AltWeeklies Wire
Justice Takes a Pool Cuenew
California prosecutors said an unconscious 16-year-old girl was gang-raped and molested with a Snapple bottle, lit cigarette, juice can and a pool cue, but defense lawyers called the girl a "slut" and a "whore" and convinced jurors to block convictions.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
07-06-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gay Protagonist Has Epiphanies and Talking Nipples
Writer Brian Francis makes the life of a queer teenager compelling through simple writing and effective characterization.
Monday Magazine |
Bill Stuart |
07-06-2004 |
Fiction
Sex and Drugs Fuel Party Prose
Debut novel from United Kingdom author Niven Govinden gets right to the gritty heart of the party scene.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
07-06-2004 |
Fiction
Author Attempts to Define Canadianness
Douglas Coupland delves once more into Canada's identity—and comes up with a taxidermied fish.
Monday Magazine |
Jenni Cash |
07-06-2004 |
Nonfiction
Suicide Girls Take Burlesque on Tour
For a growing number of women, sexuality is about feeling great—and doing a striptease to prove it.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Schreurs |
07-06-2004 |
Sex
Ultimate Frisbee Is the Ultimate Inclusive Sport
Devotees of ultimate, many of whom are women, love to play this growing community-building sport that stresses the spirit of co-operation over competition.
Monday Magazine |
Adrienne Mercer |
07-06-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Letting Off a Little Smoke: Why people should quit whining about smoking bansnew
Smoking bans aren't an infringement of rights, no matter how hard you spin.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-06-2004 |
Commentary
Faith of the Fathers: “Under God” Argument Is More Than Academicnew
What's it like when your child's classmates tell her she's going to hell?
Metroland |
John Rodat |
07-06-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Still Smoldering: Bar Owners Love to Hate the Smoking Bannew
Butt-riddled pavement, the scent of stale beer and bar owners with tighter belts all have become signs of New York’s stiff-upper-lip approach to its year-old smoking ban.
Metroland |
Ashley Hahn |
07-06-2004 |
Policy Issues
Generation Nix: Why Don't Young People Read Daily Newspapers?new
If you've already seen the news (or laughed at it with The Daily Show), and you're faced with a banal paper, wouldn't you rather peruse The Onion on the way to work?
The Village Voice |
Richard Goldstein |
07-06-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Laws and Ordernew
Joe Domanick's new book takes a hard look at a hard law, examining California's "three strikes" rule and its consequences.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-02-2004 |
Nonfiction
Spider-Man Casts His World-Wide Webnew
Even superheroes have to do their own laundry in Sam Raimi's truly spectacular vision that combines human pathos and breathtaking action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-02-2004 |
Reviews
Mama's Got a Brand New Bagnew
From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig, Roger Michell, Peter, Daniel, Steven, Anne, The Mother, Reid, Bradshaw, Cathryn, Mackintosh, Vaughan
Time Drama
Is the USA Network’s The 4400 sci-fi or soap opera? All that and more, geeks and girls.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-02-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Dr. Doom's Strange World
This is what it's like to talk with retired psychic spy, frequent Art Bell guest and noted end-of-the-world predicter Ed Dames.
Tags: war & peace
