Curve articles from May 2001

Curve archives from May 2001

ANI'S BACK FOR MORE.
May 1, 2001... For those of you who have been waiting these six long years, Ani's back! Back on the cover of CURVE, that is. We've been following this gutsy 30year-old music prodigy since the early days, and she has been quite the prolific artist, to say the...

Letters.
May 1, 2001... DARK ANGEL'S BOO? I really enjoyed your article on Dark Angel's Valarie Rae Miller (Vol. 11, #1). Dark Angel is one of the few programs I tape to make sure I don't miss it. Original Cindy... is one of the delicious reasons! I find it so...

CLASSIC FORM.
May 1, 2001... THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE OPENING of her first solo show in San Francisco at the John pence Gallery, Gerti Bierenbroodspot is energetically assisting her entourage of friends and helpers, hanging paintings and readying the room for the...

Ask Fairy Butch.
May 1, 2001... Dear Fairy Butch: Is it possible to catch genital herpes from a girlfriend with a cold sore on her lips? Worried in Wapokeneta Dear Worried: Porpoise, I'm going to risk literary redundancy here and reply in a word: Yes. And for that...

HEY! BABY.
May 1, 2001... How did you get involved with the Bay Area GSA Network? What is the role of their Youth Council? My sophomore year of high school, two kids at my school started a Gay Straight Alliance. I wasn't even out to myself at that point, but I saw...

Out on the Web.
May 1, 2001... SHOPPING FOR SOMETHING QUEER? In a time when dot-coms are logging off the scene in record numbers, and the bear dominates Wall Street, the queer marketplace seems to be thriving more than ever online. So stop pulling your hair our while...

Got Mice?
May 1, 2001... What do Martha Stewart, Lily Tomlin and the cast of Will & Grace all have in common? They all have mice -- not the four-legged kind, but the computer kind. Along with 125 other celebrities, artists, designers, architects, high-tech and dot-com...

Love Through the Signs.
May 1, 2001... WHEN CURIOUS MERCURY MOVES into gotta-know Gemini on the 5th, ask a heartthrob a question you've gotta have answered. You'll get it by the 7th, under the heat of a Scorpio full moon. A missing piece to the relationship puzzle may fall into...

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.(lesbian roles in movies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... LAST WINTER MADE FOR LEAN TIMES as far as lesbians on screen go. Most of the beefy roles for real-life dykes have been waylaid (Ellen's sitcom has been pushed back yet again), and finding a worthwhile lesbian feature film -- amidst the sea of...

DR. T AND THE WOMEN (Artisan).(lesbian subplot)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... www.artisanet.com How this film made $12 million at the box office is beyond us, but this Robert Altman/Richard Gere star vehicle can be applauded for one thing: making Goldie Hawn's little girl a lesbian. While the film is peopled with...

MISS CONGENIALITY (Warner Brothers).(lesbian subplot)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... misscongeniality. warnerbros.com It's easy to dismiss Sandra Bullock's fluffy comedy Miss Congeniality. After all, her FBI partner in the film spends most of it teasing her for being so ugly. Then she enters a beauty pageant and wham --...

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Universal).(lesbian subplot)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... www.grinched.com Okay, yeah, it was one of the most over-hyped (not to mention hotly debated) films of 2000, but now that it's out on video, let's hope some of the attention to Grinch focuses on the subtle gay undertones. Ron Howard's...

URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT (Sony).(lesbian subplot)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... www.spe.sony.com/movies/urbanlegend/index.html The ultra-sexy Eva Mendes plays a lovesick lesbian student, but be warned: She gets little Sapphic action in this slasher sequel. In fact, a lesbian kiss scene was cut from the film, but Mendes...

THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB (Sony Pictures Classic).(gay themes)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... www.thebrokenheartsclub.com Don't fret -- Broken Hearts Club isn't one of those self-indulgent gay men's movies where all the women -- particularly the dykes -- are horrific stereotypes. In fact, Broken Hearts has to be one of the most...

Exercise for Dykes.
May 1, 2001... The most horrific part of aerobic videos is the shamelessly hetero exercise gals with their painfully hard-to-reach images of womanhood (think Cindy Crawford). But now there's Debra Minghi's Generation Xercise! Cardio Club DJ Workout...

All Day, All Gay.
May 1, 2001... Gay TV (www.wearegaytv.com) began broadcasting in February as part of Dish Network. Featuring a plethora of lesbian and gay films (40 new movies each month), the network also plans original programming later this year, including a queer dating...

Familiar Faces on TV.
May 1, 2001... Actress Jorja Fox garnered legions of lesbian fans when she deftly played a lesbian doc on ER (and she showed up in Ellen's coming-out episode). Now, Fox is back on the little screen playing a detective alongside Marg Helgenberger in C.S.I....

Not Movies, But.
May 1, 2001... Back before there was celluloid, there was theater and some of the coolest performances these days are happening in SoHo, not Hollywood. First, Lily Tomlin has revived The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, her wildly popular...

SHE LOVE'S TORONTO.(lesbian attractions)
May 1, 2001... SLEEK YET FUNKY TORONTO, "THE CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS," HAS EVERYTHING A GIRL COULD WANT FOR A WEEK ON THE TOWN A young dyke perched on the steps in front of the Second Cup coffee shop [548 Church St.] hands me a flier, screaming, "Come hear...

CHASING ANI.(Ani DiFranco)(Interview)
May 1, 2001... Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco Spins circles around the record industry's rules for success. Up on the release of Revelling/Reckoning, CURVE spoke with the rabble-rouser about the winds of political change and also got an emotional weather...

OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS: THE SECRET EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
May 1, 2001... In recent years, it's become a means for lesbians to become parents -- so why has international adoption suddenly become so fraught with Lear and politics? The political climate surrounding lesbians adopting children has always been...

YOU BAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?
May 1, 2001... WITH THE HELP OF A FEW GOOD WOMEN, BRIGETTE M. MOORE WORKS LIKE AN ARSONIST, SETTING OFF SPARKS AND BLOWING ON THE FLAMES OF FEMINIST REVOLUTION IN THE HEART OF BROOKLYN. Brigette M. Moore, founder and president of Black Grrrl Revolution...

Rumors from the Lesbian Nation.
May 1, 2001... AS MANY STEREOTYPES AS THERE ARE about lesbians, and about gay men for that matter, some of the things people say about us are true! Take, for instance, the one about lesbians and gays being looked to as trendsetters. That one is a fact. First...

LOOPY AND LIU.(Anne Heche and Lucy Liu)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Who can guess what that crazy Anne Heche and luscious Lucy Liu were up to at the Golden Globes, holding hands as they strolled through the star-studded and media-packed red carpet? It seems Anne is a one-trick pony who has learned she can...

GET A ROOM!(The Hours becomes a movie)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... A room of one's own, that is. Sister Virginia Woolfe will have her day and eat it too in the upcoming drama The Hours. Goddess of all thespians Meryl Streep will play a lesbian involved with Emmy award-winning actress Allison Janney (West...

FRUIT FIGHT.(Jeanette Winterson movie The Passion)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Queer uber-producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don't Cry) is up to something with the Weinstein brothers of Miramax, who are trying to bring Jeanette Winterson's novel The Passion to the big screen. At one point, Harvey and Bob had their eyes set...

OPENLY FRUITY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Everyone's favorite funny girl Lily Tomlin said the word. As reported by Rex Wockner, Lily came out as gay in an interview with the NYC cable-access show Gay USA. What's the big deal, you ask? Everyone knew she was gay anyway, you say? As Ricky...

LET'S GET SOME ACTION!(women action heroes)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Need a cure for lesbian bed death? You and the rest of us, honey! Well, lots of luck to ya, but until then, how about a nice action flick? Gone are the days of sweaty meat-headed men dominating the action genre, so move over Sly Stallone, Bruce...

LIFE WITHOUT DICK.(movie)
May 1, 2001... Now, that's what I wanted to rename Deneuve way back when! But we went with CURVE instead. Now, thanks to Sex in the City's Sarah Jessica Parker and supermodel/actress Claudia Schiffer, it's not just a dream title! SJP n' CS will be starring in...

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, FINALLY.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... FOR 21 YEARS I've been an ever more out dyke. For almost 10 years, I've been engaged in legal advocacy -- first on behalf of prisoners, pornographers, and various others whose presence and perspectives are reviled by the majority in my home...

BABY DYKES TO BABY'S MAMAS.(Brief Article)(Review)
May 1, 2001... LOOKING FOR SOME evidence that queerdom begins in childhood? Then check out Baby Dykes, a collection of photographs compiled by Shelly Roberts (Alyson $12.95). Whether it be photos of writers Joan Nestle, Linda Villarosa and Leslea Newman all...

How to Build a Parent Trap.(parents of gays)
May 1, 2001... IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS, years or decades since you came Out to your parents. You were just sure they would be over it by now... but they are not. Will your parents ever be OK with the fact that you are gay? Well, it depends on what...

Love Songs.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Dusty Springfield Rhino Records REBECCA JANE ALBER A MUST-ADD FOR YOUR KITSCH collection, this 16-song set will take you to more swanky times, when cocktail hour and wet bars were household necessities. Springfield, inducted...

Revelling/Reckoning.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Ani DiFranco Righteous Babe Records REBECCA JANE ALBER IN THIS DOUBLE-DISK CD, one titled Revelling and the other Reckoning, it seems DiFranco sings of the world's indulgence and penance as well as her own. With "Your Next Bold...

The Captain.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Kasey Chambers Warner Bros. REBECCA JANE ALBER COUNTRY MUSIC AND A GIRL. No biggie. But what stands out is this girl ain't singing about the South as we know it. She's talking about a whole other country -- Australia. Yup,...

Sunny Border Blue.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Kristin Hersh 4AD/Beggars Group REBECCA JANE ALBER TO HEAR HERSH PLAY LIVE is an experience not to be missed -- she's a petite woman with a guitar and a voice that reaches every nook and cranny of a big music hall. It's not just...

Me, Too.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Sonia Ainos Music www.soniadf.com REBECCA JANE ALBER Disappear Fear was one of those grass-roots groups that sang for the love of music. Though the band dispersed, one-half of the sister set continues to record. Rutstein's...

Saying the "F" Word.(feminism and lesbians)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... I WRITE REGULARLY for the Baltimore Sun, one of the nation's better daily newspapers. In January, I was asked to write an article for the Sun on the state of feminism today. My editor sent me over 30 books published last year that were about...

RARE MOMENT.
May 1, 2001... "The results were magical, an image I feel so blessed with," says photographer Lani Phillips, who shot the young lesbian couple in the mountains above Jacksonville, Ore. Phillips says she opened her Mt. Shasta, Calif., studio Rare Images to...