as big as Wall Street wanted…
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Show Your Love For Queercents
Are you a Facebook addict like I am? Have you considered joining the Queercents group on Facebook? Link up with other Queercents readers and rep us like you would your favorite WNBA team or TV show. You can also show some love by sharing your favorite Queercents posts by posting stories to Facebook…
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Maneuvering an abrupt end to frugality efforts
I was inspired to write about my experience living frugally after reading The Simple Dollar’s post about the limits of frugality. I understand how the frugality highway can seem to come to an abrupt end when you still need the extra road to maneuver for the income versus the payouts. My personal experience includes medical…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Happy Saturday everybody!
In middle-school I had a relatively goofy English teacher who every day would great the class by exclaiming Happy Monday Everybody! This was not met by much enthusiasm by her students, especially on Mondays, but in retrospect was such an awesome approach to life. You’re at once greating the day and deciding it’s going to…
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US Economy Shrank at 3.8% Pace in Late 2008 – How is Your Personal Economy
According to BNO Headquarters on Twitter earlier this morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis had this to report: U.S. economy shrank at a 3.8% pace at the end of 2008, worst in a quarter-century as the recession continues. Not exciting news. But whether it is this figure or some other doom and gloom media report,…
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On Money and Power: A Different View
‘œOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.’ ‘“ Helen Keller As a queer-identified person with a transgender wife, there is absolutely no question that we have sometimes felt the sting of discrimination. There have been times when we’ve been rejected by family members, or by people…
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