Curve articles from November 2002

Curve archives from November 2002

All-new Web features. (Frankly Speaking).
November 1, 2002... Been to Curvemag.com lately? We just rolled out the redesign of our Web site with lots of cool new stuff to keep you entertained. We've added CURVE Personals, a great way for you to meet someone special. After many months of researching...

Sweet music. (Out in Front).(West Hollywood Orchestra)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... West Hollywood -- the name brings to mind a community built on variety and passion. From drag queens to Russian immigrants, the neighborhood truly does have diversity. So it should come as no surprise that when the city decided to form an...

New winter books from Alyson.
November 1, 2002... By Women. For Women. About Women. Earth: 2199. A madman battles for supremacy. A woman fights for survival. Twenty years ago, science fiction fans were left in suspense at the end of Katherine V. Forrest's landmark novel,...

Letters.
November 1, 2002... Career Counseling Last night, I purchased my first issue of CURVE.... I cannot thank you enough for printing the article on the music business ("How to Make It in the Music Biz," Vol. 12, #5)! I have been working at an independent record...

Ask Fairy Butch. (Curvatures).
November 1, 2002... Dear Fairy Butch: Are aphrodisiacs for real? I mean, can you really take something that has that kind of effect? My friend and I have been going back and forth, trying to figure out if this is an old wives' tale or really valid. -- Curious in...

Hey! baby.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Lauren/Charlie Bruton, 18, is a queer and gender activist from Cupertino, Calif. Gina DeVries, baby dyke-in-residence, age 19 Can you, talk about the activism you've done around education? I attended the first-ever GSA activist...

"Can we quote you on that?".
November 1, 2002... "I'm not a bikini kind of girl. I don't like walking around in undies. Tight shorts are the edgiest I wear." Michelle Rodriguez to YM on why she eschewed bikini bottoms in Blue Crush "There was a time I played on both sides of the...

Out on the web. (Curvatures).(web sites on women's sports)
November 1, 2002... LESBIAN TENNIS, ANYONE? NOT IF you're looking for resources on the Web. Unfortunately, the Internet offers a surprisingly small number of sports-related sites for women. While there are some exceptions (Girljock, of course, and a slew of local...

Love through the signs. (Horoscopes).
November 1, 2002... A SLINKY SCORPIO NEW MOON squares off with wild Uranus on the 4th. Power down and our of those "going nowhere fast" flirtations. On the 9th, passions intensify under the influence of lusty Mars and mysterious Pluto. Be prepared to plunge into...

A bumpy ride. (Sapphic Screen).(travel show visits gay communities around the world)
November 1, 2002... FOR LOVERS OF LESBIAN CINEMA, it's been an exciting season for road-tripping. Having anticipated just such a thing, I packed up the cat and took off in search of dykes on screen. Along the way, I found lesbians suffering from bicoastal...

Women to watch: forty or so fabulous women who made a big impression on us in 2002.
November 1, 2002... STYLE Dressing Up Dawn Haynes STYLE CONSULTANT When it comes to completing the total style package, nobody does it better than Dawn Haynes, image-maker for such stars as Mary J. Blige, Quincy Jones, Halle Berry and hubbie...

Rumors from the lesbian nation. (Iesbofile).(various articles on adoption, lesbianism, and family)
November 1, 2002... REVOLUTIONARY PETUNIAS AND shrinking violets alike, rise up and make haste to your neighborhood polling place: November has arrived, and as we suspected she might, she's brought her bookish cousin Election Day along to the party. Party? What...

Back to the bookshelves. (In the Stacks).(lesbian literature)
November 1, 2002... THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN waiting breathlessly for the continuation of Katherine V. Forrest's science-fiction classic Daughters of a Coral Dawn can rejoice: You'll wait no more! After 18 years, Daughters of an Amber Noon (Alyson $13.95) has...

No thanks. (Brownworth).(gays not represented in mass media)
November 1, 2002... AS THANKSGIVING DRAWS near, we are primed for the holiday season, a season traditionally associated with families. From now until the New Year, we can expect a virtual onslaught of familial imagery in everything from television commercials to...

Rock steady. (Music Watch).(sound recording reviews)(Sound Recording Review)
November 1, 2002... Ann Nesby Put It on Paper Universal Records The former lead vocalist for Sounds of Blackness, the Grammy-winning gospel choir, Ann Nesby has delved out some elegant old-school soul on her third solo release, Put It on Paper. ...

Zero dollars and only fashion sense. (Dyke Drama).(financial security and gay rights)
November 1, 2002... I WAS GOING TO WRITE AN inspirational article about getting financially set and making sure our legal affairs are handled properly. But then I realized that what I know about financial security and getting my legal affairs in order would fit...