Curve articles from October 2008

Curve archives from October 2008

Hell no, it's not fur.(Frankly Speaking)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Every issue we try to get a little bit of controversy in the magazine but this month's hot button topic was completely unintentional. We tracked down actor-turned-writer Mia Kirshner to talk about her heart-breaking new book about women and...

How do you like your girl's 'do?(Letters)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... 43% Long (perfect for pulling--wink, wink) 31% Cropped (just like Ellen's) 20% Faux hawk (rebellious, but not too much) 3% Bald (so androgynous) 2% Mullet (business in the front, party in the back) * According to a...

Thanks for the memories.(Letters)
October 1, 2008... A special thank you goes out to Karen Gonzalez and April Peterson of Escondido, Calif. Karen and April, loyal readers since day one, have generously given us their complete set of CURVE's back issues. Their donation is a great help in...

Lovers and haters.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... I just finished reading Ms. Brownworth's piece, "Why Do They Hate Us?" [Vol. 18 #6]. It moved me to tears. As one who has followed this election campaign very closely, I have been horrified and furious at the treatment of an attorney who worked...

Bi the way.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... I know you can't hear me, but I'm clapping. Why am I clapping? The articles on bi women in the July/August issue [Vol, 18 # 6]. First of all, I couldn't believe my eyes when I was flipping through the issue to see what was there, and then when...

Tree typo.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... It was my mother-in-law's birthday and, being ecoconscious, I wanted to plant her a tree. I came across the blurb about Trees for a Change ["The Gift That Keeps on Growing," Vol. 18#6]. I quickly got on the computer and typed in the web address...

Love for Lo Presti and Champion.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... Thanks for the awesome "Top Ten" section on Alicia Champion and Danielle Lo Presti [Vol. 18#6]. Oh my God--they're awesome, and so hot! Please cover more about them. Sounds like they're doing outstanding things and are a real example of what...

Missing Pride.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... Thanks for producing such a great magazine month after month! I wouldn't trade my CURVE subscription for anything in the world. Why don't you ever feature Denver PrideFest? I don't ever recall seeing any information about Denver Pride. Such a...

How sweet the sound.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2008... Thanks for another excellent music issue [Vol. 18 #6]. Since mainstream music publications are such a vast testosterone wasteland, it was so refreshing to read about so many terrific alternative artists and community groups that are somehow...

Corrections.(Letters)(Correction notice)
October 1, 2008... The photographer for the Open Studio featuring Nicole Robbins [Vol. 18 #6] was Stephen Phillips, not Paul Montgomery. In "She Makes the Whole World Sing" [Vol. 18 #6], Karen Kane was actually the assistant engineer on Jade and Sarasaparilla's...

Williamson not "creaky".(Letters)
October 1, 2008... Toward the end of the article "Is Women's Music Really Dead?" by Jamie Anderson [Vol. 18 #6], Cris Williamson is quoted as saying, "I'd love to sing 'Waterfall" for you but I can't. I want to, but I can't." Those of you who have seen her...

Editor's note.
October 1, 2008... Sometimes it seems like we're all a little crazy in the days heading up to our press deadline, when our normally genial work week gives way to exhausting 16-hour shifts. This month was no different, especially given that we had a slew of events...

Finding sex in fashion.
October 1, 2008... We couldn't be more excited about season two of here! TV's hit series, Lesbian Sex and Sexuality. That's because we're in it. (Did you love our stint on The L Word? We did and this is equally delish!) A film crew followed two CURVE fashion...

Cha-cha-changes.
October 1, 2008... It's been an exciting few months for curve, with some huge changes. Amidst the great wedding flurry, photo editor Nicole Teichman (right) married her wife Michelle (and officially became Mrs. Nicole Arseneault!). Sadly, this issue is the coup...

Scene.
October 1, 2008... 1 The North Star Roller Girls bust a cap at Minneapolis Pride 2 The Lambda Literary Awards played host to author JLee Meyer (left), publisher Linda Hill and author KG MacGregor 3 Two women celebrate newlywed status at the San Francisco Pride...

