Saturday 11/7/2009
Go Grammar!
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In 2006 Mignon Fogarty started Grammar Girl, a podcast to help others with their writing by providing short episodes done in a smart, savvy tone that makes learning fun.
Months after kicking off her new podcast Mignon was on the Oprah Winfrey Show, named by iTunes as one of the best podcasts of the year and was nominated along with us for the People's Choice Podcast Award's top prize.
Mignon is considered by many as one of the most successful podcasters of all time. Who knew that doing a podcast on grammar would be such a hot success?
Today Mignon joins us in our studio to talk about the common problems everyone has with grammar and gives us a behind the scenes look at her incredible journey.
Mignon's come out with a brand new book "The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing" now available on our site.
Listen as the Grammar Girl talks about the controversial topic of sex and gender in grammar, homophones and homonyms, pigeon english and lolcats, and the possible influence twitter has on the way we write.
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Delivering daily news and commentary on sexuality, cutting edge research, and fresh thinking on health & wellness.
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In 2006 Mignon Fogarty started Grammar Girl, a podcast to help others with their writing by providing short episodes done in a smart, savvy tone that makes learning fun.
Months after kicking off her new podcast Mignon was on the Oprah Winfrey Show, named by iTunes as one of the best podcasts of the year and was nominated along with us for the People's Choice Podcast Award's top prize.
Mignon is considered by many as one of the most successful podcasters of all time. Who knew that doing a podcast on grammar would be such a hot success?
Today Mignon joins us in our studio to talk about the common problems everyone has with grammar and gives us a behind the scenes look at her incredible journey.
Mignon's come out with a brand new book "The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing" now available on our site.
Listen as the Grammar Girl talks about the controversial topic of sex and gender in grammar, homophones and homonyms, pigeon english and lolcats, and the possible influence twitter has on the way we write.
Visit out our sponsors:
LifeLube Your Field Guide to Gay Men's Health
Delivering daily news and commentary on sexuality, cutting edge research, and fresh thinking on health & wellness.
2009 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for "How Are You Healthy" ad campaign.
Featured Book:
The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl: Amazon
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing: Amazon
Featured Music:
Cupéro - Cupéro: iTunes
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Saturday 11/7/2009
Comdeian Cameron Esposito
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Move over Halloween, tell Turkey Day to stuff it! Christmas season is here, the holiday where people from all religions come together to worship the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
But before we dive into the eggnog, the very funny comedian Cameron Esposito joins us to take a last look at our outrageous Halloween Costumes as the Wild Things and go over her hyper-lesbian Battlestar Galatica costume complete with fake tattoos.
Cameron is recording her first comedy album on December 3rd and 4th at the Lincoln Lodge produced by Rooftop Comedy. She's looking for belly busting-laughers, gigglers, snorters, chucklers and cacklers to provide the laugh track- which means she wants you come to see the show. We'll be there so let's get a big table and sit in the back so we won't be tempted to heckle.
If you live in Chicago, be sure to see her tonight at the Center on Halsted along with Bill Cruz and Jessica Halem for Outlaugh.
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[/caption]James Miller from Oxford, Ohio was arrested for drunk driving on Halloween, and get this, he was dressed up as a Breathalizer. His costume had an arrow pointing south, asking people to "blow here." Did the police use his own costume against him?
In the news-
Maine Says No to Marriage Equality but yes to pot. In a disappointing election on Tuesday, voters in Maine overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing another huge setback to the gay marriage movement. Were they too high to tell the difference between "yes" and "no" ballots?
So what are we going to boycott to teach this New England state a lesson-- lobsters, LL Bean or Steven King novels?
But it's not all bad news- voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan finally pass the highly debated anti-discrimination ordinance, approved by the City Council earlier in June.
A woman calls police to complain that her daughter is better at performing oral sex according to her husband.
High tech help for modern day Santas.
Google is sued for religious bias against witches.
Visit out our sponsors:
LifeLube Your Field Guide to Gay Men's Health
Delivering daily news and commentary on sexuality, cutting edge research, and fresh thinking on health & wellness.
2009 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for "How Are You Healthy" ad campaign.
[caption id="attachment_3935" align="alignnone" width="577" caption="Cameron Esposito, Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós - photo by Fausto Fernós"]
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Move over Halloween, tell Turkey Day to stuff it! Christmas season is here, the holiday where people from all religions come together to worship the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
But before we dive into the eggnog, the very funny comedian Cameron Esposito joins us to take a last look at our outrageous Halloween Costumes as the Wild Things and go over her hyper-lesbian Battlestar Galatica costume complete with fake tattoos.
Cameron is recording her first comedy album on December 3rd and 4th at the Lincoln Lodge produced by Rooftop Comedy. She's looking for belly busting-laughers, gigglers, snorters, chucklers and cacklers to provide the laugh track- which means she wants you come to see the show. We'll be there so let's get a big table and sit in the back so we won't be tempted to heckle.
