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The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

A very specifically lesbian world.

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Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism

Fred just happens to be Frederic Jameson, one of the most influential theorists of postmodernity.

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Rage, or The Lack Thereof

Rage has dissipated into conciliation and a call for the status quo.

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Citywide Pride: Talk focuses on diversity and inclusion

There exists today a panoply of services and staff training resources to aid companies in ensuring that their workplaces achieve mandated diversity requirements.  But do these help or hinder a corporation, and how does the notion of diversity relate to the bottom line of profits?

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“Yasmin Nair: Eat This!” Or: How to Leave Comments Without Going up In Flames

The classic method used to silence a woman: question her mental health and then drag her through what you fondly imagine is the mud of her sex life.

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The Real Costs of the HIV Ban

“There is no good reason, absolutely no science.”

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Gays All A-Twitter about Amazon: How They Nearly Ended Capitalism But Chose to Hate Porn Instead

Gay love and erotic content are opposed to PORN!  BAD PORN!  NAUGHTY PORN!  DISGUSTING, VILE PORN!

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The Kids Aren’t All Right: The Gay Marriage Movement and its Manipulation of Children and Youth

Is this what we want: young people whose self-worth is determined entirely by their romantic relationships?

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How Gay Marriage Put an End to Gay Sex

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Nikki Patin’s body language

Nikki Patin is a Chicago-born performance artist and activist, who has appeared on HBO’s Def Jam.  Her work combines burlesque, spoken word and music to address the themes of body image, race and class.  Patin will be touring New Zealand and Australia from the end of February through April, and is hosting a series of fundraisers in town to pay for the upcoming trip.  She will be signing copies of her book “The Phat Grrrl Diaries” at these events.  Windy City Times spoke to Patin.

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