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by Topher Payne
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May 10, 2013 00:00 |
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My husband Preppy is the big boss in Georgia for a well-known clothing line — I’ll protect his anonymity by not mentioning which one. Let’s just say Sarah Jessica Parker really likes their khakis.
Because Preppy represents the brand wherever he travels, it’s of great importance that he stay current, wearing whatever is on display in stores. If something is inadvertently ripped or stained, he must replace it with a duplicate.
This is beyond my comprehension. My job does not require well-maintained clothes. I’m a writer. My job literally does not require clothes. If I took the notion, I could do my job entirely nude. I don’t, of course, because I do not enjoy being naked for extended periods of time unless I’m engaged in an activity which explicitly requires it — like showering, or some but not all sexual acts.
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by Melissa Carter
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May 10, 2013 00:00 |
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I got a chance to hang out with my best friend over the weekend. We’ve known each other for 20 years now and were chatting it up like two elder lesbians rocking on some front porch, when the topic of her attraction to redheads came up.
That’s because during our conversation some lovely redheaded ladies walked passed, which sparked stories of a variety of gingers in her life. It was quite clear from the smile on her face when she talked about them that she has a type. I was also reminded of the disastrous time I briefly became a redhead.
First let me assure you I am a natural blonde, even though I have a little help. My dishwater color is enhanced to a lovely shade of honey periodically by my hairdresser, who for years suggested I try going red.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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April 26, 2013 00:00 |
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In the wake of last month’s Supreme Court hearings on gay marriage, Georgia Equality and Lambda Legal teamed up to host a discussion of the potential impact of the cases.
Georgia Equality streamed the event live for those who could not come to the Phillip Rush Center in Atlanta, and the opportunity for online attendees to chat proved interesting.
At one point, one online attendee asked if Georgia Equality is basically a local chapter of the national Human Rights Campaign, receiving money from HRC. The answer, of course, is that Georgia Equality (our state’s largest LGBT political group) and HRC (the nation’s largest LGBT political group) are two completely separate organizations, with no shared funding.
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by Topher Payne
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April 26, 2013 00:00 |
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For the last three and a half years, my husband Preppy and I have shared our home with Daisy, a Jack Russell beagle. The breed is called Jackabees by some, but not by us. Not everything needs to be a damn portmanteau, people. Sometimes we can just expend the effort and utter multiple words. Preppy has a very healthy relationship with Daisy, in that he treats her like a dog.
Me? I’m not quite so adamant about labels like “human” and “dog.” I don’t have a pet as much as a cohort — someone to sit on the couch and watch “Mad Men” with while we eat a whole bunch of carrots. When we are alone, I turn on my favorite music from high school and we dance. When I see Daisy eating a sock, I take her picture and put it on Instagram.
When Preppy gets up to go to work, she moves from the end of the bed to his pillow. I wake up to her staring at me. I have no idea how long she lies there waiting. Preppy finds that unsettling. I think it is conclusive evidence that I am Daisy’s favorite person in the whole world. She is totally my best friend.
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by Melissa Carter
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April 26, 2013 00:00 |
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Walter Cronkite is dead. And when the iconic anchor passed in 2009, he took with him the last representative of public’s unwavering trust in news media.
Sadly, those days of news always being reliable and legitimate are over. In its place, we have become a society that simply demands instant information, even if it is often wrong.
Many have placed blame for the misinformation distributed during coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing solely on the media. But all of us are at fault.
For those too young to remember, Walter Cronkite was an anchorman for the “CBS Evening News” in the ‘60s and ‘70s. He was often described as “the most trusted man in America,” because there was a perception that the news he reported had greater accuracy.
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