April 21, 2008
Linda Lovelace, Phyllis Schlafly, and Juanita Broaddrick
In writing about the late Linda Lovelace, National Review once noted that she became “a feminist icon” after she went public with her claim of having been forced in pornography by her husband. However, she was also prominently featured in conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly’s anthology, Pornography’s Victims. Moreover, while the National Review called [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 8:23 amMarch 31, 2008
The Bible-Based Case for Female Bisexuality
The Bible-Based Case for Female Bisexuality
by Mrs. Virtue S. Nutt
Often overlooked in discussions of the traditional marriage and family structure are certain assumptions about threats to it, especially about sexual morality for women. Lesbianism, for example, is seen as a prime threat to traditional marriage. In this essay, I propose that lesbianism, or [...]
March 18, 2008
The Good Girls Rap vs. STDs
I recently read the depressing news that fully one-quarter of teenaged girls in America have a sexually transmitted disease. Among black girls, it rises to a truly alarming fifty percent. This study reminded me of a poem I wrote urging teen girls to practice sexual abstinence. Yes, in this particular poem I targeted the girls [...]
Comments (17) Filed under: Culture, Education, Entertainment, Family, Humor, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Media, Psychology, Sex & Relationships, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 4:27 pmMarch 17, 2008
The Newspaper of Claremont Street Reviewed by Denise Noe
The Newspaper of Claremont Street by Elizabeth Jolley is about a person, not a publication. The title refers to the well-deserved nickname of its unique protagonist. A maid to the affluent Claremont Street families, the Newspaper, or Weekly for short, is a walking record of her employers' travails and joys. Weekly knows [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Book Review, Culture, Entertainment, Media, Money, Psychology, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 3:20 amMarch 14, 2008
Happy St. Patrick?s Day ? and wear green!
March 17 is a very special day, honoring the richness of Irish history, traditions, and customs. It is especially appropriate that, of those groups outside of the Emerald Isle itself, we in the United States of America should pay special attention to St. Patrick?s Day. Over nine times as many people of at least partially [...]
Comments (5) Filed under: Culture, Education, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Money, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 4:59 amMarch 7, 2008
A fresh turn on The Turn of the Screw!
Author?s not: This was originally published in The Hatchet: The Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies. Those who have not yet had the pleasure of reading the Henry James classic should be aware that this essay contains spoilers.
A fresh turn on The Turn of the Screw!
The Borden case continues to enthrall over a century after it [...]
February 25, 2008
Does Hallelujah, I'm a Bum prefigure the beliefs of Ronald Reagan and George Gilder?
Does Hallelujah, I?m a Bum prefigure the beliefs of Ronald Reagan and George Gilder?
Released in 1933 and directed by Lewis Milestone, Hallelujah I?m a Bum is a well-crafted musical comedy set in the time period in which it was made. The legendary Al Jolson plays a happy-go-lucky hobo named Bumper living with a bunch of [...]
February 24, 2008
Under the Eye of the Clock by Christopher Nolan, reviewed by Denise Noe
Under the Eye of the Clock is the autobiography of Christopher Nolan, a fascinating and talented young poet who suffers from cerebral palsy. He is unable to walk or talk or write in the normal manner. Since Nolan lacks the use of his hands, this book, like Dam-Burst of Dreams, the book of [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Book Review, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Family, Media, Psychology, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 1:09 pmFebruary 23, 2008
Silent Partners By Eugene Linden, Reviewed by Denise Noe
The third book written by Eugene Linden about the ape-language experiments, Silent Partners tells the rather depressing story of a scientific era that began with the highest of hopes and ended in a dismal snarl of ambiguity and recrimination. The book takes a special look at the fluctuating fates of the simian "partners" and [...]