Out in front.(Lisabeth Castro-Smyth )
October 1, 2008... A Voice for the Underserved. At 29 years old, Lisabeth Castro-Smyth is already leading the pack. Just a few months ago, Castro-Smyth was feted at UC San Francisco, where she received the Chancellor's Award for LGBT Leadership. No surprises...

Beyond Mortified.(Curvatures)
October 1, 2008... An old love letter inspired Mortified (getmorti-fied.com), a movement that encourages people to dig up and expose the secret thoughts they held onto so tightly in adolescence--and queer women are jumping on board. Nationwide, lesbians (and...

Goodbye to San Francisco's Osento bathhouse.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... San Francisco's legendary woman-owned and-operated Osento bathhouse offically closed its doors in August after 28 years in business. The dream child of Missouri native Summer kraml, Osento offered a safe, friendly and relaxing atmosphire to...

Refreshment from the tropics.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Billed as the enlightened sports drink, Zico pure Coconut Water (zico.con) really does make a great alternative to the sugary chugs I'm used to drinking after a round of Jillian Michael's Biggst Winner workout videos (jillianmichaels. com)....

Angela Gasperi.(Open Studio)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Angela Gasperi is not afraid of change. Her mission and her art are always evolving. Gasperi, a 29-year-old Illinois native, works in a variety of media including acrylics, watercolor and photography. Choosing not to limit herself to one...

Hola, chicas.(Chica Luna Productions )(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The mainstream media's exploitation of women--and particularly women of color--is something many people are aware of and discuss at great length, but Chica Luna Productions is one of the rare organizations that is actually putting on the gloves...

She said.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... "I'm kinda saving myself for Miley Cyrus." * Musician Katy Perry, of "I Kissed a Girl" fame "I feel like people are OK [in Seattle] with you being who you are--gay, straight, black, white, orange, green--it doesn't matter. Here, everybody...

Wedding bells, slaps and kisses: these are just some of the sounds we're hearing this month.(Lesbofile)
October 1, 2008... Lesbofile is evidently PMSing this month, because everyone's getting emotional. But love us, hate us or tongue-kiss us and we'll talk about it. First Comes Love. Then Comes Marriage Yes, yes, we know it's old hat--but a very big,...

Diane J. Salvatore.(THE RUN DOWN)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Lesbian author and editor Diane J. Salvatore has stepped down from her position as editor in chief of Ladies Home Journal after holding the post fox six years. The author of several novels and short stores, including Benediction and Love, Zena...

Linton Estates.(THE RUN DOWN)(retirement village)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Gay, lesbian and transgender retirees could soon have a communal home all to themselves in Ballan, Australia, The planned Linton Estates, a $26 million retirement village, will consist of 120 self-contained units and amenities like a residents'...

The Seattle opera.(THE RUN DOWN)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... The Seattle Opera is hoping to build its audience number by reaching out and offering three LGBT nights at McGraw Hall during the upcoming season. Each LBGT night, the $100 discount ticket price includes main-floor orchestra seating, a private...

Pat Hendrickson and Kate Lewis.(THE RUN DOWN)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Amazing Race contestants Pat Hendrickson and Kate Lewis wed on July 9 in Ventura, Calif. Hendrickson, an ordained deacon, and Lewis, an Episcopal priest, were the second team eliminated from the reality show's second season. They were wed in...

Glaad.(THE RUN DOWN)(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... GLAAD unveiled its first-ever cable network-ranking index on July 12, putting FX (probably because of Nip/Tuck) highest on its list. Eight out of 10 networks received passing marks, including ABC, with shows like Ugly Betty, Desperate...

Fuel for your fast-paced life.(Curvatures)(energy bars)(Buyers guide)
October 1, 2008... Has your work schedule left you starving and struggling to decide whether to eat a Big Mac, a Whopper or a Beef Burrito Supreme? Or perhaps you're a macrobiotic vegan with a flat tire in Nothing-but-Brisket, Texas? Whatever the cause of your...

