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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics

Class in Drag or Who’s Middle Class Anyway?: Sarah Palin, Joe Sixpack, and Main Street

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But even more fascinating to me is the extent to which we hold on to the idea that we’re all just part of a struggling middle class, despite mounting evidence that a lot of us are just plain poor. 


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Task force strategizes about funding cuts

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Illinois Governor  Rod Blagojevich recently cut spending at state agencies.  Among the hardest-hit was the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse [DASA], which lost 21 percent of its budget.


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Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Diverse books part of read-out

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The American Library Association (ALA) marked its 27th Annual Banned Books Week.  Among the events was a read-out during which authors and Chicago Tribune columnists like Dawn Turner Trice read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books.


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Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Lesbian fundraiser focuses on global crises

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Climbing PoeTree, a two-member spoken word group, was in Chicago performing its latest piece, “Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in Water.” The first performance was at Columbia College, the second at the Center on Halsted (COH).


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Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Banned books to take center stage

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Since 1982, the American Library Association (ALA) has been hosting a Banned Books Week during the last week of September.  The week begins with “Read Out!” featuring several authors and celebrities reading from their favorite banned books.


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Hill means a Lott to Columbia’s Critical Encounters

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On Books and Publishing

Gabriella Turnaturi’s Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations

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By Gabriella Turnaturi; University of Chicago Press; 145 pages


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

LGBTI Health Summit looks at Obama’s LGBT health record

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The LGBTI Health Summit came in the thick of very intense national conversations around health care, especially at various Town Halls across the country.  Despite the national spotlight on an issue that clearly has the attention of more than the approximately 50 million uninsured, the gay community’s response to the health crisis has been relatively […]


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

James Dobson and the National Radio Hall of Fame

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Why pretend that judgments about the value of someone’s work are strictly apolitical and impartial?


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Minority workshop focuses on LGBTQ families

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LGBTQ families are frequently non-normative, and not just because they’re headed by queer people.  Queer families may consist of single women raising children with sperm donors who maintains links with their offspring.  Two men might raise children together even after breaking up.

All this becomes more complicated when race and/or ethnicity enters the picture.  How does the media respond to such unlikely configurations and what can—and should—LGBTQ families do to effect the representations of their families?


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