November 2008 – joe erbentraut

A year later!

joe erbentraut

November 26, 2008

Today is the first anniversary of the incorporation of Reality TV Makes Me Cry. My updates have been haphazard at best, but I am a reformed blogger. You will see many bright [.. wrong word. How’s about snarky? Opinionated? Unapologetically leftist?] things in the future from this blog. In honor of RTMC’s birthday, I dedicate…

music

american idol, first anniversary, mental instability, paula abdul, paula goodspeed, qvc, reality tv makes me cry

From vampires to scientologists, a weekend in the city

joe erbentraut

November 24, 2008

Temperatures in the windy city have begun to plunge, transforming what was formerly a leisurely fifteen minute walk to the train from my apartment into a brutally chilly venture. Although the weather makes it tempting to stay indoors, there’s simply been too many exciting things going on around the city to miss out on. I…

life, politics

a red orchid theatre, a very merry unauthorized children’s scientology pagean, alan stock, carter burwell, church of latter day saints, cinemark, germany, jonas brothers, l. ron hubbard, mario majorski, miley cyrus, prop 8, raspberry martini, scientology, stephenie meyer, the religious right, twilight

On remembrance

joe erbentraut

November 23, 2008

Last Thursday, November 20, marked the tenth anniversary of the recognition of International Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day was originally conceived following the violent murder of Rita Hester in Boston. The negative media coverage and police treatment of the Hester case — which remains unsolved to this day — prompted the outcry from the…

politics, queer

evolution, homophobia, lgbt rights, mike huckabee, racism, rita hester, sexism, transgender day of remembrance, transgender rights