What's hot: sexy Halloween costumes.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Halloween is the perfect time to play dress up with the help of Shirley of Hollywood's hot storybook-inspired costumes (shirleyofhollywood.com). Yes, we know, you may be more commonly found in butchier gear (last year scores of lesbians were...

Run off to Rio.(Lipstick & Dipstick)(Column)
October 1, 2008... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: I have a hardcore crush on a friend of mine. We've been friends for about six years, and my feelings have deepened for years, and my feelings have deepened for her over the years. Now comes the fun part. We're...

Jealousy 2.0.(Ask Fairy Butch)(Column)
October 1, 2008... Dear Fairy Butch: I get really jealous whenever my girlfriend gets calls or emails from women she has met online. I try to tell myself that I am being silly, that she has a right to have friends, but it doesn't work. I feel twisted up inside...

Smoke beaver much?(Health)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... There's nothing more horrifying than a lesbian vegetarian hypocrite. Except may be realizing that I am a lesbian vegetarian hypocrite. I was a smoker for many years, when I was youthful and thought I was a cool East Village bohemian. I...

It takes an Army.(Health)
October 1, 2008... Boobs--we're all born with them, and most of us want to keep them. Renowned breast surgeon Dr. Susan Love is betting 1 million women working together with researchers, will find both the cause of, and the cure for breast cancer in her lifetime,...

A few good breast cancer tomes.(Health)('The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer', 'Pink Ribbons, Inc.' and 'Uplift')(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Maren Klawiter's deeply insightful The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer (upress.umn.edu) analyzes the breast cancer movement--how the disease has been managed by the medical community and marketed to the public, and how finding a cure has become an...

A lesbian way to say goodbye.(Life)
October 1, 2008... I had never envisaged our house in suburban Australia as a do-it-yourself hospice turned funeral parlor, but it turned out to be perfectly suited. Knowing she was dying, our friend Heather began to distribute her belongings and sold her house....

Tips on doing it yourself.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... When a loved one leaves her body in your care after death, it is important to remember her last wishes. A few things can make your job as funeral director/grief-stricken friend a little easier: 1 Be sure you know the laws in your area...

Or shoot for the moon.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Want to make a big splash and join Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry orbiting Earth? Try space burial, a procedure in which some of your cremated ashes are placed in a capsule the size of a tube of lipstick and launched into space using a...

The lesbian parent trap: if you're considering kids or she already has them, proceed with caution.(Relationships)
October 1, 2008... Gay folks have the best contraception on the market, for obvious reasons. When was the last time a queer couple accidentally got sloppy drunk and forgot to pull out of all the paperwork for adopting a Chinese baby: This is being true, lesbian...

A run-in with the big C: if you think it'll never happen to you, you might want to think again.(Dyke Drama)
October 1, 2008... For some real dyke drama, try finding a lump in your hooter while you're taking a shower. For a few days, I had been vaguely aware of a pain in my left breast when I moved a certain way, but it didn't bother me much. Of course, we gals...

My November surprise: what will it take to get a real progressive in the White House?(Politics)
October 1, 2008... It's a secret I and many women I know have been keeping, but the time has come to reveal my big surprise, I will not be voting Democrat in November. I worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign from February through her withdrawal from the...

Make Change, Not Lawsuits.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Nine leading LGBT organizations, including Lambda Legal, GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign, released a statement entitled "Make Change, Not Lawsuits" in June. The statement urges non-Californian LGBT couples who have either married or plan to...

Parental rights granted to nonbiological mother.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Honoring a child custody order from a Vermont court, the Virginia Supreme Court has granted a nonbiological mother parental rights after an arduous, four-year battle--one that may not be over quite yet. In 2004, Lisa Miller was granted sole...

Lesbos Sues Lesbians.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... In early June, a group of Lesbians filed a complaint against an LGBT community organization, asking them to drop the term "lesbian" from its name. Chances are, these Lesbians are probably not CURVE subscribers: They're inhabitants of the Greek...

