Author: Rafa
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Sticks and stones and what a word is story headline
By Nancy Ford My parents, rest their much-missed souls, had some pretty stringent rules my siblings and I were expected to follow as we were growing up. “Don’t torment your sister!“ was one I heard a lot. Torment my sisters? I would never! Would I pretend to touch my younger sister’s food? Sure, but, pretend.…
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A star is born in sneakers: Kitty West
By Johnny Trlica Lana Turner was discovered when she was a junior at Hollywood High School, skipped a typing class and bought a Coca-Cola at the Top Hat Malt Shop. Charlize Theron got her big break when completely broke, she was trying to cash an out-of-state check at a bank. An agent in line, hearing…
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Jennifer Lopez to star in “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
Romeo San Vicente Jennifer Lopez will star in the new musical feature film “Kiss of the Spider Woman†from gay director Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,†“Beauty and The Beastâ€), in what is the next step in a long journey from its original incarnation as a novel. Manuel Puig’s book was turned into an Academy Award-winning 1985…
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Playboy Magazine Was a Model of Reporting on HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By Amy Fletcher In an analog era, newspapers and magazines provided much of the essential HIV/AIDS reporting in the United States by disseminating updates on the evolving medical consensus that shaped an emergent pandemic politics. Among the popular magazines of the 1980s, Playboy had a unique vantage point on the crisis. The AIDS epidemic ―…
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Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?
| Letters of Love and Lust from the White House  By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Four bills, a political flier, a request for a charity and a magazine. That’s what came in the mail yesterday, which is about average. If you get a letter, man, that’s unusual because almost nobody does that anymore. Imagine…
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Nikki Haley’s and the entire Republican field’s missed opportunities
By Colby Etherton With the 2024 presidential election season officially underway, the field has narrowed to two candidates on the Republican side: former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Haley needed a strong showing in New Hampshire’s January 23 primary, coming in second to Trump and losing by…
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Black Trans Activist Raquel Willis on Why Stories Like Hers Need to Be Heard
| ‘The Risk It Takes to Bloom’ author on living a life of ‘discomfort’ and how she hopes to change that for others By Sarah Bricker Hunt When Raquel Willis took the stage at the National Women’s March in Washington, D.C. the day after Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, with beaming defiance and fierce resolve,…
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It’s Trump that is poisoning our nation’s blood
By Johnny Trlica Opinion: Several years ago, I was asked, “Are you ready to switch?†That request came from a friend I’ll call Lisa, and was not concerning my sexual orientation, it was regarding my political affiliation.  She had known my political leanings for some time and although sympathetic of her gay and lesbian friends,…
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Presidential race starts year with hefty Trump lead
By Colby Etherton Time is running out for GOP presidential candidates. Then again, is there ever enough time? On January 15, 2024, the Iowa caucuses will officially kick off 2024’s election season. A week later, on Jan. 23, 2024, New Hampshire’s primary will be held. There are six candidates technically still in the running for…
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AUSTIN IMPORT | Home Slice Pizza vows ‘In Crust We Trust’
By Jim Ayres Recently I read an online “best in your state†slideshow listicle that declared Home Slice Pizza to be Texas’ best. Critics have written that this Austin import has some of the most legendary pizza in that city, and now Houstonians can get it in Midtown. But is it really that good? I hate to…