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(10/21/15 12:58am)
The reviewer feels it is imperative to first mention the curious style of narrative employed in Orlando by Virginia Woolf. She references not only the reader, but also herself, directly a number of times. The novel, with its unusual telling, is a biography of a person of the same name. Despite being a biography though, it is a work of fiction, based on Woolf’s lover, Vita Sackville-West. However, the occurrences in the book are more often than not impossible.
(10/21/15 12:56am)
Hillary Clinton began last Saturday by giving an address at the Human Rights Campaign breakfast. She spoke about how far the LGBT community has come in the past few years in regard to legislation. According to Clinton, everyone within the community wishes they could “kick back,” but with the current state, “there are still public officials doing everything in their power to interfere with [LGBT] rights.” She describes the struggle against this as the constant defense of progress they’ve made. Clinton mentions several Republicans, rebuking them for their actions against the LGBT community. She uses a poignant story of a young man featured in the blog Humans of New York who was distraught and scared of his future because of his homosexuality, to show that the fight is not yet over. As she says, it isn’t over “until every single person is treated with equal rights and dignity.” She says she’s running for president to end the injustices faced by LGBT Americans once and for all.
(10/21/15 12:55am)
Selected for Oprah’s Book club in 2002, Fall on Your Knees is a breathtaking novel that takes the reader to the shores of Nova Scotia, inside the lives of the mysterious Piper family. Ann-Marie MacDonald’s stunning ability to chronicle such a dark tale makes this novel the perfect companion to a free weekend. With every turn of the page, Fall on Your Knees will have the reader begging for more, craving to know what could possibly come next in the rise and fall of the Pipers.
(10/21/15 12:55am)
Voices: A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Bisexuality
(10/14/15 2:04pm)
Just a day before the Pope was scheduled to start a month long synod on family, marriage, divorce, and same-sex relationships, Vatican priest Krzysztof Charama announced that he was gay and introduced his partner, Eduard, to reporters. He was fired later that day from his position in the Vatican’s doctrine office. In his statement to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Charama said “I want the Church and my community to know who I am: a gay priest who is happy, and proud of his identity. I’m prepared to pay the consequences, but it’s time the Church opened its eyes, and realized that offering gay believers total abstinence from a life of love is inhuman.” In response to the timing of Charama’s very public coming out, Rev. Federico Lombardi said, “Very serious and irresponsible, since it aims to subject the Synod assembly to undue media pressure.” Though people were already waiting to see what the Pope had to say on same-sex relationships and marriage, this announcement came as a surprise.
(10/14/15 2:08pm)
The Fosters is a hit TV drama and a 3 time GLADD’s NRI award winning show on the ABC Family cable network. There is no shortage of diverse or inclusive story lines. The ABC Family show is about a lesbian-bi racial couple, Stef, a cop, and Lena, the principal of a private school, and their family. Stef’s son, Brandon, is from a previous marriage. Together, they have adopted twins Mariana and Jesus who are Hispanic. The viewers meet Callie and her younger brother Jude within the first couple of episodes. In the premiere episode, when Callie first meets Stef and Lena, she is surprised to find that they are life partners. She quickly gets over her surprise and accepts this as a part of normal life, as does the audience. The Fosters is written in such an amazing way that having lesbian main characters quickly becomes part of its charm.
(10/05/15 5:53pm)
Hailing from central Illinois, The City, The Ruins is made up of Mitch Lowery and Dylan Morano (Hidden Within Me), Kyle Holliday (Through The Eyes Of A Giant), Dustin Hill (Ghost of Amyrillis) and Jesse Pence (Beyond Constellations). These five guys have created a bond they feel has never been closer before. “The word ‘original’ is something that gets tossed around nowadays. We believe that something original comes from the heart. So this band is our version of original,” said Kyle Holliday.
(10/02/15 8:37pm)
After public outcry over social media and media outlets, big pharma’s most exposed CEO agreed to lower the price of a life-saving drug. Mark Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, was called America’s “most hated man” after his company raised the price of the AIDS treatment drug Daraprim. According to the New York Times, Turing Pharmaceuticals acquired Daraprim in late August. Then on September 20th, Turing raised the price of Daraprim from $13.50 a tablet to $750 overnight. Shkreli, had said the money from the increase would be used to develop better treatment. He told NBC News that drugs like Daraprim will not exist if small companies cannot get a return on their investment and that “it’s very hard stuff to understand.” He stated in his interview that, "it's very easy to see a large drug price increase and say 'Gosh, those people must be gouging.' But when you find out that the company is not really making any money, what does that mean?"
(10/02/15 8:32pm)
I have seen the prejudice that is broadcast through the newsfeed on my Facebook page, because my mother does not check her sources and my cousin is under the illusion that her way is God’s way.
(10/02/15 8:29pm)
Hello listeners. To start things off, I’ve been asked to read this brief notice:
(10/02/15 8:40pm)
“If someone is gay and searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” These words spoken two years ago by Pope Francis set off a firestorm in the Catholic community. While many conservative Catholics were appalled, LGBTQIA Catholics and their allies in the community were hopeful. Could this new Pope potentially change the church’s stance on the acceptance of members of the LGBTQIA community?
(10/02/15 8:10pm)
I want to be scattered across all colors.
(10/02/15 8:02pm)
Hate ignites quickly like a dripping
(10/02/15 7:56pm)
A DIRTY HOME
(10/02/15 7:54pm)
Somehow I cannot hide /Who I am, though I've tried./ When will my reflection show who I am inside? Over the past seventeen years we younger Millennials have grown up with these lyrics from the Academy Award-nominated anthem “Reflection” from the 1998 Disney film Mulan. Loosely based on the Chinese legend of the same name, the movie tells the story of a young woman who defies the gender norms of her strict society when she disguises herself as a male soldier in order to save her father’s life. Like most other Disney protagonists (including Aladdin the impoverished “street rat,” Belle the bookworm, and Ariel the wannabe human) Mulan’s character is an underdog who wishes for something more from life than what her society expects from her.
(10/16/15 4:00pm)
This is Rihanna. She was about 11 months old when the photo was taken. This Boxer Pitbull mix is full of energy and won't hesitate to greet any human.
(10/15/15 4:00pm)
This is Scheumann. Yes, he is named after Scheumann Stadium at Ball State. He was wearing a football jersery with the number 65 on it for the Spring Football Game. His human joked that he likes to taste people.
(10/15/15 4:00pm)
This is Mia. She was about 15 weeks old when this photo was taken. She's a curious German Shepherd that will walk up to any human. She also has a very soft coat.
(10/13/15 4:00pm)
(10/12/15 4:00pm)
This is Gus. Gus is around 7-years-old. He's a Miniature Schnauzer. He and his adopted brother, Cricket, were rescued him from an animal shelter in Franklin, Indiana.
