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Commentary 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...

Commentary 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

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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 ...

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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...

Zmag Article Bronski: Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids

Zmag Article, July, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Littleton, Movies, and Gay Kids

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

Zmag Article 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

Zmag Article Bronski: Fundies Upset About Undies

Zmag Article, May, 01 1999 Michael Bronski
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Fundies Upset About Undies

Commentary 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.

Commentary 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...

Commentary 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.

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