If you live in Chicago, be sure to see her tonight at the Center on Halsted along with Bill Cruz and Jessica Halem for Outlaugh.
[caption id="attachment_3939" align="alignright" width="266" caption="James Miller, dressed as breathalyser"]
[/caption]James Miller from Oxford, Ohio was arrested for drunk driving on Halloween, and get this, he was dressed up as a Breathalizer. His costume had an arrow pointing south, asking people to "blow here." Did the police use his own costume against him?
In the news-
Maine Says No to Marriage Equality but yes to pot. In a disappointing election on Tuesday, voters in Maine overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing another huge setback to the gay marriage movement. Were they too high to tell the difference between "yes" and "no" ballots?
So what are we going to boycott to teach this New England state a lesson-- lobsters, LL Bean or Steven King novels?
But it's not all bad news- voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan finally pass the highly debated anti-discrimination ordinance, approved by the City Council earlier in June.
A woman calls police to complain that her daughter is better at performing oral sex according to her husband.
High tech help for modern day Santas.
Google is sued for religious bias against witches.
Visit out our sponsors:
LifeLube Your Field Guide to Gay Men's Health
Delivering daily news and commentary on sexuality, cutting edge research, and fresh thinking on health & wellness.
2009 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for "How Are You Healthy" ad campaign.
Featured Music:
Cupéro - Cupéro: iTunes
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SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE
Saturday 11/7/2009
Gays and Christianity
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Many of the world's religious leaders disagree on a lot of things, but one thing that brings them together is their condemnation of the gays. But why pick on the gays at all? Isn't God all about love anyway?
Today we're talking to filmmaker Ky Dickens about her fascinating new documentary "Fish Out of Water" which details her struggle to come to terms with how religious people view same-sex loving folks.
Ky came out as a lesbian to her friends in college but was met with hostility and religious condemnation. She was encouraged to seek counseling and reparative therapy. Instead, she sought out all the specific references in the Bible to homosexuality and debunked them.
After finding out that the few mentions of homosexuality in the Bible didn't carry much weight when taken into context, Ky wrote a letter to her friend detailing what she found. Her friend not only understood her message but apologized. This powerful moment inspired Ky to reach out to a larger audience with a documentary on what she found out.
Listen as Ky talks about interviewing everyday Americans in truck stops, barbershops and shopping malls about the Bible's take on homosexuality.
Hanging out with Shirley Phelps- is she for real? Who are the good guys fighting the good fight? And why don't more ministers and churches stand up for equality?
Fish out of Water shows this Sunday in Chicago at the Music Box theater as part of Reeling, the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
In the news:
The French Courts convict The Church of Scientology of fraud, fining them $900,000.
And a Wisconsin woman called the police on herself for driving drunk.
Visit out our sponsors:
Human Rights Campaign Gala 2009 - Time to Shine
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 7 for the most elegant evening of the year featuring Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child and Joe Solmonese, HRC's President. Visit hrcchicago09.com for tickets and info.
Featured Music:
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Havin' the Last Word: iTunes
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SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE
Many of the world's religious leaders disagree on a lot of things, but one thing that brings them together is their condemnation of the gays. But why pick on the gays at all? Isn't God all about love anyway?
Today we're talking to filmmaker Ky Dickens about her fascinating new documentary "Fish Out of Water" which details her struggle to come to terms with how religious people view same-sex loving folks.
Ky came out as a lesbian to her friends in college but was met with hostility and religious condemnation. She was encouraged to seek counseling and reparative therapy. Instead, she sought out all the specific references in the Bible to homosexuality and debunked them.
After finding out that the few mentions of homosexuality in the Bible didn't carry much weight when taken into context, Ky wrote a letter to her friend detailing what she found. Her friend not only understood her message but apologized. This powerful moment inspired Ky to reach out to a larger audience with a documentary on what she found out.
Listen as Ky talks about interviewing everyday Americans in truck stops, barbershops and shopping malls about the Bible's take on homosexuality.
Hanging out with Shirley Phelps- is she for real? Who are the good guys fighting the good fight? And why don't more ministers and churches stand up for equality?
Fish out of Water shows this Sunday in Chicago at the Music Box theater as part of Reeling, the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
In the news:
The French Courts convict The Church of Scientology of fraud, fining them $900,000.
And a Wisconsin woman called the police on herself for driving drunk.
Visit out our sponsors:
Human Rights Campaign Gala 2009 - Time to Shine
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 7 for the most elegant evening of the year featuring Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child and Joe Solmonese, HRC's President. Visit hrcchicago09.com for tickets and info.
