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Vixen vanishing?

So, I’m not surprised by this, but it is a shame to see yet another mag for women of color fold.
It will remain online, it seems, and publish occasional issues, but the August/September issue will be the last regular one.

Have you seen her?

Stepha Henry.
Have you seen her? Heard of her? You should have. She’s a young, beautiful, intelligent, recent honors graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and she’s been missing for two weeks.
But have you heard of her, or seen her, anywhere on the news? Unless you live in New York (where she was […]

but why would you leave your two and three-year-olds alone in an apartment? I know it’s too late for blame, and really, the only concern is finding this poor child, but for real? What were they thinking? (Keep in mind my opinion is colored by the fact that I spent part of my life as […]

Sometimes I think the malarkey members of the media get up to is more interesting than anything they report.
A 40-something male sports reporter at the LA Times is taking a break to have sexual reassignment surgery. The ongoing identity saga I respect, and I sincerely hope that when Mike returns as Chrisitne, he finds the […]

Misogyny and Mass Murder

Just visited the internet mindspace of three charming geniuses–Miss M, Kiki and the Bear (er, Mike)–and found myself here. I’ve been lax in paying attention to this story–it broke while I was on that Florida trip and then I took a head-in-sand approach to life for a few days.
The MoJo article reminds me of […]




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