Monthly Archives: February 2009

Sean Penn’s Oscar speech hits the mark

If you didn’t watch the last 15 minutes of the Oscars last night, then you missed a whole lot: Sean Penn won best actor for Milk and made a great acceptance speech. He started with the obligatory thank-yous, but then … Continue reading

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Kanye West reinvents the word “gay,” appreciates rainbows

  I was reading Radical Queer News and came across an article from Pink News that explains how Kanye West, hip-hop star and that guy that told former President Bush that he “hates black people,” is trying to reinvent the word “gay.” … Continue reading

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PETA’s Fur is a Drag campaign steps over the line

Oh, PETA. I know you must have selected someone new to run your advertising campaigns because they just keep getting more ridiculous. First you had a commercial banned from the Super Bowl because it was too scandalous, and now, you … Continue reading

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Ilene Chaiken must hate me and other reasons why I am so fed up with “The L Word”

But I’ll never stop watching. It’s pathetic, right? I have never in all of my life been so frustrated with a show – you would think this was my real life I was dealing with here. Can I first start … Continue reading

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Why is Northside the queerest spot in Cincinnati?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, which borough of Cincinnati is the queerest of them all? I don’t need a magic mirror to answer that question when I can clearly see it is Northside. Where Ludlow ends and Hamilton Avenue begins … Continue reading

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