Curve articles from May 2007

Curve archives from May 2007

Island girls.(Frankly Speaking)(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... I think if I were going to be stranded on a tropical island, particularly a dangerous, unpredictable one like that on Lost, I'd want the show's former cast member, Michelle Rodriguez, by my side. The girl could probably fend off guerilla...

We love Janina.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... As usual, I loved the new issue (Vol. 17, #2). You guys get better each and every time. I think that Janina is sexy as hell. My goodness, the lips on that woman are mesmorizing! Can you have a story on black actresses who have played...

Why you shouldn't cheat on a writer.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... Thank you, Michele Fisher, for saying it all in your Dyke Drama column ("Your Cheatin' Heart," Vol. 17, #2). You wrote the letter I have wanted to write for years. I love the list of excuses you covered--you got them all. Thanks for being so...

Femmes fight back.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... Thank you so much for having several references to femme lesbians in your March issue (Vol. 17, #2), including the article on the Atlanta Femme Mafia. I find it so strange that femme girls actually face quite a bit of discrimination within the...

Greetings from the Jersey Shore.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... I was reading through your travel guide (Vol. 17, #2), and many of the places you described looked beautiful and had a lesbian vibe to them; however, they appeared rather costly. I think you're missing a key place in your guide for lesbians and...

Who wants to be "normal", anyway?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... First, I want to applaud you for printing, back to back, an article about fat dykes and an article about women with facial hair ("Why Fat Chicks Rock" and "My Lovely Bearded Lady," Vol. 17, #1). As a chubby woman with lots of body hair, I have...

Don't take our advice.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... I was recently at Borders and was checking out your January issue (Vol. 17, #1). I was a bit insulted when I got to the piece on dating ("The Dos and Don'ts of Lesbian Dating") that claimed that if a girl lives with her parents she may not be...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
May 1, 2007... Rachael Smith is the founder and Mafia Donna, not prima donna, of the Atlanta Femme Mafia, featured in our March issue (Vol. 17, #2). Phase 1, in Washington, D.C., is one of the country's oldest lesbian bars but not an African-American bar ("A...

Dog's best friend.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The footage of barking, displaced dogs atop almost completely submerged homes was one of the hardest things for most animal lovers to see in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When veterinarian Dr. Lisa Hart felt the anguish, she jumped in her...

Lusty Lady.(OutinFront)(Lori Michaels)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... It's hard to look at Lori Michaels, the self-billed Dyke Diva, and not think of T and A. But there's way more than meets the eye: She not only headlines the extraordinarily hot Me & the Girls dance and singing group, but is also the founder and...

Mama Bair.(OutinFront)(Marci Bair )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Many know Marci Bair as the executive director for Family Matters, which according to Bair, is the world's largest LGBT parenting group. She's also president of a San Diego financial planning and employee benefits firm. And that's only the...

Funny girls.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... How refreshing was it to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Academy Awards? I enjoyed the three-plus hours of her goofy jokes and adorable demeanor, not to mention her cute butt. If you love female comedians like Ellen, don't miss the 9th Annual...

Seduce us, Dahlia.(Curvatures)(Dahlia Schweitzer )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Oh, Dahlia! From her saucy electro-pop beats and her spicy Berlin electronica cabaret to her tastefully steamy "Late Afternoon" photographs (viewable on her Web site, thisisdahlia.com), the multitalented Dahlia Schweitzer has left few erotic...

Your car is totally gay.(Curvatures)
May 1, 2007... For nearly two years, Gaywheels.com has been navigating the automotive world off its straight and narrow path to a rainbow-licous destination. This sleek Web site targets LGBT consumers, and offers those interested in purchasing a new car (or...

A kingdom of one's own.(Curvatures)
May 1, 2007... We have exciting news for your favorite gay boy. Tell him he can take down the Prince William poster from his mind's bedroom wall. Besides, he is too good for just a prince. He deserves an emperor--and this one is gay, and single too. Just...

She said, she said.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... "I was always with my girlfriend at the time backstage, but I'm very private about my personal life. She was my make-up artist, my manager, my hairdresser, my everything else." >> Supermodel Eve Salvail on The Tyra Banks Show "I wanted...