Comments (3) Filed under: Book Review, Culture, Entertainment, Mayhem, Media, Politics, Psychology, Science & Nature, Society, Vox Populi, Weird — Denise Noe @ 2:11 pmFebruary 22, 2008
Denise Noe reviews You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again
You'll Never Make Love in this Town Again
by Robin, Liza, Linda, and Tiffany
as told to Jennie Louise Frankel, Terrie Maxine Frankel,
and Joanne Parrent
Reviewed by Denise Noe
This best-selling book has already got a good deal of publicity. Unlike most Hollywood expos?s, You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again names names (for the most part) instead [...]
February 20, 2008
Metro Atlanta's Great Golf Course Communities!
Author?s note: This was first published several years ago.
Golf is one of the most popular outdoor sports in the world. In the United States, there are more than 18 million golfers who spend some $600 million each year on equipment for this much-loved sport.
Atlanta boasts more than 100 golf courses. Several Atlanta communities were [...]
February 19, 2008
The Mary Kay Letourneau Case and gender bias in the enforcement of statutory rape laws and perception of adult-minor sex
When I first heard about Mary Kay Letourneau, the Washington state teacher arrested because she had had sex with a 13-year-old former student, I was intrigued in large part because of her background. I had been a regular watcher of a TV political talk show called Free For All, in which her mother Mary Schmitz [...]
Comments (22) Filed under: Culture, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Feminist Justice, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Politics, Psychology, Sex & Relationships, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 2:07 pmFebruary 18, 2008
Presidents' Day and My Pat Nixon Poem
The approach of President?s Day led me to reflect on one of America?s most extraordinary Presidents, the first President to ever resign the office, Richard Milhous Nixon. It also led me to reflect on the truth that there is an odd way Bill and Hillary Clinton echo Richard and Pat Nixon: the Nixon marriage, like [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Culture, Entertainment, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Media, Politics, Psychology, Sex & Relationships, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 2:44 pmFebruary 17, 2008
More reasons to write on behalf of William J. Hetherington, imprisoned for more than 20 years on a questionable spousal rape conviction
I?ve written two blogs on why people should write to the Michigan Parole Board urging long overdue mercy for William J. Hetherington who has been imprisoned for over two decades for a rape conviction that many observers believe was based on weak evidence.
My first essay on this case was entitled Tentative thoughts on the William [...]
More reasons to write on behalf of William J. Hetherington, imprisoned for more than 20 years on a questionable spousal rape conviction
I?ve written two blogs on why people should write to the Michigan Parole Board urging long overdue mercy for William J. Hetherington who has been imprisoned for over two decades for a rape conviction that many observers believe was based on weak evidence.
My first essay on this case was entitled Tentative thoughts on the William [...]
February 16, 2008
Does anyone know why Lucy Grantham of Last House On The Left did not continue her acting career?
I finally saw the 1972 film that has become a cult classic and did much to launch the popularity of the slasher film, Wes Craven?s notorious Last House on the Left. The DVD I watched had a special feature that included interviews with several of the principals from this movie.
Lucy Grantham?s performance as victim Phyllis [...]
February 12, 2008
Grace Lusk: Old maid, modern woman, and triangle slayer
Small town scandal erupts
?Do you love me better than anything in the world?? thin, pretty, 39-year-old spinster schoolteacher Grace Lusk asked her 51-year-old married lover, well known veterinarian Dr. David Roberts. It was 1917 and the couple had been strolling through the scenic countryside of Waukesha, Wisconsin, the town in which they both lived. [...]
February 11, 2008
Meet Atlanta's Lesbian Writers!
Author?s note: A previous version of the article appeared in the publication of the Atlanta Writing Resource Center, an organization that, to the best of my knowledge, is no longer in existence.
Lesbian writers have a grand tradition going back to Sappho. Indeed, literature would be impoverished beyond recognition without the contributions of gay women.
Lesbians [...]
February 10, 2008
Republican Jaundice by BJ Dickerson
I believe that it is likely that many MND readers are GOP members. Therefore, I am posting this poem by BJ Dickerson that may express feelings that are common to readers of this website. Her poem was previously published in Time for Rhyme.
Republican Jaundice
By
BJ Dickerson
I despise
snakes
and
rats
and
Democrats.