This is quite funny. I never thought about it that way, but they’re sort of right. In supporting Chick-Fil-A, people interfaced, in some way, with more pro-gay companies than not. For those whose goal was to protest gays as human beings (because this was never just about marriage), this seems like a bit of a […]
Tag Archives: GLBT
‘Star Trek: Phase II’ Features Gay Storyline and AIDS Metaphor
IMAGE CREDIT: Creative Commons image by sassy mom on Flickr. Wow. I don’t know how to feel about this. The writing, at the worst of times, borders on cheesy and bad, but the story itself seems solid. There’s an interesting metaphor for AIDS underlying the story, and although I resisted at first, I kind of […]
Somebody That I Used to Know
Categories: Watching
I had never heard the song “Somebody That I Used to Know” before this week’s episode of Glee; now I have the original as well as the Glee version on my iPod, with equal love. Somebody That I Used To Know I really like the story of this moment in the show, too. Blaine and […]
The Object of My Prepositions: A Search for Prince Charming
Categories: Writing
**Assuming lone essays can have dedications, this one is partially for the creators and crew of ABC’s Once Upon a Time but mostly for Justin. Ich liebe dich—immer, ständig. ** In my Indiana childhood, on the edge of the Bible Belt, I invoked a constant, subconscious, and, for some, immoral vigil—always on the lookout for […]
Since I Last Blogged
Categories: Updates
Since I last blogged, the world lost a chief inventor. Steve Jobs died a legend, for better or worse. I’ll go with better. Because since I last blogged, the emergency alert system at Virginia Tech rang out for the second time in four months; gunfire rang out for the second time in four years. Thirty-five […]
First Reading, Website Update, Etc.
I’m doing my first public reading next month! More details coming soon. In other news, I hope to have my new website up and running in the next couple of weeks. I’m doing it in my spare time, and I’ve run into a couple of glitches because I’m doing it without tables or frames and […]