Parting Glances: Whap! Thud! Kick! Kill! Shazam!
An oft-quoted U of M study of juvenile couch-potato-derangement-in-the-making blames adult violence on TV programs that feature heroes who are admired for [...]
Transmissions: Tranifesto
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH In its first major blow to transgender rights, the Trump administration has — thanks to the Department of Education under Betsy DeVos [...]
Creep Of The Week: Michael Brown
Whenever someone begins a statement with, "I'm sorry, but…" that's usually a sign that 1) They are not sorry and 2) They're about to say something [...]
Mombian: Warmth for the Winter
By Dana Rudolph February, despite being the shortest month, is often a hard one. Where I live, any day might be a snow day, with my son home from school and [...]
Viewpoint: Great, The Way We Were
By Hattie Alexander Our new President promises to "Make America great again." Greatness, I think, is a matter of perspective. Mr. Trump was born into the [...]
Creep of the Week: Milo Yiannopoulos (Again)
Remember when Simon & Schuster was going to publish a book by Milo Yiannopoulos and people were all, "but he's a racist/misogynist/anti-trans hate [...]
Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
Hair is a very charged and political thing. It has been since, well, forever. For example, a colleague of mine once called the mullet "the hair cut of the [...]
Parting Glances: A Drag In Time
In the sixty-some years I've been out, I've seen more female impersonators than you can shake a rhinestone tiara at. Some great. Some talented. Some gone [...]
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Would Leave All of Us Vulnerable
BY MICHAEL KEEGAN One of the primary purposes of the U.S. Constitution is to establish justice. It's right there in the opening words: "We the people, in [...]