Curve articles from July 2006

Curve archives from July 2006

Let the Gay Games begin!(Frankly Speaking)(Editorial)
July 1, 2006... It only happens every four years and whether it is softball, soccer, track or just girl watching, I am in countdown mode for Gay Games VII to kick off in Chicago. We've been gearing up for the Games for months. This will be the fourth time I...

C'mon, CURVE!(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I was absolutely ecstatic when I saw Katherine Moennig on the cover of the May issue with the word "Shane!" plastered across it (Vol. 16, #4). However, I felt totally misled when I discovered that the interview took place before the first...

Bridal bonanza.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... My partner and I love your magazine. It is the perfect blend of current news, fashion and pop culture. The article "Confessions of a DIY Bride" (Vol. 16, #4) featured a beautiful silver bark-style ring. I contacted its Boston-based designer,...

Be a man about it.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... After reading the article "Married to the Man" (Vol. 16, #4), I had to scratch my head and think to myself, "Is this supposed to be OK?" For example, author Lori Selke writes that Sherrie, one of the women in the story, "finds her local...

More L drama.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I am sick and tired of listening to so many lesbians bitch and whine about The L Word's failure to represent all lesbians. That's a pretty unrealistic expectation. It's television; it's supposed to be entertaining. If you don't like it, don't...

Where can I get more CURVE?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... Your magazine is great! Why isn't it available in more places and more often? --Anonymous, via e-mail Editor's note: You can find CURVE at retailers like Borders, Barnes and Noble and Hastings, as well as most women's and LGBT...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
July 1, 2006... In our May 2006 issue (Vol. 16, #4), details on Ocean Edge Resort's wedding packages ("Confessions of a DIY Bride") were incorrect. For up-to-date information, visit oceanedge.com. In the same issue, we stated that Encyclopedia of Arab Women...

Fat Girl Speaks.(OutinFront)(Stacy Bias)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Stacy Bias, the founding designer of DykeTees.com, the Web guru behind TechnoDyke.com, the tireless tester of Pussy Pucker Pots lip balms and the voice of Fat Girl Speaks, the nation's largest fat activist event, has been a queer activist for...

Hidden power.(OutinFront)(Tryce Czyczynska's belief of finding personal talent and empowering women)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Apathy stops many of us from pursuing our dreams, but it only fuels feng shui practitioner and LGBT activist Tryce Czyczynska with outrage. She defines her activism by simply being a global citizen. Not only has she donated her feng shui...

New York's No. 1 Lesbian.(OutinFront)(Christine Quinn)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The average person would not think on first glance that Christine Quinn, with her warm, brown eyes and friendly smile, is "the most powerful openly lesbian or gay official in the country." But that's exactly how important she is, says Matt...

Obsessive L Word fan alert NO. 270.(Curvatures)(The L Word television program)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Our intrepid reporter Jennifer Corday went to the Los Angeles launch of the new Apothia scent inspired by the lovelies of The L Word. With perfume and microphone in hand at Fred Segal, she managed to squeeze in a few silly queries for our...

Waters' lesbian agenda.(Curvatures)(Sarah Waters)
July 1, 2006... It might be expected that countless lesbian readers have become fans of Sarah Waters' historical novels about the thrilling, bawdy lives of lesbians in Victorian London, but Waters' contributions to literature and to lesbian culture are even...

Dykes vs. Goliath.(Curvatures)(lesbians)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... When Lieutenant Laurel Hester of Ocean County, N.J., was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer last year, she took a step that many in her position would take: She asked that her police pension be passed onto her partner, Stacie Andree. Had...

There's no place like homecoming.(Curvatures)
July 1, 2006... Being elected homecoming queen was no big deal for Jen Wohlner, a 17-year-old senior at Buffalo Grove High School in suburban Chicago. That is, until the media made a big deal of it. Wohlner and the boy elected to the post of king, Ryan...

She said, she said.(Carmen Electra, Pink, Garrison Starr and Sheryl Swoopes)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... "I think it's even more flattering if a woman finds you attractive. I'm a girls' girl. I love girls. I'm definitely down for girls." >> Carmen Electra to She "I had a girlfriend when I was 13, and she left me for my brother. That kind...

Keren Richter: artist.(OpenStudio)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... New York-based artist Keren Richter's interests range from thrift stores and dirty nurses to paint-by-number kits and girlie drinks. That may explain her often surreal, storybook-style illustrations, which Detroit's Metro Times said had "a...

A Carolina controversy.(Curvatures)
July 1, 2006... In 1991, Laurel Scherer was a conservative Christian in the Air Force Academy dealing with her emerging homosexuality. Today, she and her partner of four years, Virginia Balfour, are spearheading the struggle for equal employment rights for the...

Ultimate lesbian bedroom.(Curvatures)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Ladies, it's time to upgrade your bed linens: A new wave of femme-friendly bedding has hit the market, and the styles are sexy without being overtly perverse. Here's a roundup of fun bedding that guarantees, at least, a girl to go home to. ...

Litigating for equality.(Curvatures)(Jill Metz)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... Chicago lawyer, community activist and PEZ-dispenser collector Jill Metz keeps busy. Earlier this year, the lesbian litigator became board president of the Illinois chapter of the ACLU. The director of her own law firm, Metz has long...

Hot fun in the summertime: Madonna's still talking about Britney, and Tammy Lynn's pregnant.(Lesbofile)
July 1, 2006... There are some things you can depend upon each summer. Girls in bikinis. Mind-numbing heat waves. But Portia de Rossi, fat? Reality television, real? Hang onto your hats, ladies: The world is clearly coming to an end. Immaculate Conception...

