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Fiction’s Frilliest Genre Gets Real(er)
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 3 CommentsNote: A version of this article was originally published in the San Antonio Current in 2002, and was reprinted in the Detroit Metro Times in 2003. — She gasped as... -
Target, You Are Dead to Me
Posted on August 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsTarget + Tom Emmer = love? Damn. Target, you’re dead to me. Oh, how it hurts to write that. I dearly love Target. This is one big-box store that fits... -
I’m a Joiner
Posted on July 31, 2010 | 9 CommentsIn one scene in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, Baby (Jennifer Grey’s character) is about to go meet dashing, dangerous Johnny (played by the dear, departed Patrick Swayze), but she... -
Meditative Acts
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 7 CommentsSummertime, and the livin’ is easy…but the meditatin’ ain’t. At least, not for me. Wait, let’s back up a minute. (See? Lack of focus. That’s part of my problem.) Barton... -
The Politics of Birth: How I Learned the True Meaning of “Reproductive Rights”
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 19 CommentsToday, June 10, marks a landmark in reproductive rights and women’s sexual independence — the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Pill. Somewhat embarrassingly, my perspective of reproductive rights... -
Alejandro’s New Guitar Sings to the Lord
Posted on May 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis past warm, humid Tuesday night, Alejandro Escovedo played one of a series of Tuesday-night shows at the Continental Club, accompanied on stage by his Sensitive Boys (although two members... -
Modern-Day Saints
Posted on May 8, 2010 | 4 CommentsAs a young girl, I loved the Virgen de Guadalupe. Not the Virgin Mary — not that I had any issue with her, as she seemed like a very nice... -
Books Every Teenage Girl Should Read — In Secret
Posted on April 26, 2010 | 9 CommentsIn our freshman year at Austin High, my friend Mary (whom you know as Dog Canyon contributor Mary Lowry) brought a treasure to school: A slender book with a paper...