Curve articles from August 2001

Curve archives from August 2001

No Room for Hate.(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Never one to sidestep controversy, CURVE columnist Victoria Brownworth has taken on another hot topic this month with "Less Than Lyrical". At the heart of her article is the observation that some extreme forms of rap music include language so...

Letters.
August 1, 2001... SUBJECT: MY IMMINENT DEMISE RE: SLIGHT EXAGGERATION I heard through the grapevine that some readers were offended by Erika Lopez's cartoon "Let's Put the Fun Back in Funeral" (Vol. 10, #7). It made me laugh and I think that's all she...

SERVING HOPE.(Hope Lewellyn, wheelchair tennis player)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Gertrude Stein's words, Let me listen to me and not to them," come to mind while talking to Chicago native Hope Lewellyn, who, despite being told she couldn't do this or shouldn't do that, holds a well-earned spot among the top 10 players in...

Ask Fairy Butch.(Brief Article)(Column)
August 1, 2001... Dear Fairy Butch: My girl is a femme and likes porn, as do I. The problem is that though I get turned on by all the femmes in mainstream adult movies, she doesn't. She wants to see butches on screen, butches with femmes, stuff like that -- but...

Don't Pick the Daisies.(Daisy Rock Guitars)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... STEMMING FROM THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT that pink frilly things are for girls and blue rugged things for boys, some straight ladies hatched the idea to make Daisy Rock Guitars -- sold as the only "girl guitars" on the market. Their...

HEY! BABY.(Mathilda Minerva Mahal de Dios)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2001... Mathilda Minerva Mahal de Dios is a 21-year-old queer Filipina. She currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. Gina DeVries baby dyke-in-residence, age 17 Currently, you are working with Ways Out Academy on Projecto Libertad, a program...

Out on the Web.(women musicians)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... WHY CAN'T WE TURN ON THE RADIO and hear some gritty women-made music? Internet radio -- and www.Michal.com -- has the cure for what ails you. With a choice of either "Women Who Rock Classic" or "Women Who Rock Indie," you'll have no...

Funny Business.(lesbian comedians)
August 1, 2001... WHO SAYS LESBIANS DON'T HAVE A sense of humor? We have Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer, and -- Jerry Seinfeld? Stopping by the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City last April to practice new material, Seinfeld interrupted an all-female...

Pop Goes the Video.(women-oriented movies)(Bibliography)
August 1, 2001... FROM TREND PIMPS TO CHRISTIAN drama queens, a new crop of videos offer subversive lesbian imagery, lush storytelling, and musical styling that can't be beat. THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (Universal) www.universalstudios.com/home The...

"MAN I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!".(feminism and country music )
August 1, 2001... HOW FEMINISM FOUND A FOOTHOLD IN THE HONKY-TONK HELLCATS AND LIBERATED LADIES OF COUNTRY When I was 5 years old, my friends Susan and Juanita and I would spend every afternoon gathered around the Shwartz family stereo. Susan had a new copy...

MUSIC TAKES CENTER STAGE.(women singers and musicians)
August 1, 2001... Getting It On With the Butchies SHE ROCKS. SHE SPINS. SHE RAPS. SHE SINGS MOVING SONGS OF CHANGE AND SHE WEAVES TRAGIC TALES INTO LOVELY OPERATIC LYRIC. WOMEN MUSICIANS WORKING IN ALL GENRES AGREE -- THERE'S NOTHING THAT SOUNDS SWEETER...

Inside Her Head.(DJ Tracy Young )
August 1, 2001... When asked how it feels to be Madonna's top girl -- as she's frequently described by the paparazzi since performing at Mrs. Ritchie's Scotland nuptials -- DJ Tracy Young laughs. "Really? I'm not sure, but aren't I Madonna's only girl?" ...

Rumors from the Lesbian Nation.
August 1, 2001... GATHER ROUND, YOU GOSSIP-THIRSTY girls of summer! I've got just the thing to cure you of that insatiable taste for all things whispered and hushed -- the juiciest gristle and grit that the gossip mill will spit! WHAT WOMEN WANT, HUNT GETS...

Everything Old is New Again.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
August 1, 2001... Susheela Raman Salt Rain Narada World FOR THE SAKE OF CALLING IT SOMEthing, we'll say it's world music. But the sound of Susheela is Indian, classical, Western-influenced, and in her words, "We are not concerned with authenticity...

She's Got That Steady Pull.(lesbian singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke starts own label)(Interview)
August 1, 2001... Jonatha Brooke on Her Own BOSTON-BORN CROONER JONATHA BROOKE finally gave the big-boy industry the finger after getting booted from MCA. She started her own label, Bad Dog Records, and is still getting a lot of attention. With a...

The Power of Women's Music.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... FINISHING UP MY DOCUMENTARY on women's music, I'm struck by the enormous impact it has on so many women's lives, including my own. We've interviewed musicians, techies, distributors, producers, and sign-language interpreters. We've also heard...

New Queer Nonfiction.(Review)
August 1, 2001... THIS PARTICULAR COLUMN CELEBRATES the best in recent nonfiction. And because this is CURVE's music issue, we'll start by singing the praises of Shout, Sister, Shout!: Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century, by Roxane Orgill (Simon and Schuster...

The Girlfriend Who Never Leaves.(friction between lovers and roommates)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... IS YOUR ROOMMATE'S girlfriend driving you nuts? Are you wishing she would just pay her share of the rent if she's going to be around all of the time? Are you imprisoned in your own room because all of the common areas of the house have become...

Less Than Lyrical.(hate speech against women in rap music)
August 1, 2001... I ATTENDED A FILM FESTIVAL recently and saw several films about how in much of the world women are still primarily chattel. Two films in particular struck me: Pyrokinesis and Freeze Me from Japan, both of which depict extreme sexual violence...