Curve articles from June 2006

Curve archives from June 2006

The new look of CURVE.(Frankly Speaking)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... Welcome to Pride month! As you can see, we're kicking off the gay holidays with a bold new look, designed by our savvy art director, Kas Neteler. "I've been envisioning this change for a long time," she says, and her vision delivers a fresh,...

Kudos to Kristanna.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I really enjoyed reading about Kristanna Loken (Vol. 16, #2). She seems like a strong woman who knows what she wants and does what she wants to do rather than following others. I think she was a great actress to have on the cover! ...

What the L?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... When The L Word first aired, the lesbian community grasped onto it because it showed us not just as stereotypes but as regular people in real relationships of all kinds, including healthy, monogamous relationships. The show was witty, it was...

We miss Dana, too.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I think you should do an interview with Erin Daniels. I think it would... help the fans understand what happened. As a once very enthusiastic L Word watcher, I probably won't watch The L Word next year. Season 3 was a bummer. [The character...

Butch fashion alert.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I have been a subscriber of your magazine for years. I read an article about a lesbian designer that designs clothes for butch girls. Not just T-shirts, but jeans and professional clothing. I can't find the magazine and have looked all over the...

Thanks to Melissa.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... My mom had breast cancer when she was 48. The cancer spread into her lymph nodes. She lost her right breast and most of her nodes. I was 19 and very devastated, but the cancer never returned. I know what Melissa [Etheridge] and her family have...

Radical Defense against rape.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I instruct a women-only Rape Aggression Defense course at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. It's quite shocking to see how many students buy into myth that only young, attractive women with bad reputations are raped. R.A.D. seeks to educate and...

God is dead.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I am a lesbian atheist and have had no luck in finding any articles on any gay/lesbian Web sites or in any gay/lesbian mags about atheism in our community. It is sad that the gay community never acknowledges that we exist. Many people believe...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
June 1, 2006... On the Scene page in our May 2006 issue (Vol. 16, #4), we neglected to credit photographers Nancy Wood and Purdy Art Co. for the photos from Diversity Weekend in Eureka Springs, Ark. CURVE regrets the omission.

Feminist firebrand.(OutinFront)(Miranda Elliott)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Is feminism dead? Not for 18-year-old Miranda Elliott, who co-founded a feminist club at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School in the fall of 2004 with her friend Claire Redfield. Though Elliott says that her high school is quite...

International honors.(OutinFront)(Fadzai Muparutsa of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... In a country where the president has repeatedly declared gays and lesbians to be "worse than dogs and pigs," and arrests and intimidation are frequent, Fadzai Muparutsa--head of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe's gender advocacy program--risks her...

Working hard for her money.(OutinFront)(Linda Cole's 4 Ideal Fitness)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The decision to stop selling ads for the Los Angeles Times and start sculpting bodies has turned Linda Cole into one of the hottest entrepreneurs on the fitness scene. Her studio, 4 Ideal Fitness, has become ground zero for getting in shape,...

Gotta go?(Curvatures)(Whiz Plus)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Just in time for Pride--and its smelly port-a-potties that are nowhere near woman-friendly--comes the amazing Whiz Plus, a stand-to-pee device that lets you pee anywhere a guy can. The Whiz Plus rolls down to fit in your pocket or purse and is...

Dyke March fashion demands.(Curvatures)(Jude Marks' Sparkle Plenty Creations bustiers)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... For years we've been striding down the streets every summer with thousands of other queer girls in the annual dyke marches, wearing protest tees, tank tops, plain ol' bras or nothing at all. For those of us who are bored with baring our simple...

The Internet killed the TV star.(Curvatures)(Proud Television )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... For those whose TV cravings aren't satiated by the hundreds of satellite or digital cable options out there, there's a new network to program into the remote--or the mouse. Proud Television (part of Pride Nation), the world's first 24-hour gay...

