AltWeeklies Wire
Family Ties: Why One Non-Biological Parent Wants to Give Up Adoptionnew

My attorney told me that if I wanted to protect myself and my kids, I should adopt them. I wasn't entirely clear why. Did I need to adopt them because we don't share DNA? If a straight couple conceived a child using a sperm donor, would the man have to adopt the child to be considered its father?
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-09-2009 |
LGBT
The Essence of Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes'new

Alison Bechdel's former assistant reflects on a quarter century of "Dykes to Watch Out For."
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-17-2008 |
Cartoons
Will WIC For Foodnew

Honestly, I've never thought of myself as someone who would need help feeding my family. Ann-Elise and I are both college graduates. We own our house. We have good credit. We make more money now than we ever have. But none of that changes the fact that we're trying to feed, clothe and house a family of four on less than $60,000 a year -- something that's getting harder and harder to do.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
08-15-2008 |
Children & Families
'Dykes to Watch Out For' Goes on Hiatusnew
Alison Bechdel has announced she's taking a break from her biweekly comic strip to work on a memoir. "I'm calling it a sabbatical," she explains.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-02-2008 |
Art
"Bombs Away"new
AltWeeklies Award - Web Site Content Feature
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Want 2 Connect?new
MocoSpace lets you find friends online -- using your cellphone.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-28-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Niche Software Companies Take Hold in Vermontnew
We take a closer look at five of Vermont's software developers to find out why they're here, and how they found their markets.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer, Kevin J. Kelley, Mike Ives, Paula Routly and Suzanne Podhaizer |
01-25-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
'Fields of Fuel' is a Documentary & Adventure Storynew
The 90-minute doc introduces a potential new fuel source: algae.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fields of Fuel, Josh Tickell
Ask Hiba!new
How Facebook spawned an unauthorized Ann Landers at Middlebury College.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
08-30-2007 |
Tech
Mr. Mac Mannew
One of the Mac's original designers reflects on creativity at Apple in advance of the iPhone launch.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-27-2007 |
Tech
Vets Share their (Anti) War Storiesnew
Among the Iraq War's most vocal and knowledgeable critics are some of the veterans who have served in it, like these three from Vermont.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-25-2007 |
War
UVM Student Gov't Pulls the Plug on College GOPnew
UVM's College Republicans club has been shut down -- blame it on Newt Gingrich.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-06-2007 |
Politics
Funeral for the Second Vermont Republic?new
Vermont's secessionist movement is imploding over its connections to white supremecists.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-07-2007 |
Politics
Believe It or Notnew
Inside the wild and wacky world of Wikipedia.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
11-30-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
An I For An Eyenew
Encouraging victims and offenders to talk about crime -- with each other.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
11-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice