 GREETINGS FROM A QUEER SEÑORITA
Monica Palacios ©2011 All rights reserved
I'm A Monkeys Uncle
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie is Curious George on steroids and a shot of Jack Daniels. Since I was a little dykeling, I always wanted a chimpanzee as a pet so he could do my Saturday chores and then we could hang out in our tree house looking at Playboy...
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 Biomythography
Jewelle Gomez ©2011 All rights reserved
Back to Black
Recently a friend said casually she couldn't stand Amy Winehouse because she was celebrating her addiction and whatever happened she got what she deserved. It made me wonder if these people had never made mistakes, gotten hurt, felt tortured or miserable? And did they have as strong a reaction to serial rapists? To war mongers?...
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Guest Writer - Kristin Flickinger
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Nicole Conn - 20 Years Later
...after 20 years, she's not finished. Right now, Conn and her production company, Soul Kiss Films, are working to complete their newest project, A Perfect Ending. "This movie is going to blow you away," promises Conn. "It's a redemption story. A story of self-realization and of a mother's love...
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Guest Writer - Chantal Carrere 
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Johnny Cupcakes ...I walked in and sure enough it looked like a bake shop with display cases and a mixer in the corner and refrigerators. The smell of vanilla wafted through the air. When I looked closely I noticed that the cases where filled with decadent t-shirt designs? My inner foodie was crushed but the kid in me was awakened! I was like "this is Awesome! Genius!"... Read More |
Guest Writer - Terry Wolverton
©2011 All rights reserved
Stealing Angel
Terry Wolverton interviews herself about her new novel, Stealing Angel
TW: Hey, Terry, congratulations on your new book! Why don't you tell us about it?
Terry: Have you ever done something bad, really bad, but for a good reason? That's where Maggie Seaver, my protagonist, finds herself...
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Guest Writer-Kate Clinton
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Who's Sorry Now?
When some guesthouses in our little resort town have no room left at the inn, instead of hanging a tasteful "No Vacancy" sign, they hang a "Sorry" sign. Sometimes the 'sorry' is in quotation marks. Are they not really sorry? Are they being ironic?...
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 Inside Out
Shawn McAndrew ©2011 All rights reserved
Grandma Fag?
...Maybe praying away the gray isn't the best solution. Maybe I'll just stick with what nature endowed me. So what if that young whippersnapper in traffic the other day called me "grandma fag"? Wait 'til he gets to be gray. I'll start praying for his scalp now...
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Guest Writer-Vasanti Saxena
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SUN SISTERS - Vasanti Saxena
...I've learned not to assume anything about the audience. Older heterosexual couples have told me that now they can better understand their LGBT child's journey. African American, Latina and Caucasian women have said that Angie, the traditional Chinese mother in Sun Sisters, is just like their own mother. And I've been surprised and gratified by just how many audience members belong to both the Asian American and LGBT communities... |
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