Curve articles from April 2005

Curve archives from April 2005

L is for Leisha!(frankly speaking)(Editorial)
April 1, 2005... If you think you've seen her before, you're probably right. Back in the '90s, Leisha Hailey recorded two albums and toured with Lilith Fair alongside pal Heather Grody in the punk-pop duo the Murmurs. Hailey broke into acting when she starred...

Bravo to Wolfe.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Thank you so much for the wonderful story on Wolfe Video ("Ahead of the Pack," Vol. 14, #7). Many years ago, when I was first looking for films that represented my experience, I stumbled across Wolfe Video. It was the only place I could find,...

What's in your wallet?(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Thanks for the great article on the top 15 companies for lesbians (Vol. 14, #7). While reading it, I was appalled to learn that my credit card company, MBNA, was among the top contributors to Bush's re-election campaign. This was particularly...

What's under your sink?(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Thank you for including SC Johnson in the list of the top 15 companies for lesbians. We are thrilled to be recognized for our diversity efforts. After all, the spirit of SC Johnson is the strength and goodwill of all employees. Diversity is...

The right choice.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... I've read one article after another stating that 23 percent of the GLBT community voted for Bush. Every time I see that statistic, it is used with disdain. I would expect no less from any gay publication; there's not an ounce of support for...

Postelection blues to postelection power.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... As the election drama heightened this year and I considered my position on so many of the issues taking center stage, I found myself suffering from an identity crisis. This caught me off-guard, as I thought I was rather well self-defined:...

More wedding belles.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... We live in Provincetown, and, as you know, same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts. Our wedding was held right at the water's edge in North Truro. The reception was held back a little bit on the beach. We had about 50 people, all of our...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2005... In our November 2004 (Vol. 14, #7) issue, we incorrectly referred to Law and Order as broadcasting the first televised lesbian kiss in the United States ("Global TV Goes Gay"). It was, of course, on L.A. Law. Also, in our December 2004 (Vol....

Keeping the faith.(Out in Front)(The Congregation)(Television Program Review)
April 1, 2005... On my television, the earnest face of Irene Elizabeth Stroud, framed by short brown curls and glasses, shines above her somber church robes as she sits listening to the head bishop. I'm watching The Congregation, a documentary directed by Alan...

The Simpsons come out.(curvatures)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... D'OH! WE THOUGHT IT'D BE SMITHERS, the awfully fey fella on The Simpsons, but it turns out Marge's sister Patty was the first local to come out of the closet on TV's longest-running animated series. In an episode we still hadn't seen by press...

You go (little) girls.(curvatures)(travel)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... WHEN TIANA MILLER-LEONARD AND Nicola Michael-Tsai had to write their "What I Did on Vacation" essays for school, they had more to recount than the usual soccer camps and trips to the beach: The now 10-year-old best friends were two of 800...

Passages.(curvatures)(Margaret Sloan-Hunter)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
April 1, 2005... AFTER A LONG ILLNESS, MARGARET Sloan-Hunter, 57, former editor of Ms. magazine, died peacefully on September 23 in Oakland, Calif., by the side of her daughter Kathleen, her mother, Virginia, her sister, Barbara, and other loved members of her...

Hot for teacher.(curvatures)(lesbianism)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... 5% of high school students are lesbian or gay 11% have gay or lesbian teachers 30% have gay or lesbian friends 72% know someone gay or lesbian SOURCE: WIDMEYER RESEARCH AND POLLING

High school confidential.(curvatures)(Kings and Queens: Queers at the Prom)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... YOU REMEMBER HOW IT WAS: sequined dresses, elbow-length Jackie O. gloves, wrist corsages. Perhaps you wore a Gunne Sax number to complement your date's powder-blue tuxedo. Maybe you wore the tux. Whatever your fancy was then, you've been...

Open studio.
April 1, 2005... When the underground comic How Loathsome introduced the world to its sexy central character, Catherine, and her genderqueer object of desire, Chloe, San Francisco-based writer, photographer and designer Tristan Crane (above) became, well, not...