I thee wed ...(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... When the California Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriages were legal, there was yet another gold rush to the state--this one was for gold bands and a legal marriage license. Despite the din of Proposition 8, wedding bells resound and the...

Wasting away in Margaritaville: one lesbian lands in Key West and never wants to leave.(florida special section)
October 1, 2008... I'm submerged under the richest azure water I've ever seen, dozens of miles from the mainland, and as I'm skirting shoals and sunken pirate treasure (or at least a 1800s-era shipwreck of dubious origin), I'm transfixed by a mesmerizing array of...

Beauty and the Greeks: absorbing European culture in an authentic fishing village.
October 1, 2008... Leafing through photo albums of past visits to Florida can leave you a bit cynical. The spring break jaunts may have been titillating a decade ago, but your interests have evolved since you won the gold for beer bonging and string bikini...

Sun, beaches, hot chicas ... Miami vices: just the facts, ma'am, on America's gay Riviera.(florida special section)
October 1, 2008... If you've never been to Miami, you may have gotten your image of it from TV shows like CS1: Miami--tall palm trees outlined against a bright blue sky, long stretches of white sand edged by blue-green water... and, yes, bikini-clad women, That...

Deep blue teeth.(Venice, Florida)
October 1, 2008... I love watching people's expressions when I tell them I'm going to Venice for the weekend--like I could actually afford to jet off to Italy for two days! Even some native Floridians forget the small, quaint town that is about halfway...

Other Florida hot spots.(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... If you're hitting Florida for the first time and are unsure where the girls are, here's a quick list of some of the hottest places for lesbians to go after dark in the sunshine State. St. Petersburg: The Hideaway is one of the oldest...

Twilight years in the sunshine state: tucked away in lesser-known small Florida towns are five groundbreaking gay or lesbian retirement and vacation communities.(florida special section)
October 1, 2008... When you hear about gay Florida, the places you're probably hearing about are the LGBT meccas of Tampa and St. Petersburg to the west (borne of the states largest Pride celebration), or the massive gay-friendly Miami-Dade-Broward metropolis...

She Shot ... me down: the show is never over for MTV's bisexual queen, Tila Tequila.(Interview)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... her Shot at Love has ended and this time she picked a girl--a tall, sexy blonde who rejected her. While both women left the finale in tears, Tila Tequila, the MySpace superstar turned MTV poster girl, is ready to shed her trampy, vampy ways in...

Jersey girl: Tila dumped her, but we didn't.(Lisa Rizzo and Tila Tequila)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... known as the soft butch softball dyke with the thick New Jersey accent, Lisa Rizzo became this seasons sweetheart on A Shot at Love. Surprisingly, even after she won every degrading challenge (hello, pig parts?), Rizzo was booted off (perhaps...

Mama Mia! Mia Kirshner just spent five years traveling the world and we aren't taking sandy beaches here. The L Word's resident philanthropist tells us all about it.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... i first opened Mia Kirshner's new book, I Lire Here, at a children's playground--which is either the most appropriate or the most inappropriate place to look at it. My 7-year-old niece and my 2-year-old nephew happily ran around the play...

Olivia Newton-John: we've always loved her. Her new lesbian role in Sordid Lives reminds us why.(... sordid lives exclusives)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... In the 1970s, she was our Aussie sweetheart, with a string of soft rock songs like "Have You Never Been Mellow." Then came the hit film Grease, the cult smash Xanadu, the sexiest MTV video of the '80s ("Physical"), and this sweet power...

Beth Grant: discover why she's Hollywood's low-profile darling.(... sordid lives exclusives)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Beth Grant has been in countless movies and television shows; however, she continues to maintain a low profile in Hollywood. Now, she's a star in Sordid Lives: The Series- as a chain-smoking, pill-popping Southern Spinsterca role that she...

Rue McClanahan: the sex-crazed Golden Girl goes good--deliciously so.(... sordid lives exclusives)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... She is absolutely adored by gay men, but Rue McClanahan--who is perhaps best known as sexpot Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls--could be a lesbian's best friend. She played one on stage in the early '70s (before it was a safe career move),...

