Curve articles from June 2002

Curve archives from June 2002

Rising to the challenge. (Frankly Speaking).
June 1, 2002... The way I see it, Sharon Smith and Rosie O'Donnell have a lot in common. Both women chose to put aside their privacy for the betterment of our community. They stepped into the limelight to challenge injustice when it would have been easier to...

Out of the box.
June 1, 2002... "I was taught early on that you didn't have to stay in the lines," says San Francisco lesbian chef Elizabeth Falkner. An innovator in the world of pastry, Falkner has made people think differently about dessert -- her culinary creations are...

Letters.
June 1, 2002... HIDDEN DISABILITIES Thanks for the article on lesbians with disabilities, "Taking Care of Our Own" (Vol. 12, #2). It's certainly an extremely important issue to address. But I truly feel that it needs to be taken further. I'm a lesbian...

Ask Fairy Butch. (Curvatures).
June 1, 2002... Dear Fairy Butch: I am a fat woman and I am so pained by the belittling treatment fat women receive in the lesbian community at large. We are frequently met with either condescension or revulsion, and it hurts me a great deal. I found an...

Curve's Pride Tour 2002. (Curvatures).
June 1, 2002... Curve's pride tour 2002. (Curvatures) WE'RE BACK ON THE ROAD AND COMING TO A PRIDE or women's event near you. Come meet the women behind CURVE -- we've got special subscription rates, back issues, and many surprises waiting just for you....

Hey! Baby. (Curvatures).
June 1, 2002... M'issa Fleming, 20, lives in Amherst, Mass. Gina DeVries baby dyke-in-residence, age 19 How do you define BDSM? You could go by the acronym, BDSM: bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism. There are as many...

Out on the Web. (Curvatures).
June 1, 2002... WHETHER YOU DEFINE "PARTY" AS a pile of couch-surfing revelers or a mild-mannered bunch of moms and kids, your Pride month probably calls for celebration. And with celebration comes a little splurging -- from serious vices to innocent treats....

Love through the signs. (Horoscopes).
June 1, 2002... STAND PROUD - AND BE HONEST! Truthsayer Uranus goes into reverse, covering familiar romantic roads in a brand-new way. This gives you a chance to smooth out the rough patches -- or to choose an uncharted relationship route altogether. On...

New flicks on the horizon. (Sapphic Screen).
June 1, 2002... JENNIFER LOPEZ AND CAMERON Diaz are both lesbians! And single! Now, before you go our and spend a month's pay on roses and breath mints, I should probably come clean and explain that this, my dear readers, is the beauty of the silver...

Nanci Gaglio. (Q&A).
June 1, 2002... NANCI GAGLIO MADE HER FIRST FILM -- a Dracula takeoff -- when she was only 8 years old (she played Dracula and the woman he seduces and she directed the tale). She stayed in front of the camera through her teens and played Aunt Marta in Desi's...

First time in Provincetown.
June 1, 2002... MY WIFE AND I WALK INTO THE WomenCrafts gift shop along Commercial Street in Provincetown, Mass., and pick out books to read at the beach. Jean wants to read an old standard, Rita Mae Brown's Bingo, and I want to read Suits Me: The Double Life...

Turning tragedy around: after her partner's death, accidential activist Sharon Smith decided to take a stand -- and her courage is making a difference for lesbian and gay couples everywhere.
June 1, 2002... On January 26, 2001, two vicious dogs attacked and killed 33-year-old Diane Whipple in the hallway of the San Francisco apartment she shared with Sharon Smith. In March of this year their neighbor, dog owner Marjorie Knoller, was convicted of...

Where are they now.
June 1, 2002... We went in search of famous lesbians from decades past to find out what they're up to now, see whether they're still dykes (a bunch of them aren't), and learn how they feel about the legacy of their contributions to queer culture. ??? THE...

Rumors from the lesbian nation. (Lesbofile).
June 1, 2002... WELL, SNAP MY RAINBOW suspenders if it ain't Pride season once again! Dig our your rainbow gear and get yourself on our to one of the many parades and festivals happening near you, starting with our granola sisters in Santa Cruz, Calif.,...

Summer rush. (In the Stacks).
June 1, 2002... THE BIGGEST LITERARY SURPRISE for me recently has been the discovery that Lynn Breedlove of the notorious dyke punk band Tribe 8 is also a novelist. Many years and road trips in the making, Godspeed (St. Martin's Press $24.95) is the story of...

Nothing but pride. (Music Watch).
June 1, 2002... Brandy Full Moon Atlantic After a three-year musical hiatus, Brandy might be best known for her starring role on the sitcom Moesha. Or better yet for her star status as something of a singing child prodigy. Either way, Brandy has...

The Velvet Janes. (Q&A).
June 1, 2002... NOT JUST CHICKS WITH GUITARS, MARTINE LOCKE AND ROSE FARROW are the Velver Janes, an Aussie acoustic guitar and vocal duo intent on keeping music independent all the way. They have released four albums on their own label, Passionfruit Produce,...

Gay Pride again? (Dyke Drama).
June 1, 2002... I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOSE 10 pounds and have washboard abs by now. Or at least get my stomach as flat as my chest. I was going to have a big pool party. I was going to make a gourmet meal on the grill. I have been watching the Food Network...

A wo'mn called sir. (According to).
June 1, 2002... PEOPLE OFTEN ASSUME ME TO BE a black man and in some ways i am but mostly i'm a Black butch/which to me is about gender identity/in combination with energy sensibility style and Spirit, for me to claim myself butch was a process. the first time...

Reclaiming our identity. (Brownworth).
June 1, 2002... THIS SEPTEMBER, I WILL HAVE BEEN an out lesbian for 33 years. I came out as a freshman in high school, which also happened to be the year the Stonewall Rebellion altered queer history forever. I am one of those lesbians who traverses the gap...

San Francisco Fusion. (Photo Play).
June 1, 2002... SPORT: Volleyball HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE GAY GAMES BEFORE? No, we are a fairly new team that formed specifically for the Sydney Gay Games 2002. Each one of us, however, at some point has participated in past Gay Games. DO YOU HAVE ANY...