Janet McKenzie: painter.(OpenStudio)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Some find her art inspiring; others, infuriating. Her mail gets sifted through and separated from possible bomb packages, groups warn her of being picketed, and the flood of hateful phone calls and e-mails seems neverending. Janet...

Finally, the "other" mother wins.(Curvatures)(Patricia Jones wins custody over children)
May 1, 2007... From the "good news" department: This past November the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a lower court ruling that awarded primary custody to a non-biological lesbian mom after a custody dispute with her former partner, the children's...

No child left behind? Not in Arkansas.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Imagine in 13 years, 9 million children will be living without parents in the United States. According to the Casey Family Program, a national foster care organization, this grim possibility could become reality. In celebration of National...

May gay gossip roundup: from Annie Sprinkle to Lady Sovereign, it looks like love is in the air this spring.(Lesbofile)
May 1, 2007... This month in Lesbofile: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Except no drugs this time, just some intoxicatingly hot ladies. First Comes Love... In January, the queen of sexology Annie Sprinkle and her partner of five years, Beth Stephens,...

Marriage equality means "I do" for everyone.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... While most of the American population was either shopping for roses and conversation hearts or sitting at home and moping, Molly McKay, media director of Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA), spent last Feb. 14 working on one of the year's biggest...

Happy anniversary to us!(Curvatures)(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... You know how you sometimes forget the first day you met, or the anniversary of your third kiss or some other date that's oh-so-precious to her and then your girlfriend makes you sleep on the couch for a week? Well, we feel your pain. It's not...

Danner to the rescue.(Curvatures)(J.D. Danner)
May 1, 2007... A woman is beaten every nine seconds and, according to the American Institute on Domestic Violence, 5.3 million women are abused each year. South Florida lesbian rock musician J.D. Danner is hoping her music can bring awareness and...

Cinematic sex ed.(Curvatures)
May 1, 2007... Dedicated to the positive representation of alternate sexualities, New York's annual CineKink Film Festival made its ritualistic return to San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in January. The sexy and educational series contained...

Tribute to an activist diva.(Curvatures)(Heather MacAllister )(Obituary)
May 1, 2007... If you look up diva in your dictionary, you will not find a picture of Heather MacAllister. But you might find, over the course of your life-time, several hundred folks who have pasted one into their own. I met Heather MacAllister on May 3,...

Scene.
May 1, 2007... 1 Elm City Bone Crushers roller derby girls knocked it out at their first bout in Waterbury, Conn., in December 2 Party girls (from left) Randi Swords, Sara Kenny and Gabby Tucker at Miami's Winter Pride 3 Bold Strokes Books' Lesbian Authors...

Is age just a number?(Ask Fairy Butch)
May 1, 2007... Dear Fairy Butch: I have found lately that I tend to be much more attracted to women at least 10 years older than me, if not more. I'm 20 years old and a college student, and it's certainly more likely for me to get hot for my professors than...

Online dating dilemmas.(Lipstick & Dipstick)
May 1, 2007... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: I am still madly in love with my ex-girlfriend, who is now dating a guy. We broke up a year ago, and it seems I will never get over her. Our biggest challenge was that we were in a long-distance relationship. If...

Are you marriage material?(Relationships)
May 1, 2007... 1. When the wedding march plays, you hear: A. The sound of Disney characters singing gaily. B. The sound of your lover's voice promising forever in your ear. C. The clicking of a pair of handcuffs, much like those you used with...

Ask and ye shall receive.(Astro Grrl)
May 1, 2007... Taurus (April 21-May 21) Sex: Do you have something meaningful to say? Say it loud, proud and queer. Sapphic Bulls on the hoof wander into new lush pastures. Stay and graze a while. Career: Be more strategic this May. Career opportunities...

How bad do you want her? A good romp with a bad girl can be fun, as long as you watch your step.(Dyke Drama)
May 1, 2007... She wasn't my first bad girl nor was she the worst, but she was the most unrepentant. Nothing is sexier than a woman who tells you that she is bad. Unless it's a woman who tells you that she is very bad. It's true that you can't save the...

