24 June 2011

Same-Sex Marriage in New York: Where Next?

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Tonight, the New York State Senate voted, by a 33 to 29 margin, to legalize same-sex marriages.  Two upstate Republicans, who had been undec...
22 June 2011

One More Vote, Please

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It looks like there will soon be a vote on same-sex marriage bill in New York. The bill needs only one more vote and there are two uncommitt...
21 June 2011

Magnolia

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Here is an old poem of mine, which I'm posting for no particular reason: Magnolia Buds throb red. Cold raindrops cling to bare b...
20 June 2011

Did You Catch This?

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The New York State Legislative Session ended today.  And the bill that would, if passed, allow for same-sex marriage still needs one more vo...
19 June 2011

Doing It (What?) Over Again

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Today Millie asked me what I'm doing for the Fourth of July.  Whenever she asks what I'm doing on any particular day, she has someth...
18 June 2011

Who Is Passing Whom?

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I wa s starting to w  w rite an e-mail to a colleague at my second job, which may become my primary job.  I haven't sent that e-mail, a ...
17 June 2011

Same-Sex Marriage In New York: Just One More Vote...

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The buzz has been about marriage, at least here in New York.  The bill to allow same-sex marriages has been approved by the state Assembly, ...
14 June 2011

The Gay Girl In Damascus: An American In Scotland

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By now, you may have read reports that the Gay Girl in Damascus blog has been revealed to be the work of an American man studying in Scotla...
13 June 2011

Illegal Immigrants=Drunk Drivers? According to Fattman, Yes.

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Time was when even the most open-minded of people used to say that rape victims were "asking for it" or "must have done somet...
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12 June 2011

Chaz Bono and Me: Hey, You Never Know!

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I'm thinking now of a man who was a colleague of mine back when I was the "before" photo.  Tall, portly and with an easy manne...
10 June 2011

Meeting The Past, Again

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This summer, I'm teaching a class on the campus where I worked my primary job this year. Something odd is happening:  Even though I have...
08 June 2011

Advice from Brian May

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If you're of my generation--or a Queen fan (Come on, admit it, you loved Night At The Opera!)--you surely remember the Brian May song Fa...
07 June 2011

A Real Woman?

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I understand Ann Coulter is hawking her new book.  Oh joy oh joy.   Once a reporter asked her what she would do if she found out her son...
06 June 2011

How Could I Ever Break Up Your Family?

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If I recall correctly, one of the characters in Alberto Moravia's The Conformist  (and in Bernardo Bertolucci's film based on the no...
05 June 2011

Thirty Years Later, It's Our Epidemic

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Thirty years ago today, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , published by the Centers for Disease Control, included a piece of inform...
04 June 2011

Reflections Cycling

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All of my kidding aside, I really am a rather reflective and contemplative woman.  I've had to be.  Maybe that's why I sometimes, ...
03 June 2011

Can They Raise A Gender-Free Child?

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People have been asking me what I think about the Canadian parents who are raising a genderless child --or, at any rate, one who is not spec...
01 June 2011

The End Of Memory: Beyond Forgetting

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Yesterday I rode my bike through a part of Brooklyn in which I spent much of my childhood.  I hadn't been there in four years.  The la...
31 May 2011

I'm Here

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I know it's been a few days since I've posted.  The semester has just ended, and  that has meant a lot of work.  And, over the weeke...
27 May 2011

If They're Committed To It, Don't Let Them Do It

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"I don't have anything against gay people.  I just don't think they should be allowed to get married." I'm sure you...