Pledging diversity.(Curvatures)(Kappa Iota Nu )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... What better name for one of the nation's first non-gender specific, queer-friendly fraternity than Kappa Iota Nu or KIN? With its commitment to diversity reflected in the identities of its founding members (a lesbian, a bisexual woman and a...

She said, she said.
June 1, 2006... "I think people are too judgmental. They stereotype and they don't give other people a chance." >> Teen club music diva Emelee "Seeing it in a room full of strangers was so disrespectful and so shocking that I did not know what to do. So...

Lisa Congdon: mixed-media artist.(OpenStudio)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The daughter of a textile artist mother and physicist father, Lisa Congdon has a love of art and craft that began at a young age. Though she has no formal artistic training, she uses this to her advantage. Her work explores dark themes such as...

Calling all Vagina Warriors.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2006... On Valentine's Day you may have showered your girlfriend with gooey filled chocolates, singing teddy bears and edible undies, but many of us welcomed in V-Day, a global grass-roots movement started eight years ago by Vagina Monologues creator,...

Tees for dyke moms.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... A few firebrand T-shirt companies are honing in on the mommy market with some righteous results. Take TB Maternity's tees emblazoned with "Virgin" and "Good in Bed." Fortune Tees offers fortune cookie-worthy shirts adorned with phrases like "An...

Never want to say goodbye.(Curvatures)(obituaries)(Obituary)
June 1, 2006... Lesbians (like most people) are funny about death--we want our sheroes immortalized and eulogized but we also don't want to hear too much about their passing, a reminder of our own mortality. Editors have a hard time balancing those needs with...

We're so proud of our fellow "lesbians": Dannii Minogue, Mischa Barton, Jenna Jameson and more.(Lesbofile)
June 1, 2006... It's June, which means, of course, you're probably already preparing to celebrate Pride by getting drunk with a bunch of gay men--a practice that many "straight" women also seem to follow. And you know what happens when you combine booze and...

Drama queen.(Curvatures)(Wendy Wasserstein)(Obituary)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The literary and theater arts communities mourned the loss earlier this year of Wendy Wasserstein, who died at age 55 after being diagnosed just two months earlier with lymphoma. A playwright and essayist who was a recipient of the Obie,...

Help a legend.(Curvatures)(Tee A. Corinne)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Tee Corinne's sensual photographs of lesbians and her books on lesbian erotica helped shape and expand images of lesbians and lesbian sexuality over the past 30 years. But last year, cancer claimed Corinne's partner of 17 years, Beverly Brown,...

Scene.
June 1, 2006... 1 Radical queer performance art at Esoterica Chicago's 45 Minutes in Heaven 2 Emily Savard, Koko Whitelaw and Meg Bradley from Everything Good at the film's release party in Boston 3 Roll Bounce star Jurnee Smollett (left) and AIDS activist...

Normal--what's that?(Ask Fairy Butch)
June 1, 2006... Dear Fairy Butch: I'm having a problem with girls. See, I'm butch. I've gotten a number of offers from femmes. Most of the girls who go after me are really sweet, but the problem is that I'm all about other butches. I feel like I'm weird and...

How will I know?(Lipstick & Dipstick)
June 1, 2006... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: My co-worker Sheila and I have been in a closeted relationship for five years. She lives with her father, and he hates me. I'm pretty sure that people suspect we're together, but it isn't discussed. Aside from being...

Turn on the charm.(Astro Grrl)
June 1, 2006... Gemini (May 22-June 21) Sex: Expect major changes in relationships. Have you been very naughty? You deserve a spanking. Lucky girl! Career: Girl-girl twins can charm anyone they want at work, but try to charm that sexy payroll clerk. ...

Wild women don't get the blues.
June 1, 2006... The thought of taking a Wild Women Expedition in Canada intrigued me, but I was also, I admit, a tiny bit nervous. Camping expeditions are way out of my comfort zone. I'm a city girl, so abandoning my daily routine to fly up to the rugged...

Pride 2006.
June 1, 2006... Queers have been celebrating Pride for 36 years now--ever since that tumultuous June evening in 1969 when LGBT individuals rebelled against police harassment at New York's stonewall Inn. [??] Many cities began their current Pride traditions on...

Couples that play together stay together: spoken word artist and performer Alix Olson and singer-songwriter and demigod Pamela Means crack open the bedroom door to their relationship.(Interview)
June 1, 2006... When spoken word artist Alix Olson and singer-songwriter Pamela Means first met, in the fall of 1997 in a Wesleyan University dorm room, "It was very uneventful," recalls Means with a laugh. "Her friend randomly found me playing at a...

2006 photo contest best of.
June 1, 2006... 1st Prize Capturing the essence of lesbian life with a camera lens is no easy feat. For our annual photo contest this year, we threw out all the rules, all the categories and all the labels, and asked you to document your lives for us....

A Texas Tinseltown: getting to know Austin's lesbian film scene.
June 1, 2006... Nestled in the heart of Bush country, where everything is bigger and longhorns are all the rage, a burgeoning community of lesbian filmmakers can be found in Austin, Texas. The celluloid stories created by Austin's queer ladies offer a little...

Karen Green: activist and documentary subject.(Q+A)(Interview)
June 1, 2006... The first words on Karen Green's Web site, karenscomingout.com, are, "I'm a giant lesbian." This Jersey girl came flying out of the closet when she signed on with gay cable channel Logo's Coming Out Stories. The mother of a 7-year-old, Green...

Amy King: poet.(Q+A)(Interview)
June 1, 2006... Lambda Literary Award finalist Amy King's Antidotes for an Alibi (BlazeVOX) offers a poetic vision that is as styled as a modern cityscape and as intimate as the details that often shape the poems' otherwise metaphysical reach. In "The Open...

A quarterly comic book series by Gilbert & Jaime Hernandes.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... "Brilliant."--The New York Times "If you've never heard of Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, you've been missing out two of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture."--The Nation "One of the highest peaks the comics medium has...

Pride festival favorites: from newbies to classics, we've got it covered.(Cry Mercy, Nunez, White Trash Girl, Folk Is the New Black)(Sound recording review)
June 1, 2006... This month we offer three out, queer artists at various stages of their careers, whom you just might see on the Pride festival circuit this year: an up-and-coming lesbian rocker looking to bust out of her local Florida market (Nunez); a...

Tina Angotti: singer-songwriter.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Tina Angotti knows that life is full of spiritual growth and change, and has aptly named her forthcoming, second album Transitions. Her debut CD, Mirror, was a melodically intricate and vocally startling reflection of the movements and moments...

Surround yourself with sound: stereos that go boom.(Tech Girl)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2006... When I was 12 years old I had two big dreams: to become a professional writer and to get my own stereo. The stereo was the top priority. And when I finally did get one, I was jubilant; not only was it mine alone, but it was also the first in...

Pride is more than a party.(Politics)
June 1, 2006... Ah, pride. Such a loaded word for queers. As I ponder Pride, I wonder: Are heterosexuals proud? Why do queers need a Pride month? Why does this magazine (and every other queer publication) need a Pride issue? Why? Because not that long...

Find your Pride.(Dyke Drama)
June 1, 2006... There are no gay bars in Wyoming. Queers who want to cut loose in a club have to go to Ft. Collins, Colo., which is about an hour's drive from Cheyenne. The rest of Wyoming is at a loss. No wonder those depressed range riders in Brokeback...

Top ten: reasons we love Ellen Huang.
June 1, 2006... Ellen Huang, founder of the Queer Lounge--one of the coolest, queerest hangouts at the Sundance Film Festival--is changing the way people see LGBT cinema. Through Queer Lounge, a magnet for power dykes like Guinevere Turner as well as cute...