Hillary for president: she's not my dream candidate, but wouldn't it be nice to see some ovaries in the Oval Office?(Politics)(Hillary Clinton)(Viewpoint essay)
May 1, 2007... I'm not a fan of Hillary Clinton. Almost two years ago I wrote a column in this space about why I wouldn't support her for president, based on her support of the war on Iraq. That said, when politicians change their minds for the better, I'm...

Lesbian sit-in.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A lesbian couple from Blaine, Wash., Dotti Berry (below, left) and Robynne Sapp, were arrested on charges of trespassing and taken away from the Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., after they entered the building and...

Gay bullying bill.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The Iowa House and State Senate passed a bill in February to provide LGBT students with specific protection against bullying at school, which was signed into law by Governor Chet Culver in March. The law bans the harassment of students because...

Utah court denies gay parental rights.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The Utah Supreme Court denied a lesbian mother the right to seek visitation rights for her child after her relationship with the child's biological mother ended. The court ruled that full parental rights were to be given only to the biological...

Lesbian campground founder dies.(IN THE NEWS)(Joyce Tree)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Joyce Tree, co-founder of the Swiftwaters lesbian campground in north Georgia, died on Dec. 31, 2006, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. While residing in Dahlonega, Ga., Tree wanted to have a comfortable space for lesbian women to go...

Anti-gay attack kills Detroit man.(IN THE NEWS)(Andrew Anthos)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Seventy-two-year-old Andrew Anthos, an openly gay man from Detroit, died on Feb. 23 after being struck from behind with a lead pipe by a man who followed him off a bus after asking if he was gay. Anthos was known for 20 years of attempts to...

Ohio center gets new director.(IN THE NEWS)(Stonewall Columbus, Karla Rothan )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The Stonewall Columbus board of trustees announced that it has hired Karla Rothan (left) to act as the community center's executive director. Rothan has been a volunteer for many years, chairing the Pride Festival and March and providing...

Greasing the wheels of justice.(IN THE NEWS)(K-Y Brand gives donation)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... K-Y Brand announced plans to give a $200,000 donation over the next three years to the GLBT National Help Center, an organization best known for its GLBT National Hotline. K-Y Brand will be its first corporate sponsor and, proponents say, the...

Lesbians make commitment in local bar.(IN THE NEWS)(Stilettos)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Stilettos, a local bar in Inkster, Ill., hosted a mass commitment ceremony for lesbian and gay couples on Feb. 16. Stilettos owner Alana Faulk believes the ceremony was a great opportunity for the bar, whether people perceived it as a protest...

Day trips from mecca.
May 1, 2007... San Francisco is the place for lesbian liberation. It's the city of refuge for queers from around the globe, a mythical, magical place where the food is sublime and the landscape divine, and you can make out with your girlfriend anywhere you...

Diagnosis: Distress; More and more lesbians are learning to live with fibromyalgia.
May 1, 2007... Mari Skelly remembers the exact moment that her doctor was able to diagnose the source of the chronic pain and sleep disruption that plagued her for years. She felt a combination of dread and relief. "I was so relieved that the disorder had...

The mommy track: author Rebecca Walker chooses motherhood over ambivalence.(Interview)
May 1, 2007... Hard to believe there would come a day when prioritizing motherhood would be seen as a revolutionary act. The goal of feminism, in theory, is to grant women the freedom to live life as they choose; in practice, nor all life paths are equal in...

10 powerful lesbian entrepreneurs: ever wondered who is behind the great ad campaigns, clothing lines and vacation destinations we love? Watch out, boys, here are a few of the women making great strides in the business world.
May 1, 2007... 1 GINA CUTRUZZULA Wishing that even society's smallest members could wear their feelings on their sleeves, Gina Curruzzula founded Love Out Loud, a clothing store specializing in apparel for children. Since 2001, Cutruzzula's designed...

Going to the chapel: the perfect wedding is about meticulous planning--and a little flexibility and creativity for when meticulous plans go awry. With style, individuality and a healthy sense of humor, these real-life lesbian couples all planned the nuptials of their dreams.(WEDDING SPECIAL)
May 1, 2007... Carla Pfeffer & J. C. Ransom June 2, 2006 Travere City, Michigan All it took was mouse-click kisses and keyboard dances to convince Carla and J.C. they belonged together forever. Like all Internet daters, the first sight is a...

