AltWeeklies Wire
Horrifying Waste: Halloween's Scary Environmental Impactnew
Halloween has become the second biggest consumer event of the year after Christmas. Costumes, candies and decorations top the list of goodies -- Halloween accoutrements made in China are shipped here and disposed of shortly after.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Adrienne Beattie |
10-16-2008 |
Culture
Problem Child or Problem Parent?new
Paying kids to do chores? Ludicrous.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
10-16-2008 |
Culture
How a Failed Journalist Became the Margaret Mead of White Peoplenew
"Stuff White People Like" isn't just a cathartic spoof; it's Lander's entry into a convoluted and thorny discourse on race in America. Like most people, Lander was always fascinated by race, but he found it difficult to partake in the dialogue without sounding either like an apologist, or a total asshole.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-15-2008 |
Culture
Alan Abel, the Prince of Prankstersnew
At age 78, the career trickster's life is still one big joke.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
10-09-2008 |
Culture
Boston's Secret World of Fire Artistsnew
Of the four elements of nature, fire is by far the sexiest, druggiest, and rock-and-rolliest -- and Boston's fire spinners know how to use it.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-09-2008 |
Culture
Invasion of the Amazon Womennew
Four Miami-area Amazons hold private fetish sessions for up to $500 an hour. They work both interdependently and collaboratively, and most are avid bodybuilders, strong enough to lift a midsize man above their heads. Usually, clients request the same things: trampling, overhead pressing, lifting and carrying, and/or wrestling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Natalie O'Neill |
10-06-2008 |
Culture
The Rise and Fall of Michael Brandonnew
The gay porn star goes from meth addict to antidrug poster boy and, tragically, back to meth addict.
The Third Annual Mr. Hyphen Festival Subverts Popular Stereotypesnew
The concept for Mr. Hyphen had its genesis at a staff meeting about a year after Hyphen magazine's 2003 founding, though it didn't come together until 2006.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-01-2008 |
Culture
The Handmade Revolution Will Not be Televised -- It'll Be on Etsy.comnew
The women of the Long Beach Craft Mafia come from varying backgrounds: Some went to fashion school in Manhattan, some work cubicle jobs, one even worked as a go-go dancer at Stinky's in San Francisco. But all of them share a need to create.
Has Phoenix Finally Arrived?new
This newly hopeful vision of Phoenix is one that's pretty easy to support these days, because the fifth-largest city in the country has lately been looking like, well, the fifth-largest city in the country.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
09-30-2008 |
Culture
How the Rusyns Could Save Civilizationnew
Of all of the ethnic groups that have settled in Pittsburgh, few are as mysterious as the Carpatho-Rusyns. So convoluted is their history, so mysterious their origins, that many Rusyns are mysteries even to themselves.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
09-29-2008 |
Culture
The Zero Life: Two Weeks, a Zero-Waste Kit, and No Trashnew
From the moment you wake up and brush your teeth, wash your hair, and shave your face with products packaged in non-recyclable containers, you're contributing to the waste stream. Trying to live without generating trash is next to impossible. But we decided it was worth a shot.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-25-2008 |
Culture
In Search of the Mesanew
A writer seeks out the mesa from the documentary, Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
09-23-2008 |
Culture
The Real Girlfriend Experience: My Hooker Romancenew
Call it some sort of half-baked sociological experiment: What happens when you take a hooker on a regular date? What happens when you share a walk on the beach or a piece of pizza instead of, oh, something that ends in job?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
09-23-2008 |
Culture
It's Swingtown in the Dallas Suburbsnew
Jim Trulock is locked in a legal battle with the City of Duncanville over The Cherry Pit, which he claims is merely his private residence where he throws swingers parties for his many guests. Duncanville says he is operating a sex club in a residential area.
Dallas Observer |
Mike Fisher |
09-22-2008 |
Culture
