Curve articles from November 2006

Curve archives from November 2006

Looking for a dream job?(Frankly Speaking)(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... Everyone wants to work where they feel respected and welcomed. After all, who wants to have to take her brother to the company picnic? Most of us spend a huge chunk of our lives at work, so why not devote your time and energy to a company that...

A sight for sore eyes.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I have been a subscriber to CURVE for the last six years and have obviously enjoyed the magazine. This is no longer the case. Noticeably for me at least, the last two issues (Vol. 16, #6 and #7) are too difficult for me to read. The font is...

Gender 101.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I wanted to thank you for the awesome feature "Gender 101" (Vol. 16, #7). I am a recently licensed clinical therapist in Ohio (Gasp! At least it's Columbus!) and will be using the articles in my work. No matter that I have a friend...

Go ahead, flatter us.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I want to send a sincere thank you to the entire staff.... I know you are a tight-knit family, and your cohesion and passion for your work comes across in every event you are involved in and every issue that hits the stands. I hear so many...

Don't blame the messenger.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... We're really disappointed that Dana got dumped from The L Word! She was a favorite among many of us out here. It took us a while to figure out that Alexandra Hedison (Dylan) and Kelly Lynch (Ivan) were walk-ons, but to get rid of Dana while...

Gay games.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... It was really nice meeting the folks behind the magazine at this summer's Gay Games in Chicago. We were excited to see your next issue (Vol. 16, #7), anticipating coverage on the Games. Why no stories or pictures? This was a really big deal for...

Rabble rousers.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... As lesbian women in the conservative state of Florida, my fiancee and I are setting out on a dangerous expedition: We are getting married. Our ceremony will be next spring, and we are big advocates for gay marriage laws in Florida. As you may...

Farrah Krenek.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Actor, model and writer Farrah Krenek may still be looking for her big break, but don't say she's waiting for it. Determined to make it to the big screen, Krenek says she does the best she can with every role handed to her, even if only as a...

Pam Spaulding.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Grab a latte and scootch on up to the computer screen. Pam Spaulding's got something to say. "I was frustrated with the endless bleating of the religious right," says Spaulding, a 43-year-old information technology manager at Duke...

Cecilia Thompson.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Just one year after her graduation from Elon University in North Carolina, activist Cecilia Thompson has made a career for herself as the Executive Director of the Guilford Green Foundation, a Greensboro-based nonprofit that touches the lives...

Thanks for nothing.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... After winning the Democratic primary in Alabama, AIDS activist and out lesbian Patricia Todd (above) was set to become the first openly gay candidate for legislature in the notoriously conservative state. However, the Democratic Party's...

TV comes out of the closet.(Curvatures)
November 1, 2006... As the largest provider of original gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer-curious (they call that "GLBT plus") broadband video programming on the Internet, Out of the Closet Television is making some waves in the...

Crutch couture.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... "I would have never in a million years thought I would be creating designer crutches," Laurie Johnson says. "Most people's response is, 'designer what?'" But after surviving a 2002 plane crash that took the lives of her husband and 2-year-old...

Trading tulle for tools.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The average American woman is evidently a little butcher than we thought. According to the Home Improvement Research Institute, women made more than 23 percent of power-tool purchases in 2004, and 78 percent of women own a combination of hand...

She said, she said.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... "I do remember dating a young gal... and this girl was kind of coming out and she decided it was time to call her parents and tell them she was gay. And she called and said, 'Mom, Dad, I'm gay, and I'm dating a musician, and this is what I...

Marcy Mendelson: photographer.(OpenStudio)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... With an eye for beauty in unexpected places, San Francisco-based photographer Marcy Mendelson (left) is quickly making a name for herself in her home city and beyond. The former CURVE staffer began her career studying sculpture, video...

What do we want? Equality!(Curvatures)
November 1, 2006... An organization that swims upstream, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates battles against the strong current of corporate policy and makes its way to the breeding ground, where fair and equitable practices are implemented for future generations. ...

Two girls, tons of fans and a quarterly.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Based in Portland, Ore., the edgy and irreverent 2 Gyrlz Quarterly, described as a "literary journal of sideways arts and culture," features original articles, interviews, art and literature. The journal is one of the latest projects of 2 Gyrlz...

Let's roll, ladies.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Based in Washington, D.C., the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the nation's largest LGBT political action committee, announced in August that they were endorsing 77 candidates in 2006--their highest number ever. Among those are Mary Washington...