Sound bite.(curvatures)
April 1, 2005... "Honey, look on the bright side, OK? Lesbians are big business right now. If we teach her to golf, we're way ahead of the game." --Tommy (Denis Leary), who gets our coolest dad award for his remarks to his wife after his daughter (played by...

Fat is back.(curvatures)
April 1, 2005... THE INNER CHILD WITHIN ME beckons. What? What's that she's saying? Ah, yes, she says: "FEED ME." And iHotto (www.ihotto.com) hears it loud and clear. Devon Dorfer and Peter Finn, two self-described "kids that are into high-fives, kickin'...

Is she robbing the cradle?(lipstick & dipstick)(lesbianism)
April 1, 2005... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: Lately, I've been dating this amazing woman. We have so much in common. We listen to the same music, we both love to hike and we both enjoy cooking. We've fallen hard for each other. The trouble is, our friends are...

Five good reasons.(curvatures)(Lesbianism)
April 1, 2005... Faster than you can pack a moving van after your breakup, you're likely to hear (or utter) the words "We'll still be friends." Why? Because love means never having to say, "This was a horrible mistake--stay the hell away from me." But here are...

Shy and confused.(ask fairy butch)(lesbians)
April 1, 2005... Dear Fairy Butch: I have a problem. I'm a young woman, but I don't really feel much like a woman at all. As a kid, I always felt like a boy, and I guess that's still true. I'm not sure what's going on: Do I need to change from being a...

Spring flings and other tidbits.(lesbofile)
April 1, 2005... Keep Repeating It and It Might Be True Paris Hilton is back in the news again, this time for photos taken of the heiress in a lesbian liplock that Hustler magazine plans to print in its May issue. Although the two women are fully clothed in the...

She said.(lesbofile)
April 1, 2005... "When people say, 'Why do you get so mad?' I feel like, 'Why aren't you mad?' You wouldn't allow a co-worker to treat you this way; you wouldn't allow your sister or brother to lie to you like this, take your money, make you less safe,...

Vacation flashback.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... You've snorkeled with sea turtles in St. Barts, cruised the Caribbean with Olivia and trekked the Himalayas. What's left to do? Think back--way back--to your childhood, before Jet Blue replaced wood-paneled station wagons, when beef jerky was a...

It's Joani quest: some girls just can't play it safe when it comes to travel--if you're one of them, try these dyke-centric adventures on for size.(Buyers Guide)
April 1, 2005... See the Last Great Frontier Imagine spending the day learning about the history, wildlife and geography of the last real ecological reserve in the world, then climbing into a Zodiac and going ashore to experience it firsthand--all while...

Now and then: traveling just ain't what it used to be.(Column)
April 1, 2005... My first foray into traveling, I nearly died. My parents were avid campers throughout my youth and took me on my first trip to a forest in Northern California when I was just a few months old. The second day at the campground, my mother found...

Cache me if you can: treasure hunts for grown-up girls.(geocaching)
April 1, 2005... IF YOU WERE THE TYPE OF KID WHO COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL EASTER MORNING to hunt for brightly dyed eggs and foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies (and admit it: You were), geocaching, a high-tech hide-and-seek sport, is right up your impatient,...

Minnie mouse and me: return to childhood with a trip to Disneyland.
April 1, 2005... EVERYONE REMEMBERS HER FIRST time. I was 6. I was dressed in a frilly pink dress and white knee-high socks and I was so excited I threw up on Dumbo. I'm talking, of course, about experiencing the wonder that is Disneyland. Once you've...

Pour some Honey on me: Honey Labrador is Queer Eye's first female cast member and a power dyke who balances motherhood with impending stardom. We're already addicted.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... When Bravo launched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in 2003, producers had no idea what phenomenal response it would garner. Almost overnight, its stars, like superfly Carson and sophisticated Ted, became brands unto themselves. Bravo went back...

How to survive four more years.
April 1, 2005... LIKE WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, we were scratching our heads for months after the election. (Some of us were hiding under the sofa, clutching our copies of the Toronto Star and contemplating emigration to parts north until well after the...

