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Pretty good year.
Last night, I celebrated the arrival of the new year with a small group of friends and acquaintances, music and a whole bunch of champagne. On this, the morning after, I couldn’t help but turn to introspection on day number one of year two thousand nine. 2008 was a funky little year filled with moments…
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A year later!
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…
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On remembrance
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…
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