Sweet music to our ears: MTV has a lesbian, but there's no more Sleater-Kinney on the tube.(Lesbofile)
November 1, 2006... Get ready for the media invasion! Whether it's on the silver screen, TV waves or the stage, lesbians are coming out in full force. Public Relations Paparazzi got up close and personal with Ellen DeGeneres and girlfriend Portia de...

Scene at Gay Games VII.
November 1, 2006... 1 Doria Roberts and Margaret Cho at Gay Games. 2 Daniela Sea at Chicago's House of Blues. 3 CURVE events manager Sara Jane Keskula (right) with our wonderful Gay Games volunteers (from left) Flo, Lavonne, and Ben. 4 Athletes at the opening...

The best of Fairy Butch.(Ask Fairy Butch)(Column)
November 1, 2006... Most dykes know that sometimes once just isn't enough. This fall marks the 10-year anniversary of our beloved Fairy Butch column, so we're revisiting some of our favorite questions from years past. Fairy will be back next month answering...

Long-distance longing.(Lipstick & Dipstick)(Column)
November 1, 2006... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: I have a friend, Deb, whom I met a few years ago online. We started seeing each other right before my ex and I got back together. Once we fell apart again, I contacted Deb to see if she was still interested in giving...

Thank your lucky stars.(Astro Grrl)
November 1, 2006... Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Sex: You meet many new ladies even as current relationships heat up. Love the one you're with or seek fresh pastures to graze. Is the grass greener? Career: Sapphic Scorps need to rely on their professional wits...

An Irish metamorphosis: eight years after peace agreements in Northern Ireland, Belfast is in the midst of a renaissance.(Travel narrative)
November 1, 2006... On a sunny late March morning as our tour guide drove us around Belfast, I caught sight of climbers, suspended on ropes, scaling the Europa Hotel's 1970s-modern exterior. During the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, euphemistically referred...

You can take it with you: new swag that'll make your trip even better.(Buyers guide)
November 1, 2006... Luggage You're going, it might as well be in style. Grab any one of these hot travel totes from World According to Jess ($90 and up, world accordingtojess.com) and you and your furry friend will be chic. Our faves: Bubby's Crossword, Doggy...

Diesel femmes: fat girls are going gaga for Sossity Chiricuzio's handmade slip dresses. Now you can, too.(2006 Careers Special)
November 1, 2006... Moving to Tombstone, Ariz., six weeks into her freshmen year in high school was, Sossity Chiricuzio says, as difficult an experience as you could imagine. "That was enough of a bull's-eye on the back, as it were, but I also had a strange name,...

Whip it good: recycling gets sexy at InHerTube.(2006 Careers Special)
November 1, 2006... I'm sitting at my desk at my day job on a Monday morning, and there's a 20-inch, industrial-strength love whip sitting by my keyboard. The tassels, made of tough black rubber, are dense, meaty. I imagine that being flogged is going to hurt like...

Nevada: not just for gamblers; One lesbian couple brings art, and queer culture, to Reno.(2006 Careers Special)
November 1, 2006... Stories about the life-changing nature of 9/11 are so common as to be cliche, but not for Meredith Tanzer, owner of the quirky art boutique La Bussola in Reno, Nevada. A former sales and marketing guru, Tanzer was dividing her time between New...

Best lesbian place to work: the second-largest lesbian company in the U.S., Babeland knows how to make work fun.(2006 Careers Special)
November 1, 2006... They'd been together for several years, and the all-too-stereotypical refrain of "lesbian bed death" had become an unfortunate reality. That is, until they walked into a Babeland sex-toy store to attend Strap-On Seductions, an...

Not your mother's shrink: going on the job with therapists who actually get it.(2006 Careers Special)
November 1, 2006... What's unique about Psyche, a mental health collective in Oakland, California, becomes immediately apparent when you see their ads. The banner on one exclaims, "Not Your Mother's Therapist!" and reaches out to sexual outsiders, alternative...

Chain of command: long before the travel market discovered lesbians, Kimpton, a chain of boutique hotels, showed its commitment to LGBT employees.(2006 Careers Special)(Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group L.L.C.)
November 1, 2006... Loved by guests for its quirky decor, thoughtful features and unusual extras, Kimpton Hotels is an exciting chain of more than three dozen boutique properties in the U.S. and Canada, founded in 1981. The five pillars of Kimpton's operating...

