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Bronski: GOP = Gay Old Party
Commentary, August, 27 1999
Michael Bronski
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It is no news that the "news" appearing in the mass media is often manufactured. No where was this clearer than a front page story in The New York Times of August 11, 1999 whose headline announced: "Gay Voters Finding G.O.P. Newly Receptive to Sup...
Peters: Teacher, There's a Brand Name in My Math Problem
Commentary, August, 23 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Teacher, There's a Brand Name in My Math Problem
Bronski: The Exciting Sex Life of Gay Toys
Commentary, August, 13 1999
Michael Bronski
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It has become a commonplace that gay people are everywhere. We are everywhere - is even on bumper stickers. We are Martina and Greg, Rupert and Ian, Ellen and Will on Will and Grace.
Shah: What Are You On? Hormones?
Commentary, August, 07 1999
Sonia Shah
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I am not proud, but not ashamed either, to admit I am humbled by hormones. I used to pride myself on being logical: as a philosophy major, I got an A+ in deductive logic in school. But under the powerful effect of estrogens and other biochemicals ...
Peters: Give em Ritalin
Commentary, July, 31 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Although there is no medical proof that there is such a thing as Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), over 3.5 million children in the United States are diagnosed as having some form of it.
Peters: Children: Their Deficiencies,
Commentary, July, 13 1999
Cynthia Peters
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We are at my 7-year old daughter's annual check-up. After a peering in her ears and mouth, palpating her glands, and listening to her heart, the Doctor points at Zoe's crotch and asks abruptly, "Does anyone ever touch you here?" Zoe is taken aback...
Bronski: Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids
Zmag Article, July, 01 1999
Michael Bronski
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Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids
Bronski: The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Commentary, July, 01 1999
Michael Bronski
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The ferocity of the New York City police assault against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima in the summer of 1977 was so striking that, even in the current context of urban police brutality, it became emblematic of the sustained, sanctioned violence o...
Peters: Chicken Pox?!
Commentary, June, 25 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Providing temporary immunity to children could drive chicken pox disease into the older adult population where it can cause many more deaths and complications.
Peters: Mentoring Toward Revolution
Commentary, June, 08 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Do you have mentors in your life? Are you anyone's mentor? Could we positively affect social change movements by building mentoring relationships into our political work? I think we could.
Carter: When Kids Kill
Commentary, June, 07 1999
Sandy Carter
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Since the school shootings in Littleton, the nation's print and broadcast media have unleashed a sensational outpouring of analysis and concern aiming to explain why boys kill and what can be done to save them. Once we get by the headlines, howeve...
Peters: Historically
Commentary, June, 02 1999
Cynthia Peters
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At a recent birthday, my daughter became the proud owner of the much coveted American Girl doll. We had vaguely supported her strong desire to have an American Girl doll. We knew that the doll would come with books that told the girl's story, that...
Bronski: Liberation by Accumulation
Commentary, May, 27 1999
Michael Bronski
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I hardly ever drink beer, being a cheap red wine and bourbon sort of guy, so I was startled last week when I received more then a dozen e-mail (many from lesbian and gay activists use work I respect) urging me call the Anheuser-Busch company and v...
Peters: What She Really Wants
Commentary, May, 10 1999
Cynthia Peters
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Take a look at that face. It's true. She really could use a little help with her complexion. It may be that with all that mothering work she's been doing she hasn't had time to properly wash, rinse, clarify, tone, moisturize, and treat twice a wee...
Bronski: High School Hell
Commentary, May, 06 1999
Michael Bronski
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Reading through the media coverage of the Littleton, Colorado shootings one can't help but be impressed by how skillfully the reporting shaped the story to fit the preconceived anxieties and biases of a broad readership.
Sargent: Hillie, Madie, Tippie, Tracey, & an Erect Nipple
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Lydia Sargent
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Hillie, Madie, Tippie, Tracey, & an Erect Nipple
Bronski: Fundies Upset About Undies
Zmag Article, May, 01 1999
Michael Bronski
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Fundies Upset About Undies
Carter: Littleton
Commentary, May, 01 1999
Sandy Carter
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Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., Springfield, Ore., Fayetteville, Tenn., Edinboro, Pa., and last week--Littleton, Colo. Seven school shootings in less than two years.
Peters: On Knowing and Responding
Commentary, April, 29 1999
Cynthia Peters
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On this the liberal and the right-wing columnists seem to agree: Adults are responsible for not controlling the behavior of Littleton, ColoradoÕs Òtrench coat mafiaÓ killers. Eileen McNamara, liberal columnist for the Globe, suggests that the pare...
Bronski: Writing and Thinking Amidst Hostile Intentions
Commentary, April, 27 1999
Michael Bronski
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Most every writer likes to see her or his work quoted and cited. It gives you, if nothing else, the idea that at least someone somewhere reads what you write and publish.