Comical reality.(Curvatures)(Dimona Comix, a group of graphic artists)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A far cry from traditional American comic book artists who create the ubiquitous good-triumphs-over-evil superhero stories, Dimona Comix is a group of five Israeli graphic artists who live and work in Tel Aviv, and create works that are deeply...

Catholics with a Conscience.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... The Spring 2006 issue of Conscience: The News Journal of Catholic Opinion tackles subjects most religious texts won't, including sexual and reproductive health and rights. With the headline "Catholic Pride... and Prejudice" emblazoned across...

Scene.(Brief article)(Photograph)
July 1, 2006... 1 Out WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes (second from left) pals around with her partner, Alisa Scott (left), National Center for Lesbian Rights executive director Kate Kendall and California State Assemblymember Mark Leno (right) at the NCLR gala in San...

The wants and the want-notes.(Ask Fairy Butch)(Column)
July 1, 2006... Dear Fairy Butch: My girlfriend of several months and I started out thinking we'd have a brief, casual relationship. We've both had a number of relationships under our belts, and we're not feeling ready for a major relationship right now. Of...

Back away from the bunny.(Lipstick & Dipstick)(Column)
July 1, 2006... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: I live in a small Midwestern town and have known I love women since puberty, but married my high school sweetheart anyway. I had been unhappy for a long time, but I finally decided to do something about it, so I...

Your summer lovin'.(Astro Grrl)
July 1, 2006... Cancer (June 22-July 23) Sex: Lambda crabs have oodles of charisma this summer. You are sexy, alluring and charming. I don't recognize you. Career: Get your face out in front at work. Take credit where credit is due, and maybe even in...

The Windy City beckons: you may think it's all sports and spectators at the Gay Games this month but Chicago has much more in store for you.(GAY GAMES 2006)
July 1, 2006... Summers in Chicago are extremely hot, making up for the cold and windy winters. But the heat doesn't prevent Chicagoans from being out and about. June is packed with street festivals, Millennium Park concerts and Chicago Pride. And this July,...

Joan Jett.
July 1, 2006... Joan Jett is a rock 'n' roll feminist and, yes, a lesbian icon. From her punk rock beginnings in the mid-1970s with teen girl band the Runaways through her prolific solo career with her band the Blackhearts, with whom she's racked up nine Top...

A year in music.
July 1, 2006... WHETHER IT'S AROUND THE GLOBE OR IN THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE, MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THE KIND MADE BY WOMEN, GETS US MOVING, GROOVIN' AND THINKING. THIS YEAR WE TALK TO RABBLE-ROUSERS (SHANNON BLOWTORCH), LESBIAN LEGENDS (MELISSA FERRICK)...

Lesbians behind the lens: films, by and about lesbians, you may have missed.(Movie review)
July 1, 2006... Lesbian films are always feast or famine, with a new batch of originals hitting the festival circuit (and sometimes DVD shelves) each summer. This year a few must-see flicks may have been overlooked even though a lesbian auteur was behind the...

Ligy J. Pullappally: director and activist.(Q+A)(Interview)
July 1, 2006... After writing and directing her first stage play at 13, Ligy J. Pullappally went on to attend law school, maintain a successful law practice for seven years and make two short films. In 2002, she won the Sunshine Peace Award for her work on...

Judy Francesconi: photographer.(Q+A)(Interview)
July 1, 2006... Sensual. Sweet. Tender. Provocative. Fine-art photographer Judy Francesconi has captured women on film for more than 15 years. Best known for her classical, erotic calendars and lithographs (like her image above), she has also self-published...

New discoveries: Nicky Click, Rose Melberg and Diana Jones.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2006... After 15 years of writing about music, I get really excited when something new, well, genuinely excites me. Believe me: It doesn't happen all that often. So even though Diana Jones and Rose Melberg are not new to the music industry, they are...

Ashleigh Flynn: singer-songwriter.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... By day, singer-songwriter Ashleigh Flynn works as a development director for a nonprofit that runs a gay youth resource center. But by night she is an active musician and has recently released her third album, Live at Mississippi Studios, a...

Head for the woods: lesbian camping must-haves.(Tech Girl)(Buyers guide)
July 1, 2006... It's that time of year again: camping season. Like many a lesbian camper, you may already have a storage unit full of fabulous gear to make your camping experience the best it can be. But why rest on your laurels--or your gear from last year?...

Don't be stupid, girls: Pink shows us how to protest the celebrity-obsessed status quo.(Politics)(Viewpoint essay)
July 1, 2006... I love protest songs; I always have. I grew up in the 1960s listening to my parents' music: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs--and no one does a protest song like Phil Ochs. While my classmates were singing songs by Herman's Hermits or the...

It's OK--for now: one night in the hyperprocessy life of a dyke with a whole lotta drama.(Dyke Drama)(lesbian)(Short story)
July 1, 2006... You're staring at the phone with a tear-stained face again. It's time to have a talk with yourself. You're the one who hung up on her. Well, you actually hung up on her several times tonight, and then called her back. You tried to call her...

Top ten: reasons we love Suzanne Noe.
July 1, 2006... She's a clean-cut, all-American, born-again Christian lesbian who knows the pulse of gay women's lives all over central Florida--and helps keep that pulse vibrantly alive through her Web site, ProSuzy.com. At 57 years old, Suzanne Noe is an...