
Susie Bright
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brigh ts_journal_/2009/11/sapphire-before-prec ious-the-lesbian-story-behind-push.html
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I've been looking forward to seeing the new film Precious for over a year now. It's adapted from one of my favorite novels, Push, by Sapphire, a woman who has a special place in my heart— she's a poet I published in 1989 in On Our Backs, one of those...

Susie Bright
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/health /17tumor.html?em
"Mr. Sugrue wiped his eyes and began to apologize for losing his composure, but the surgeon cut him off and said, “In neurosurgery they say that if you don’t make your patient cry, you haven’t gotten informed consent.”"
I put off reading this for a few days, becaus...e I knew it would be difficult for me to read, whether good or bad news. This is what my dad died from.Read More
"Mr. Sugrue wiped his eyes and began to apologize for losing his composure, but the surgeon cut him off and said, “In neurosurgery they say that if you don’t make your patient cry, you haven’t gotten informed consent.”"
I put off reading this for a few days, becaus...e I knew it would be difficult for me to read, whether good or bad news. This is what my dad died from.Read More
Source: www.nytimes.com
An experimental treatment for glioblastoma suppresses a barrier to deliver a drug directly to brain tumors.

Susie Bright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq8ZHIHxF 5A
I have no explanation for this.

Susie Bright
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brigh ts_journal_/2009/11/lies-damned-lies-and -quotations.html
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"Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you." —Mae West I am an ardent quotations collector— I collect my favorites on slips of paper, write them on my hand, hoard hundreds on my hard drive. I belong to a brilliant "Quotation of...

Susie Bright
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brigh ts_journal_/2009/11/mad-men-ft-hood-and- the-stupak-amendment.html
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I can't be the only one to make the connection. For those of us who who are devoted to the American tele-novella Mad Men, the recent psycho-shooting at Ft. Hood had an eerie plot echo. (Spoilers ahead). In Mad Men, which takes place in New York of 1963, there's a...

Susie Bright
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/edm und-wilsons-all-p.html
The Art of Saying "No"?
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Maybe link to http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/07/edmund-wilson-letter/ instead of Wilson's wiki entry twice?

Susie Bright
I'M GOING TO QUIETLY GO INSANE NOW...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UukXe1mPa K8
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November 4, 2009 HLN's Joy Behar and Dr. Drew Pinsky talk with playmate Nicole Narain, a recovering sex addict.

Susie Bright
http://queermovieblog.com/susie_bright/
In answer to the question, "what's your favorite lesbian movie?"...
Source: queermovieblog.com
My favorite LGBT movie is BOUND. Because the filmmakers came to me and told me they were inspired by me to make it. Because they asked me to be their sex

Susie Bright
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story. php?id=293929&ac=PHedi
A editorial by Mainer, who says Maine's referendum process is almost as insane as California's... "I don't want my neighbor recalculating my civil rights..."
Source: pressherald.mainetoday.com
Elections should be about candidates, not complex issues reduced to sound bites and TV ads.

Susie Bright
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story. php?id=293976&ac=PHnws
Here's the story from the Maine daily paper... you might be interested in the comments for the local flavor. One interesting part to me was the comment that French-Canadians, who already have "equality in marriage" laws come to visit and work in Maine all t...he time-- family ties are strong as well-- and no one seems to notice that Quebec has been brought to its knees or faced God's wrath. In fact, gay Quebecois tourism is really big in Maine...Read More
Here's the story from the Maine daily paper... you might be interested in the comments for the local flavor. One interesting part to me was the comment that French-Canadians, who already have "equality in marriage" laws come to visit and work in Maine all t...he time-- family ties are strong as well-- and no one seems to notice that Quebec has been brought to its knees or faced God's wrath. In fact, gay Quebecois tourism is really big in Maine...Read More
Source: pressherald.mainetoday.com
The measure is repealed in a close vote, 53-47 percent

Susie Bright
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/pol itics/05maine.html?_r=1&hp
the Catholic Church passed the collection plate a
second time, they cared so much...
Source: www.nytimes.com
The vote was a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement. Maine voters also decided to expand the state’s 10-year-old medical marijuana law.

Susie Bright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zhSC7BMe vc
Our beloved Norton Buffalo died this weekend... too, too, young. Lung cancer.
Here's an obit in SFChron: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg i?f=/c/a/2009/11/02/BA031ADOLJ.DTL&tsp=1
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Outdoors in Bol Park, Palo Alto, California, 7-22-08

Susie Bright
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brigh ts_journal_/2009/10/my-halloween-musical -gift-to-you-.html
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via www.youtube.com Tom Waits on "Fernwood 2Night," circa 1977. One day I hope to use every single one of Tom's lines that he cuts loose in this after-piano interview. I will start tonight! Have a very spooky little evening...

Susie Bright
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10 /30/arts/20091030-ROCK_index.html
That's Jimi Hendrix in a pompadour backing up Wilson Pickett!
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What makes a good rock photograph is something to ponder, and 'Who Shot Rock & Roll' at the Brooklyn Museum offers an excellent opportunity to do so.

Susie Bright
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brigh ts_journal_/2009/10/ill-be-reading-my-fa vorite-judy-grahn-poem-tonight-in-san-fr ancisco.html
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Also showcasing performances inspired by Judy’s writing... “To The Mother Of All Bowls” choreographed and performed by Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers “The Psychoanalysis of Edward the Dyke” presented by ...






















