AltWeeklies Wire
Three Willful Women Cope in a Post-Stalin Worldnew
Since Otar Left, a French production set in the former Russian republic of Georgia, treats the other side of emigrant life: those people -- often old, often female -- left behind, who wait for letters, money and a keyhole glimpse into life on the other side.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-13-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Julie Bertucelli, Since Otar Left
Garden State Finds Humor in Homecomingnew
Why Andrew Largeman has shut down his emotions, and how he switches them back on again, provides Garden State with its loose plot. Director Zach Braff's film shows that we can't escape our formative influences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-13-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Garden State, Zach Braff
Family Members and Lawyers Describe Assaults of Teens in Prisonnew
Wayne Boatwright Sr. couldn't hold back tears as he told legislators about the death of his 18-year-old son, Wayne Boatwright Jr. He was strangled to death in February at Lee Arrendale State Prison, where children between the ages of 13 and 17 found guilty of one of seven violent felonies are sent. Once there, they often are preyed upon by the prison's older population, documents show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
08-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Story of Spam, Spyware and Second Chancesnew
Rob Martinson may be seen as an unavoidable pest of the Internet age -- the kind who infiltrates your computer, who hijacks your homepage, who makes surfing the Web more pain than pleasure.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-13-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
This Really is Burning Man
Given that Burning Man is a festival that can hardly be documented, this book does a great job of documenting it.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
08-12-2004 |
Nonfiction
Naked Women Change How We See the World
Seattle photographer Amanda Koster wants to prove women are beautiful -- without plastic surgery.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-12-2004 |
The War on Women
Tags: organization, Canada, California, plastic surgery, Washington, fat, Seattle, body image, Victoria, nudity, women's issues, About-Face, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Brooke Finnigan, Community Eating Disorders and Related Issues Counselling (CEDRIC) Centre, San Francisco-based non-profit
Evicted for Medical Marijuana?
A Central California woman fights her local Housing Authority for the right to grow medical marijuana in her Section 8 apartment.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Abraham Hyatt |
08-12-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Body Image Affects Gay Men in a Queer Way
What does it mean to look gay when all you see in the media images are buff boys without shirts?
Monday Magazine |
Bill Stuart |
08-12-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Rally 'Round the Books, Boysnew
George W. Bush's administration has been disastrous for forests, as evidenced by a glance at bookstore shelves. Dead trees take the form of scathing and scathingly funny critiques: It's enough to concern the most passive "arbolist."
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
08-12-2004 |
Nonfiction
Guide Helps Consumers Track Toxins at Homenew
Just as not smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer, not using harmful chemicals to clean your countertops could help decrease the chance of acquiring other forms of the disease. About 5 percent of cancers can be directly linked to environmental contaminants, the Canadian Cancer Society says.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
08-12-2004 |
Science
Americana Beautynew
On this album, Jolie Holland doesn't just doll up hissy old 78s for the digital age; she taps into their timeless passions and creates something fresh and arresting, something that's hard and pure and anything but quaint. Also reviewed is Nina Nastasia's Dogs.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
08-12-2004 |
Reviews
Schools Need Courageous Politicsnew
Illinois public schools need more money. Raising it requires a politician brave enough to take a traditionally unpopular position: The burden for education funding must be shifted from property to income tax.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-12-2004 |
Commentary
Keyes to Victory? The Illinois GOP Banks on Blusternew
Illinois Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Maryland export Alan Keyes, has a history of failed campaigns based on extreme right-wing rhetoric -- but he's somehow managed to escape intense media scrutiny.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
08-12-2004 |
Politics
Of Ducks and Mennew
Chef Boy Ari caters to a Montana men's retreat and learns how to get the duck out.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
08-12-2004 |
Food+Drink
Honk If You Love Honkingnew
Bumper stickers are the very banners of Passive-Agressive Nation.
Metroland |
John Rodat |
08-12-2004 |
Commentary
