Allegedly painted by George W. Bush. Revealed by a hacker. NY Mag's Jerry Saltz finds something to like about the former president: Both border on the visionary, the absurd, the perverse, the frat boy. Each echoes the same isolation in sm…
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Archives for February 8, 2013
Posts from February 8, 2013
The OXD Mirror: New Music for 2.8.13
BY OCCUPY THE DISCO / TADEU MAGALHÃES The OXD Mirror is a weekly music column brought to you by the boys of OCCUPY THE DISCO (OXD), a New York City based movement created by three music lovers, Ru Bhatt, Josh Appelbaum, and Tadeu Magalhãe…
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Winter Storm ‘Nemo’ from Space: PHOTO
Heeeeeeeere's Nemo! A massive winter storm is coming together as two low pressure systems are merging over the U.S. East Coast. A satellite image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on Feb. 8 shows a western frontal system approaching the coastal l…
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Ethan Hawke Opens in ‘Clive’ Off Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Realism bites—and so does reality, for that matter. Before Ethan and Winona, there was Bertolt Brecht, the anti-naturalist whose 1923 play Baal, about the self-propelled downward spiral of a poet-cum-anti-hero, serves as inspiration f…
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‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Video Approved by State Regulators and Shown to Maryland Students is Pulled
Students taking seventh grade health classes in the Prince George's County Public Schools system were shown a video espousing "ex-gay" therapy as a viable option for students who are LGBT and bullied, Washington City Paper reports: Bets…
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Homobros: VIDEO
A satirical, slur-laden, foul-mouthed anthem of deep denial. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Ellen Sounds Off on the Boy Scouts Gay Ban, Reveals Adorable Photo of Herself as a Girl Scout: VIDEO
Ellen urged the Boy Scouts to drop their ban on gays yesterday, noting that she herself was once a Girl Scout (who are much more equality-minded than their male counterparts) for "about a day", and there are much scarier things to worry abo…
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Andy Cohen and Jenny McCarthy Strip Down Calvin Klein Super Bowl Ad Model Matthew Terry: VIDEO
Hey, this is what late night TV is for, right? Grocery store games and male objectification. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP… And here's the ad, if you missed it.…
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Detroit Man Gets 18 Months in Prison for Anti-Gay Assault Under Federal Hate Crimes Protection Act
Everett Dwayne Avery, a 26-year-old Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised released by U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara, according to a memo from the Justice Department. Towleroad reported…
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DC Comics Hires Homophobic Sci-Fi Author Orson Scott Card to Pen New Superman Series
DC Comics just announced a digital-first series called the Adventures of Superman this week, which is launching in April, Comics Alliance reports: Among those contributing are ComicsAlliance favorites Jeff Parker (Bucko, Red She-Hulk) and Chris Samne…
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