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The Not-So-Fair Sex
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
In my last blog post, I mentioned seeing a number of men—many of them Hispanic—fishing off the wharfs in places like Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. I also mentioned that I saw no women wielding rods. Sure, they were on the piers, but not fishing. Instead, each one sat or stood dutifully at her partner’s [...]
Tags: gender inequality, sexism, sexual assault, sexual assault in the military
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United We Stand
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
I finally came out of the closet—the show-tunes closet, that is. I hadn’t set out to expose myself in this way. I was merely looking for cheap drinks and a little entertainment. But there I was, at Marie’s Crisis Café, in the heart of the West Village. Just me and a room full of serenading [...]
Tags: 9/11, Broadway, bullying, health care, homelessness, Marie’s Crisis Café, New York, poverty, sexual assault, show tunes, underinsured, uninsured, West Village, World Trade Center
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