By Mark | October 1, 2012
As you may recall, former Ypsilantian Josh Steichman told us earlier this summer that he was working on a campaign to see the so-called reparative therapy of minors outlawed in California. Well, this weekend, Josh and the rest of the Equality California team were successful. California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that would […]
Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged AB 1505, AB 1700, AB 1856, anti-science, anxiety, But I'm a Cheerleader, California, closet case, conversion therapy, depression, Don't Ask Don't Tell, EOS, Equality California, ex gay, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, George Rekers, homophobia, Jerry Brown, Josh Steichman, legislation, LGBTQ, lube, Magic Mike, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Michigan, pay the gay away, pray the gay away, psychological abuse, rent boy, reparative therapy, Rick Snyder, SB 1140, self hatred, Ted Lieu, therapy, UCLA, Vermont, Wisconsin, Ypsilanti water tower |
By Mark | August 14, 2012
After living among us for the past half dozens years, Adrianne Finelli will be leaving shortly for Pennsylvania. I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. MARK: Where will you be moving to and what will you be doing there? ADRIANNE: I’m moving back to Pennsylvania, not back to Philly, but the other […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel, Dan F. Friedlaender, documentary film, Edinboro University, exit interviews, Film, film making, home movies, independent film, Lehigh Valley, MFA, Nancy Heers, pain, Pennsylvania, Perspective on Pain, Philadelphia, Prison Creative Arts Project, Roseto, School of Art & Design, Shadow Art Fair, Shirley Axon, Slate, steel, teaching, Temple University, The Dance of My Grandmothers, time-based media, University of Michigan, urban farming, Work Gallery, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
By Mark | October 27, 2011
It’s nice to be reminded on occasion that, in spite of all the bad shit going on in the world, there are still incredible people doing good things all around us, trying to make life better for people who are desperate, confused, scared, hungry, etc. I had the occasion to speak with one of those […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti | Also tagged at-risk youth, Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Beezy's, Bitch and Animal, bullying, EOS, gay agenda, gay demonization, gay rights, Hamilton Street, homelessness, homophobia, Kicked Out the Jams, LGBTQ, local non-profits, mental health, NAMBLA, Necto, Nervous but Excited, Ozone House, Ozone House Youth and Family Services, queer, queer hipsters, Quinn Phillips, Street Outreach, substance abuse, teens, the gay, Washtenaw, zombies |
By Mark | January 24, 2010
In July 2003, the body of former United Nations weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly was found in the woods, near his home in Oxfordshire, England. Kelly had, shortly before this, been outed as the source of a BBC news report on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Kelly, it would seem, disagreed with the government of […]
Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged BBC, Chilcot Inquiry, CIA, conspiracy theories, David Kelly, Harrowdown Hill, Hutton Inquiry, Iraq war, Joe Wilson, July 2003, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Lord Hutton, many dark actors playing games, Oxfordshire, post mortem, The Brits, United Nations, Valerie Plame, weapons inspectors, weapons of mass destruction, WMD |
By Mark | September 1, 2009
I do so much complaining here on the site about the far right in our country that I tend to forget that, at times, there are things that we agree on. So, in the spirit of reaching out and building alliances across party lines, I’m going to make a real concerted effort from now on […]