Top 10 companies for lesbians: these dyke-friendly businesses top our list.(2006 Careers Special)(Company rankings)
November 1, 2006... Big business can still feel like a virtual boy's club, but most of our country's largest corporations are making strides in the right direction. These days more than 92 percent of Fortune 500 companies include sexual orientation in their...

Take my money and run: two power dykes in San Francisco make financial planning look, well, sort of sexy.(2006 Careers Special)(Rachel Robasciotti, Maya Philipson)
November 1, 2006... Ever wonder what is the most common financial mistake women make? San Francisco lesbian financial planner Rachel Robasciotti will be the first to tell you: "Underestimating how much it will actually cost to retire," she says without pause. "A...

She's a very freaky girl: the lovely lesbians of television's queer, new, supernatural series, Dante's Cove.
November 1, 2006... Say what you will about Showtime's The L Word, but no matter what, the little drama that should simply can't be all things to all dykes. And since Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off the air three years ago (wow, has it already been that long?),...

How we can win in 2006: as LGBT issues take center stage at elections this November, victory depends on each one of us pitching in.(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual people)
November 1, 2006... Your vote in this election could make the difference. You've heard it all before as political activists and volunteers show up at your front door, call your house and approach you on the streets. They're right: your vote and those of your...

Let's talk about sex: we corner lesbian actor and activist Cynthia Nixon at a Planned Parenthood benefit and resist the urge to make a pun out of the former HBO TV series that made her a household name.
November 1, 2006... Cynthia Nixon is perhaps best known as Miranda Hobbes, the practical, acerbic lawyer on HBO's popular comedy Sex and the City. Miranda was given to lounging around her apartment in oversized sweatshirts and tossing out one-liners about eating...

Les femmes fatales: three foreign films offer up women on the verge.(El Favor, Cold As Summer, Ryna)(Movie review)
November 1, 2006... Every winter, a slew of quiet and meditative dramas, lush period pieces and fast-talking but not fast-acting characters rake in critical acclaim, if not big box-office sales. The change is almost always a welcome one for fans of queer cinema as...

Julie Goldman: comedian.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Julie Goldman has been cracking up the masses since age 15, when she got her first stand-up gig at Boston's Comedy Connection. She currently works as a writer for New York City drag king Murray Hill, and as a member of the politically minded...

Davina Kotulski: author, gay marriage activist.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Ever wonder who wrote the book on gay marriage? That would be Davina Kotulski, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and long-time activist in the freedom-to-marry movement. In her book, Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage, Kotulski enlightens...

The righteous babe returns: after some time off, Ani's back and rocking hard.(Ani DiFranco )
November 1, 2006... For the second year in a row, I'm filing my monthly column from the woods while working long crew at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. So it feels only appropriate to spot-light three indie artists who fit right into the musical landscape...

Vicki Randle: vocalist and percussionist.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... You may not recognize the name, but chances are you've heard her music. From the Tonight Show Band to Cris Williamson's latest tour, Vicki Randle's been popping up everywhere. Among the most sought-after vocalist-percussionists in the business,...

Baby is a centerfold: yay, it's snapshot season again.(new cameras )(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2006... Holidays like Thanksgiving can be a bit of a bear, what with all those once a year relatives coming out of the woodwork, patting your butt and asking you what lesbians really do in bed. Maybe that's just my family. But still, the best way to...

A history lesson: remembering our story is a full-time job.(Politics)
November 1, 2006... There should be a special career day for queers. I have been a college professor for more than 20 years, have taught a wide range of students--some queer, most of them not--and counseled many on what career path they should take. This...

Know when to hold 'Em: when it's over, it's over. Unless you're a lesbian, of course.(Dyke Drama)
November 1, 2006... You homo history buffs will remember that Harvey Milk endeared himself to the entire populous of San Francisco, not just the gays, when he pushed for and succeeded in passing pooper scooper legislation. Yes, he was a gay hero, but he was also...

Top ten: reasons we love Kritik.
November 1, 2006... When CURVE traveled to the 2006 Pride celebration in Boise, Idaho, one name grabbed our attention wherever we went: Kritik (sounds like "critique"). Nee Kate Neal, she's the hottest thing to come out of Boise's hip-hop scene since, well......