Month: July 2009

Film/DVD

The New Twenty

Nicole Bilderback (Bring It On) took the Los Angeles Outfest's Outstanding Actress award for her role in this tale examining…

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Between XX and YY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes

Between XX and XY is a compromise of a book. Genetic variation is explained so that any literate layperson can…

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Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture

Ellie Hernández gives the reader a new viewpoint on the interaction of feminism, the LGBT civil rights movement, and Chicana/o…

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Drama Queers!

In this sparkling follow-up to Band Fags, which saw closeted Jack and devil-may-care best friend Brad split up, we get…

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Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude

Yes, really, this is a children's book about Gertrude Stein and her friends. Written in a style reminiscent of Stein…

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Object of Desire

Danny is having a midlife crisis. He still grieves the disappearance of his sister when they were teenagers, and he's…

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Film/DVD

Cool and Unusual

Maybe it's a taste thing. Cinemad: Almanac 2009 is curated by Cinemad Magazine founder Mike Plante, and commemorates the magazine's…

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Books

Blue Boy

Kiran is a young Indian boy growing up in Cleveland. An only son, he bears the mammoth social expectations of…

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Liquid Toffee and Musoetryz

Ifa Bumi's poem “Yield” insists that you tie me to your imagination. This can be arousing, but then the reader…

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Country Screaming

Someone is sleeping in your bed. Okay, so it's not really your bed anymore. In fact, it's not even your…

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