Caroline Rhea: can you believe she's not gay?(... sordid lives exclusives)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... She's a self-confessed girl's girl, and will easily admit that she would kiss one of the women on Grey's Anatomy. Carolina Rhea replaces Delta Burke as the horny trailer-trash neighbor Noleta on Sordid Lives: The Series, but she also doesn't...

On the clock: ten expert tips on how to get the most out of your career.(Working Girls)
October 1, 2008... We were tempted to call this section The 13 Coolest Jobs We've Heard Of, but decided "cool" was in the eye of the beholder (or, in this case, the reader). This year, instead of issuing our annual report on LGBT-friendly Fortune 500 companies,...

Headway in motor city: meet a lesbian who is part of the new wave of diversity at General Motors.(Working Girls)
October 1, 2008... SHE REALLY digs her job. She's only 30, but Roberta "Birdie" Ball, who works on the line at General Motors, is already a true maven of Michigan. Ball is following in the footsteps of her father, grandfather, aunts and uncles who devoted...

Down with the old guard.(Dana Picore)
October 1, 2008... Sketch a timeline of the most mismanaged world events of the past 30 years and Dana Picore's life story will run parallel to it in at least three places. At 19, when most of us were chasing our college crush, Picore was living in a kibbutz near...

Now it's hammer time: a lesbian craftswoman opens her workshop.(Working Girls)(Brenda Hall of H&L Woodworking)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Brenda Hall, the craftswoman behind H&L Woodworking (hnlwood-working.com), has faced her share of challenges trying to build a name for herself in the industry she loves. Since she began her career in furniture building, she has found that in...

Back to the land: this novelist discovered that green acres is indeed the place to be.(Working Girls)(Catherine Friend )(Interview)
October 1, 2008... LIKE MOST Americans, Catherine Friend spent a good part of her life happily eating meat, never questioning where it came from or at what cost. But when her partner decided to pursue her longtime dream of owning a farm and raising sheep for...

Do I hear a hundred dollars?(Laura Michalek)
October 1, 2008... Most first-timers at a charity or art auction would probably not know what to make of Laura Michalek. They would expect a middle-aged man in tweeds at a podium with a gavel, not a bouncy brunette armed only with a microphone and wearing a...

What do you do? One Hollywood producer shows us her job description.(Working Girls)(J.D. Disalvatore)
October 1, 2008... J .D. DISALVATORE isn't your average 40-something lesbian. She's the sexy beast behind thesmokingcocktail.com. an uberpopular queer entertainment blog, and an in-demand Hollywood producer. She's produced several gay films, including Eating Out...

A breed apart: these women are top dogs.(Molly King, Joy Brewster )
October 1, 2008... DOGS AND lesbians: They go together like sneakers and socks, hippies and hemp, sex toys and lube. It makes sense, then, that there's a plechora of lesbians who breed and show their dogs. Molly King never intended to be a dog breeder. it all...

Where are the entertaining women?
October 1, 2008... Turns out there are so many amazing women working in the world of entertainment--from SkyLab owner (and TV star) Jackie Warner to graphic novelist Ariel Schrag, nightlife impresario Lori Michaels, show runner Hene Chaiken, choreographer Anne...

By the book: two queer publishing gurus share their secrets to success.(Working Girls)(Len Barot and Linda Hill)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS stare down unprecedented changes and industry shake-ups on a regular basis. Borders is the latest major bookstore chain to Shuffle how it handles LGBT-themed work, dumping thousands of books earlier this year and sending...

Out & Equal founder Selisse Berry.(Working Girls)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... 1. How did Out & Equal begin? I started working for nonprofits and was hired to run Building Bridges, LGBT diversity training. I started talking to other LGBT people working in companies: What's going on? Why don't we sit down together...

