AltWeeklies Wire
Use Essential Oils for Essential Healingnew
Healers and spiritual masters have been using essential oils for centuries. Now, you can, too.
Jackson Free Press |
Julie Chaffin |
02-13-2009 |
Culture
Applauding Christian Bale For Living Up to His Actorly Responsibilitiesnew
If you’ve listened to the audio clip of Christian Bale's eruption on the set of Terminator: Salvation, then you know that Bale understands that a movie star’s job isn’t just about acting, but also about living the life to which everyone else aspires.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
02-12-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Christian Bale, celebrities
Love & Sex: Get My Driftnew
Why make a bunch of kids toss around symbols of love and romance at such an early age? It’s mindless, crazy and absurd. Then again, so are at least ninety percent of relationships.
Chicago Newcity |
Andy Seifert |
02-11-2009 |
Culture
South Florida's Underground Vampires Lust for More Than Your Heartnew
These folks are not your typical goth kids. Some of them claim to be psychic vampires with an ability to drain energy with their minds. And some are sanguine -- vampires who lust after and feed on human blood.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
02-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: South Florida, vampires
Behind the Doors of eHarmony Labsnew
A study conducted by eHarmony Labs, the research arm of the Pasadena-based dating website, concluded that the more similar partners were in their personality and the ways they responded to emotional situations, the more satisfied they were in their relationships. But not all social scientists are convinced.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ilsa Setziol |
02-09-2009 |
Culture
The Secrets (and Sadness) of Living in a Women's Dormnew
For $1,000 a month I’d get two meals a day and daily maid service. My room would be outfitted with a single bed, dresser, small closet, desk and sink. And I’d be surrounded with women of all ages and backgrounds. But I soon realized it was also utterly dispiriting.
New York Press |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: New York City, communal living
Hipsters and the Emergence of Altpornnew
Altporn is, on a basic level, porn that features models who are representatives of real-life subcultures like goth, punk, rave, emo, rockabilly, and hipster.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Juliette Tang |
02-04-2009 |
Culture
Tags: pornography, altporn
Groomers Smooth Out Slopes All Night, Enjoy Sunrisesnew
The average skier pushes a thousand pounds of snow down the hill in a day. Without groomers to plow some of that back up the hill, we’d be rock skiing all season long.
Boulder Weekly |
Andrew Wineke |
02-02-2009 |
Culture
Tags: skiing, cat drivers
What's God Got to Do With It?new
While hot-button religious issues these topics garner lots of ink and keep blogs busy, are they the issues that matter most in the day-to-day practice of religion in our nation?
Boulder Weekly |
Jim Lillie |
02-02-2009 |
Culture
Tags: religion
Talking About the Trade with Newsweek’s Back Page Punditnew
With her smart, snappy take on politics and society, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen has spent years fox-trotting back and forth across the column-writing tightrope—and making it look easy.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Starshine Roshell |
02-02-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Anna Quindlen, columnists
Tricks of the Horror-Shop Businessnew
When you absolutely, positively need that dead baby overnight, BJ Winslow is the man to see.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
01-30-2009 |
Culture
Tags: BJ Winslow, horror shops
An Odyssey Into the Multiple Confusions of Smog-Checking Your Carnew
The harrowing story of the Nevada smog-check conundrum: a lot of good intentions and different agendas that come down to making a thin slice of sense.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy J. Willis |
01-29-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Nevada, automotive safety
Some People Are Born Freaks; Jim Hall Turned Himself Into Onenew
Retired city planner Jim Hall is no less shocking on the streets of Baltimore than what the Romans encountered during their first failed invasion of the British Isles in the 1st century A.D. The Picts merely painted themselves blue for battle. Hall has inked himself blue for life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Charles Cohen |
01-27-2009 |
Culture
Just Married: A Justice of the Peace Finds Justice and Peacenew
Why did I expect campiness from gay couples? Just ignorance, I guess. Gay, straight, young, old, rich, poor, all the soon-to-be and newlywed couples I've known in my bumpy little life have one thing in common: They're in love.
New Haven Advocate |
Todd Lyon |
01-27-2009 |
Culture
The Wedding That Wasn'tnew
How to back out of your wedding gracefully (sort of).
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-23-2009 |
Culture