Suiting up: what should a butch wear to her wedding? How about an Indian sherwani?(WEDDING SPECIAL)
May 1, 2007... The question of what to wear concerned my girlfriend, Kim, more than a year before we actually planned to have a ceremony. My girl looks dashing in her suit tailored at Billy Blue's shop in San Francisco, but she hesitated to simply choose...

Tie the knot but not at home: weddings abroad can be pure pleasure with the help of an event consultant.
May 1, 2007... Imagine reciting vows on a vibrant sandy beach or saying, "I do" in a verdant topiary garden. An exotic overseas wedding could be anything from relaxing to adventurous, but working out the details can be daunting and stressful. To avoid a...

Not your Mama's beauty parlor: these lesbian-owned salons are making everyone look a little sexier. That's hot.
May 1, 2007... There are many rites of passage in the life of a lesbian: coming out to the parents, your first Pride parade, your first sex toy and, of course, getting that first dykey haircut. But where to go? So many women complain that stylists in...

The rebel girl: Michelle Rodriguez rarely talks about her sexuality. But we love her anyway.(Interview)
May 1, 2007... When openly bisexual Kristanna Loken, a regular on Showtime's The L Word, confessed that she was involved with tough chick Michelle Rodriguez, no one in Hollywood was all that surprised. While Rodriguez has never publicly come out or even...

Make mom happy: Skip the bottle of Jean Nate and floral sachets and give that mom in your life something she'll actually use.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... 1. It's Raining Women These wry graphic umbrellas feature artists or like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath. $22, literaryluminaries.biz 2. Skip the Briefcase Give her this alternative, a sexy red tote....

Family Matters: it's Mother's Day. Time to bond.(Family Reunion, Freeheld, Dear Gabe)(Video recording review)
May 1, 2007... These hard-to-find indie releases are worth the hunt. All three intelligently convey issues that arise for our families, including coming out to folks back home, fighting court battles for equal rights under the law and creating alternative...

Andrea Janakas: filmmaker.(Q+A)(Interview)
May 1, 2007... Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves is not a 20-minute music video of Cher's hit classic; it's the title of lesbian director Andrea Janakas' new movie. This quiet film, set at the precarious end of the '70s, mirrors two young girls' uncertain transition...

Compilations that don't suck: check out new releases from the various aisle.(Sound recording review)
May 1, 2007... Like your favorite homemade mix tape, a good compilation CD follows a theme and makes sense as a collection. All four of our featured discs this month excel at this, however divergently--whether it's out-and-proud queer artists speaking their...

Otep Shamaya: rock star.(Q+A)(Interview)
May 1, 2007... A mere "five lifetimes old"--her standard response to the age question--Otep Shamaya is taking the heavy metal world by storm. As the leader of Los Angeles-based band OTEP (remarkably, her first band), she's got a summer full of touring and...

Rachel Kramer Bussel: author, erotica queen.(Q+A)(Interview)
May 1, 2007... She's been the Lusty Lady columnist for the Village Voice, editor or co-editor of nine erotic anthologies, including First Timers: True Stories of Lesbian Awakening, Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica and Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex...

Postmodern photo play: look good long after the honeymoon.(Tech Girl)(Buyers guide)
May 1, 2007... You've used every waking hour and spent chunks of change to create your perfect wedding. And though memories are great, we all know it's the snapshots that will stir them when you and Mrs. Right are old and gray. Here's the photo tech CURVE...

Let's try heavy breathing: doing it right feels a little different.(I Tried It)
May 1, 2007... A chronic asthma sufferer, I figured it was finally time to check out a deep-breathing session with New York City fitness and nutrition expert Kendra Coppey, so I could finally learn how to breathe correctly. The first thing the famed holistic...

Top ten: reasons we love Carol Steinel.(Interview)
May 1, 2007... Carol Steinel's a psychic and spiritual adviser, and nor in that late-night infomercial kind of sense. The Port Townsend, Wash., native also has an alter ego named Carruch and a lengthy resume that includes a successful stint as a comedian, two...