A sweet affair: a new lesbian cruise line is riding the green wave.(Working Girls)(Sweet Travel)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... SHANNON WENTWORTH has spent her life as an activist. With strong beliefts about human rights, charitable work and the environment, this lesbian entrepreneur made good use of her experiences and struck out on her own. The founder of Sweet...

Torchwood: The Complete First Season and Torchwood: The Complete Second Season.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2008... Torchwood: The Complete First Season and Torchwood: The Complete Second Season (BBC America): What's more exciting than the second season of Torchwood being available on DVD? How about the first season being released concurrently on Blu-Ray?...

Bearing Witness: three new films on discrimination, disease and radical revolt.(Movie review)
October 1, 2008... Threats come from all sides in film this month: sinister neighborhood gossip, a deadly and unfathomable virus, a hyper-involved government, conservative families and long-distance relationships. These features will move you, frighten you,...

Endless love: Searching 4 Sandeep provides an up-close and extremely personal look at lesbian online dating.(Movie review)
October 1, 2008... Three-plus years and several continents after Poppy Stockell and Sandeep Virdi met on a lesbian dating site, they are a happy couple living in Sydney, Australia. Their journey to happiness and togetherness was a long and arduous one, fraught...

Dawn Logsdon.(Q+A)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Director Dawn Logsdon's newest documentary, Faubourg Treme: The Untold History of Black New Orleans, (tremedoc.com), traces the collective history of one of New Orleans' most vibrant and mixed neighborhoods--the Sixth Ward, known as Treme, Logs...

Penelope.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Penelope (Summit): I hate fairy tales and save for last year's Enchanted I almost always dislike them. But Penelope, a heart-warming but snarky update of the Ugly Duckling, might just change my mind. In it Christina Ricci is a girl cursed with...

Itty Bitty Titty Committee.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Itty Bitty Titty Committee (Wolfe): Jamie Babbit, the beloved director of But I'm a Cheerleader, offers up another funny, politcally savvy, romantic indie flick. In it, Melonie Diaz plays a baby dyke who falls in with a gang of feminist...

Affinity.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Affinity (Logo): Sarah Water's first two novel-to-film adaptations--Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith--were resounding lesbian hits. Affinity, a supernatural lesbian prison romantic thriller, is set in 19th-century Britain and follows a...

On the Other Hand, Death.(Television program review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... On the Other Hand, Death (here! TV): The latest film adaption of Donald Strachey's gay detective novels boasts a small-town lesbian couple (Margot Kidder and Gabrielle Rose) who are targeted by violence, as well as a hunky himbo and plenty of...

On Their Own, Joyce Hoffmann.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... On Their Own, Joyce Hoffmann (DaCapo Press): When the United States' fight against terrorism looks frighteningly similar to its fight against communism in the 1960s, Joyce Hoffmann's collection of biographies, On Their Own, offers a candidly...

Fay Jacobs.(Q+A)(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Fay Jacobs is a lesbian humorist, often compared (much to her gleeful amazement) to the legendary Erma Bombeck, Jacobs writes a column detailing life with her partner, Bonnie, in Rehoboth Beach, Del. I set down to chat with Jacobs shortly after...

Rocker girl: Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna tells us how it's done.
October 1, 2008... Once you get past the fact that while she is sexy, she is also, er, straight, a celebrity journalist and the author of Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Like a...

More Than Petticoats, Kate Hertzog.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... More Than Petticoats, Kate Hertzog (TwoDot): It may be the City of Brotherly Love, but philadelphia sits in a state whose contributions to American women's history appear in a new light in this smartly researched and engagingly written...

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting, Photography by Bert Stern (Random House): "Liz Taylor is a classic beauty. Marilyn is a ghost. If she is motionless for a single instant, her beauty will evaporate. Photographic Marilyn is like photographing a...

Branded Ann, Merry Shannon.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2008... Branded Ann, Merry Shannon (Bold Strokes Books): Treasures abound in this rollicking, high-seas adventure. Lesbian protagonists are not usually featured in pirate exploits, so this extremely well-told novel is a treat not soon to be forgotten....