Curve articles from October 2001

Curve archives from October 2001

The Results Are In!
October 1, 2001... Thanks to all of you who completed this year's reader survey, published in the April 2001 issue of CURVE. The results were riveting! CURVE is your magazine and your valuable responses help to ensure that we're giving you more of what you really...

CORRECTION.
October 1, 2001... In the August 2001 (Vol. 11, #5) issue of CURVE magazine, we mistakenly wrote that the the Butchies are all North Carolina natives. Actually, Kaia Wilson is from Oregon; Alison Martlew was born in England and grew up in the Bahamas; and Melissa...

TAKING A STAND.
October 1, 2001... On August 7, 2000, Olga Orraca-Parades was arrested with 30 other women (including three other Puerto Rican lesbian activists) during one of the many acts of civil disobedience demanding that the US Navy Pull out from the small Caribbean island...

Pushing the Right Button.
October 1, 2001... ARE YOU SHORT ON SOME WOMAN-LOVIN'? Did your vibrator lose its juice? Do you have a problem reaching that big O everyone keeps talking about? Well, in true Jane Jetson style, your desired climax may now be just a button away. Whenever the...

HEY! BABY.
October 1, 2001... Rachelle Lee Smith, 20, is a photography student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She recently completed a "self-contemplation, self-exploration, and self-discovery" photo project. How did you become interested in...

"Can We Quote You on That?".
October 1, 2001... "Image controls marketing and how people sell themselves, and being gay doesn't fit into that paradigm. Black people are the most conservative about gay issues. The attitude is, 'Be quiet about it.' Part of the reason is, the gay aesthetic is...

Out on the Web.
October 1, 2001... HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN siting home with your girl, asking each other again and again what you should do? Where can you find some wholesome lesbian entertainment? Now more than ever the Web offers entertainment resources for women and...

Survey Says.
October 1, 2001... * 67 percent of parents believe in teaching their children that gay people are just like anybody else. * African-American and Latino parents tend to be even more supportive of teaching tolerance and diversity: 76 percent of...

Love Through the Signs.
October 1, 2001... A HEALTH-CONSCIOUS VIRGO new moon dawns on the 17th. Give your bod what it needs -- eat veggies and get fresh air. The better you feel, the more kick you'll have in the boudoir. The sun enters Libra, the cosmic lover, on the 22nd. This...

Against the (Main) Stream.
October 1, 2001... FROM PRISON DRAMAS to murder mysteries, Indiewood's take on lesbian life can be pretty bleak, judging from the latest crop of films. But there's a sweetness in the telling of these stories that overshadows the grim story lines. And if they're...

Q&A WITH CHERYL DUNYE.
October 1, 2001... WITH HER NEW FILM, Stranger Inside, Cheryl Dunye explores life inside a women s prison, where one young woman's search for her mother leads her to a greater understanding of what it means to be "family." Tell me how you conceived of...

THE MONKEY'S MASK.
October 1, 2001... (Strand Releasing/Australian Film Finance Corporation) www.strandreleasing.com Based on the acclaimed free-verse novel by Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, a sexually charged Australian murder mystery starring Susie Porter (Star Wars:...

THE POWER OF PERU.
October 1, 2001... FROM CUZCO TO MACHU PICCHU, A HISTORICAL-SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE IN SACRED INCA LAND My first day in Lima, I wake up to an earthquake in the early morning hours, a sign of the changing of the seasons, according to local Peruvians. After the...

The Ego vs. "" ID.
October 1, 2001... Slam Champ STAGEYANN CHIN Takes Stock Staceyann Chin blew into the sushi spot 30 minutes late, full of apologies, her shock of hair flying freely behind her and her 10-year-old brother-in-law, Chris, in tow. They had spent the afternoon...

Does Your Workplace Stack Up?
October 1, 2001... HOW TO FIND -- AND KEEP -- A JOB YOU CAN LIVE WITH Jane Doe, an ad copywriter and a lesbian, thought she had found the perfect job. She was comfortable with her future boss during the interview, the hours were flexible, and the company...

Play it again, ellen.
October 1, 2001... On a hot Sunday afternoon, Ellen DeGeneres drives up to a palatial Hollywood home in a black Mercedes coupe. On-again, off-again girlfriend Alexandra Hedison is at her side and both are dressed casually, looking relaxed and giddy. Ellen is the...

Playing for Keeps.
October 1, 2001... The WNBA has finally wised up to the fact that lesbians are filling the stands at basketball arenas nationwide -- and now they're reaching out with special promotions designed to get more of us cheering for the home team. But is it too little,...

FOXY LADY.
October 1, 2001... Kicking back with Pam Grier In 1970, Pam Grier was working as a switchboard operator at famed B-movie house American International Pictures (AIP) when she caught the eye of director Russ Meyer, who cast her in the electrifying, if...

Brand-New vs. Newly Rediscovered.
October 1, 2001... WITH YOU-KNOW-WHO in the White House it's especially important to be vigilant in our community's quest for equal rights. One benchmark for equality has always been the treatment of queers in the legal system, with the Supreme Court the most...

Joyce Murdoch.
October 1, 2001... JOURNALISTS AND PARTNERS JOYCE MURDOCH AND DEB PRICE TAKE on the Supreme Court with their fascinating new book, Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court (Basic Books $32.50). How did you research Courting Justice? ...

School Daze.
October 1, 2001... IT'S THAT BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON once again. But for queer kids and kids of queers, the much-touted excitement of a new school year is tempered with trepidation and even terror. "What will happen this year?" "How will people treat me?" ...

All-Girl, All-Woman.
October 1, 2001... The Gals of the Big "D" Jamboree Various Artists Dragon Street Records IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A SATURDAY barn dance, or know what one is, for that matter, this collection of 29 female-fueled country oldies by 12 various vocalists...

Jann Arden.
October 1, 2001... Q & A JANN ARDEN HAS RECENTLY RELEASED HER FOURTH ALBUM, Blood Red Cherry, an innocent yet passionate new collection of songs from one of Canada's finest singer-songwriters. Your music has been really popular with lesbians from the...

Forget Moving On--Just Move Out.
October 1, 2001... "WHERE WERE YOU ALL NIGHT? I was worried. The least you could have done is called. Just because we're not together anymore doesn't mean you have the right to disrespect me." Translation: "I prayed all night you were in a horrible accident,...

Way, Way Off-Broadway.
October 1, 2001... SO WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AN OUT lesbian professor, maybe the only out lesbian professor young queer students can talk to on campus? It's an exhausting job and there's nothing else I'd rather be doing, no one else I'd rather be. I spring out of...

Rumors from the Lesbian Nation.
October 1, 2001... HEY, HEY THERE, GOOD LOOKIN', whatchya got cookin'? Well, if you're hankering for a heaping helping of gossip from the Lesbian Nation that's juicier than a popping cherry tomato, spicier than a tuna roll and more mouth-watering than Texas BBQ,...