Featured Music:
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Havin' the Last Word: iTunes
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SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE
Thursday 11/5/2009
OMG- Who's the Queen?
So who is the queen behind Olova Debocal on Facebook?
She's gonna call out all the other queens and has already claimed her first victim.
My guess- Monique Marquette or maybe Regina Upright
What do you think?
She's gonna call out all the other queens and has already claimed her first victim.
My guess- Monique Marquette or maybe Regina Upright
What do you think?
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CPRyan
Total blog posts: 1
MyPride friends: 1
I got a friend request from this "person" the other day and denied it immediately. If the person doesn't have a HUMAN photo as a main photo (or any other photos whatsoever), I deny it.
Wow you pathetic little trolls! If Regina and I EVER have anything to say, we say it with our names. Signed sealed delivered! My guess is its Fausto trying to stir up drama!
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feastoffools
Total blog posts: 1
MyPride friends: 1
Ran into a queen last night who thinks it Elysse Giovanni.
It's TOTALLY Elysse Giovanni! I have heard some horrific things about her.
Tuesday 11/3/2009
Mae West and Sex
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In 1926, Mae West and the entire cast of her play "Sex" were arrested for "corrupting the morals of youth and others."
Mae West aroused the wrath of the New York City moralists because her bedroom farce features a brazen unapologetic sex worker, who after a series of misadventures, falls in love and lives happily ever after. Mae West wrote the play for herself because she was no longer content with playing the good little girl mistaken for a hooker or the working girl that ends up dead in the gutter. She wanted to be the woman that had a good time and wound up with the man in the end, if you know what I mean.
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
As an early supporter of the women's liberation movement and gay rights, Mae portrayed people seeking both romance and sexy fun in spite of the restrictive standards of the time.
Mae West's play, Sex was so outrageous that it has never been staged in Chicago until now, some 84 years later. The Prologue Theater Company has brought "Sex" back to life, staging the comedy in a series of rooms located in an old historical mansion on the edge of Lake Michigan.
The play's bawdy dialogue lends itself well to the enthusiasm of the young theater company and actress Jes Bedwineck does a lovely job playing Mae's character of Margy LaMont without turning Mae into a cartoon, even though she was quite a bit of character herself.
We're joined today by Jes and her love interest in the play, actor Sean Patrick Ward, to exchange our favorite Mae West quotes and talk about talk about sexuality and morality of the 1920s. Have we come a long way baby or is the best yet to come?
In the News:
The Chicago Cubs say hello to the first lesbian major league baseball team owner!
The USS New York, a naval warship built from steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center arrives in New York City.
and If you're in Maine, please vote today NO on Proposition 1.
Visit out our sponsors:
Steamworks Gym, Sauna and Baths.
Visit Steamwork's website and register to get a discount
on your next visit. Enter "Feast of Fun" on the promo
code field to get the special discount.
Featured Music:
Telling on Trixie- Telling on Trixie: iTunes | Amazon
RSS FEED | SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES
SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE
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In 1926, Mae West and the entire cast of her play "Sex" were arrested for "corrupting the morals of youth and others."
Mae West aroused the wrath of the New York City moralists because her bedroom farce features a brazen unapologetic sex worker, who after a series of misadventures, falls in love and lives happily ever after. Mae West wrote the play for herself because she was no longer content with playing the good little girl mistaken for a hooker or the working girl that ends up dead in the gutter. She wanted to be the woman that had a good time and wound up with the man in the end, if you know what I mean.
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
As an early supporter of the women's liberation movement and gay rights, Mae portrayed people seeking both romance and sexy fun in spite of the restrictive standards of the time.
Mae West's play, Sex was so outrageous that it has never been staged in Chicago until now, some 84 years later. The Prologue Theater Company has brought "Sex" back to life, staging the comedy in a series of rooms located in an old historical mansion on the edge of Lake Michigan.
The play's bawdy dialogue lends itself well to the enthusiasm of the young theater company and actress Jes Bedwineck does a lovely job playing Mae's character of Margy LaMont without turning Mae into a cartoon, even though she was quite a bit of character herself.
We're joined today by Jes and her love interest in the play, actor Sean Patrick Ward, to exchange our favorite Mae West quotes and talk about talk about sexuality and morality of the 1920s. Have we come a long way baby or is the best yet to come?
In the News:
The Chicago Cubs say hello to the first lesbian major league baseball team owner!
The USS New York, a naval warship built from steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center arrives in New York City.
and If you're in Maine, please vote today NO on Proposition 1.
Visit out our sponsors:
Steamworks Gym, Sauna and Baths.
Visit Steamwork's website and register to get a discount
on your next visit. Enter "Feast of Fun" on the promo
code field to get the special discount.
Featured Music:
Telling on Trixie- Telling on Trixie: iTunes | Amazon
RSS FEED | SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES
SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE
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