by Dahlia | Dec 21, 2013 | Special Features
Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1962, ToFF Cat. #62.27, Collection of Volker Morlock, © 1962 Tom of Finland Foundation There is a scene in Dallas Buyers Club where Matthew McConaughey’s character goes into a gay bar to conduct some business. As he’s standing in the...
by Dahlia | Dec 13, 2013 | Journal
I just read this article advocating self-publishing, “Why Writers Must Self-Publish Their Books,” and I have to say that I agree with several points. The most cheerful one is that self-publishing is liberating. You can publish what you want, when you want...
by Dahlia | Dec 13, 2013 | Journal
I recently received an email from a reader sharing the story of the worst breakup of her life. Her story was long, complex, and painful, but several aspects of her story resonated with me, and I would imagine with many women, so I’m sharing them below. “…I was...
by Dahlia | Dec 9, 2013 | Journal
So there’s this thing that everyone else seems to think is okay, which makes me feel like I’m a bitch because it bugs me, but I suspect that it actually bugs other people, we’ve just gotten so used to it that we don’t think to complain.When I...
by Dahlia | Dec 6, 2013 | Journal
During my first term at UCLA, I had the privilege of taking a class with Howard Suber. For anyone interested in how stories are told –be they in books or on the big screen — or merely in human nature and the patterns of human behavior, his perspective is...
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