Monthly Archives: June 2013
Mrs. & Mrs. Smith: How Some Gay Couples Reclaim Old Marriage Traditions
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via The Atlantic. Weeks after same-sex marriage became legal in Maryland, a wedding expo was held in the Tremont hotel in downtown Baltimore. In a pair of packed ballrooms, ABBA was playing—”Take a Chance on Me,” of course—and vendors were vying for this new marital demographic. Beckoning from tables were caterers, DJs, wedding planners, limo […]
Arcade Dreams
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on followthehumming:
Diary date: 29th May, 1985 Galaxian, Pac-Man, Defender, Space Invaders, Track and Field, Star Wars. Worlds of wonder when anything seemed possible. Engrossing, state-of-the-art video games in colourful, custom-made cabinets. Seedy arcades in gloomy rooms with sticky, concrete floors. Tumbling coins landing loudly on silver-metal trays. Piercing, earworm music looping endlessly.…
Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Bisexual Parenting
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on A.J. Walkley:
In honor of Blogging for LGBT Families Day, I wanted to post an article I wrote about five years ago for the incredible site Rainbow Rumpus — a magazine for youth with LGBT Parents. Please enjoy! LGBT Parenting: The Bisexual Experience NOTE: Names have been changed in this story…
Yearbook Photo of Gay High School Couple Takes Internet by Storm
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via HRC Blog. The photo of Dylan Meehan and Brad Taylor – voted ‘Cutest Couple’ by their senior class – has been shared over 100,000 times in a matter of days, after a supportive friend uploaded it to Tumblr. The original Tumblr post reads: First time in my school history a same sex couple has even been […]
Reconstructing the Past
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Investigating Illness Narratives:
Image courtesy of Antonio Litterio: BY-SA. In permeating across disciplines, illness narrative research attains a level of potency, one that spans the globe. Dr. Ingrid Egerod, a nurse from the University of Copenhagen, spoke on Tuesday about “ICU patient diaries and follow up in Nordic countries.” She highlighted how narrative…
Beneath The Red Pants: Superman Deconstructed
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on James Rayneau:
(Hi! While I do a bit of piecemeal work for these guys I’ll be providing very lame essays like the one below. As usual, the aim is to argue a point and illustrate it with random images. Enjoy.) The eponymous target of Tarantino’s Kill Bill is known for having said…
AIDS LifeCycle Day 1
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Every day this week, I am will write an HIV / AIDS-related post in honors of AIDS LifeCycle. Today the riders rode into Santa Cruz. To recognize their accomplishment and the 82.5 miles they covered today, I am putting up the finale from “And the Band Played On.”
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My Love of British Television
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
I love British television – which was evident in my previous post – The British Invasion of the Laptop. Also, I love my friends. Why not combine my two passions into a graphic.
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