Haven't got time for the pain: four lesbian heavy-hitters tell us what's what with the 2004 election results.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... JEANETTE MOTT OXFORD State Representative, 59th Missouri House District What happened on November 2? I am less surprised by the passage of the anti-gay laws than I am by Bush's election. Although much progress has been made on...

Generation L.(sapphic screen)(Sisters of '77)(Movie Review)
April 1, 2005... FROM NEW YORK TO NEVADA, THREE films show lesbians through the decades. Sisters of '77 (ITVS) In November 1977, 20,000 women from across the country gathered in Houston for the first National Women's Conference. Sisters of '77 is a...

DVD picks.(sapphic screen)(Video Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... DOCUMENTARIES: Unlearning Homophobia (WomanVision/EyeBite Productions): Three award-winning films: Straight From the Heart, about parents of gay kids; All God's Children, which explores homophobia in the black community; and the queer...

Our films, our selves.(Q & A: Madeleine Lim)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Almost 3 million people watched Sambal Belacan, Madeleine Lim's award-winning documentary about three Asian women making a home in the United States. The attention was nothing new for the Singapore-born director, who runs the Queer Women of...

Makeover: relationship edition.(in the stacks)(Permanent Partners: Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... DESPITE THE FLURRY OF QUEER marriages that took place last year in pockets like San Francisco, gay marriage is still not widely legal, and it looks like the fight to make it so will be a long and bitter one. In the meantime, what can we do to...

Other page-turners.(in the stacks)(Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism)(Book Review)
April 1, 2005... EDITOR'S PICK: Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism, Dawn Prince-Hughes (Harmony): When lesbian anthropologist Dawn Prince-Hughes was homeless and working as an exotic dancer, she says, it was easy to forget that...

Honing her craft.(Q & A: Stephanie Adams)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Since becoming Playboy's Miss November 1992, Stephanie Adams has been exposing herself in a whole new way. The founder of the online lesbian community Sapphica.com and the spirituality site Goddessy.com, she is the author of seven metaphysics...

Not lost in translation.(music watch)(Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S History Month, so it seems only fitting to focus on some innovative female musicians who continue to bust down the boys' club doors of the music industry, blazing trails and fusing genres with exceptional results. ...

Other licks.(music watch)(Video Recording Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... ON CD: Twice the Speed of Life, Sugarland (Mercury): Out lesbian singer-songwriter and longtime Indigo Girl cohort Kristen Hall resurfaces in a smart country trio that's making waves on the radio and across the heartland....

Shooting star.(Q & A: Adrianne)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Fresh on the heels of her sophomore release, 10,000 Stones, award-winning singer-songwriter Adrianne chats with CURVE. Has music always been an important part of your life? It's been the most important part of my life. Without it, I...

I am so not outta here.(dyke drama)(Column)
April 1, 2005... IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE of months, so I guess I was starting to get used to the idea of four more years of Republican rule. Better a president I don't like than a dictator I do was all I could come up with in the comforting-thoughts department....

Our history is now.(brownworth)(Column)
April 1, 2005... WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BRINGS out the activist in me. It's in my genes--my maternal grandmother was a suffragist. In this era of red and blue states and the great cultural divide that has riven America, the simplicity of women's suffrage may...

Lights, camera, action.(tech girl)
April 1, 2005... FOR TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY megalomaniacs, sites that allow you to blog your daily philosophy or meet personalities online feel like a second home. But when everyone and her mother is commanding you to add them to MySpace or read their...

Sites, screens & sushi.(tech girl)
April 1, 2005... MY DOG LIKES YOU, BUT MY KITTY... You don't have to be a cybergeek to love the cheeky, dyke-friendly Web site MyCatHatesYou.com, a quirky, colorful site with nothing but scores and scores of photos of our feline friends showing off their...

Top ten: reasons we love Petty Booka.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... HONESTLY, WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE about a spunky Japanese girl group performing chirpy ukulele renditions of punk, pop, rock, country and Hawaiian tiki songs? Not much, which is why Tokyo-based Petty Booka is becoming a hot topic among lesbian music...