Comments on: Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/ We're here, We're queer, and We're not going Shopping without Coupons Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:42:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Drcatwoman http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-113764 Drcatwoman Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:17:41 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-113764 I don't think she is 55. I knew her years ago when I was dating a close friend of hers. I was 25; my girlfriend "W" was 34, and Suze was older than W by at least 2 or 3 years. I am now 46, almost 47, which would make W 55, almost 56, which makes Suze, well, older than 55. Whether she is 55 or closer to 60, she looks great.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-113764">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I don’t think she is 55. I knew her years ago when I was dating a close friend of hers. I was 25; my girlfriend “W” was 34, and Suze was older than W by at least 2 or 3 years. I am now 46, almost 47, which would make W 55, almost 56, which makes Suze, well, older than 55. Whether she is 55 or closer to 60, she looks great.

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]]> By: Sue http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-90588 Sue Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:37:01 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-90588 I am a small business owner who has gone through a financially and emotionally ugly divorce. My daughter and I watch Suze every week to discuss her advice, as part of my teaching her to not rely on anyone else (including me) to handle her financial life. I think Suze's advice is just good sense for ALL women, no matter what their sexual orientation. Maybe it's because I'm not gay, but I don't see how her love life makes her more or less of a strong, intelligent, determined woman.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-90588">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> I am a small business owner who has gone through a financially and emotionally ugly divorce. My daughter and I watch Suze every week to discuss her advice, as part of my teaching her to not rely on anyone else (including me) to handle her financial life. I think Suze’s advice is just good sense for ALL women, no matter what their sexual orientation. Maybe it’s because I’m not gay, but I don’t see how her love life makes her more or less of a strong, intelligent, determined woman.

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]]> By: Danny http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-89398 Danny Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:29:13 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-89398 "straight women keep getting taken to the cleaners financially" Huh? I just thought this was something ironic to say right after I read about about losing 50% to estate taxes for not being married. How do they get taken to the cleaners? I don't think that my wife would agree.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-89398">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> “straight women keep getting taken to the cleaners financially”

Huh? I just thought this was something ironic to say right after I read about about losing 50% to estate taxes for not being married. How do they get taken to the cleaners? I don’t think that my wife would agree.

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]]> By: The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Christmas Week Edition http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-89341 The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Christmas Week Edition Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:01:05 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-89341 [...] Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich This is a really interesting re-reading of Suze Orman’s personal finance writings that casts her advice in an unexpected light. I actually went back and read through some older Orman stuff because of this article. (@ queercents) [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-89341">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich This is a really interesting re-reading of Suze Orman’s personal finance writings that casts her advice in an unexpected light. I actually went back and read through some older Orman stuff because of this article. (@ queercents) [...]

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]]> By: June http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88746 June Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:47:19 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88746 Eme: I agree with Susie that men have different ideas about women's sexuality then lesbians do. The one time I tried to date a guy, it was like the most bizzare role play ever . Which isn't to say that lesbians don't have standards (or are all of one mind). I just think they are (generally) more realistic standards. This was a really interesting article. I would like to see Suze do a book for queer folk.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88746">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Eme: I agree with Susie that men have different ideas about women’s sexuality then lesbians do. The one time I tried to date a guy, it was like the most bizzare role play ever . Which isn’t to say that lesbians don’t have standards (or are all of one mind). I just think they are (generally) more realistic standards.

This was a really interesting article. I would like to see Suze do a book for queer folk.

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]]> By: Nina http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88738 Nina Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:39:11 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88738 Part of this week's <a href="http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2007/12/carnival-of-insanities_16.html" rel="nofollow">Carnival of the Insanities</a>.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88738">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Part of this week’s Carnival of the Insanities.

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]]> By: money news blog » Weekly Roundup, Still Shopping Edition http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88637 money news blog » Weekly Roundup, Still Shopping Edition Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:08:00 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88637 [...] Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88637">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich [...]

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]]> By: moorea http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88390 moorea Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:09:55 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88390 Oh Nina! Really neat article. I love both Suze and Susie, of course! I sat in a Berkeley Apartment in June watching a Suze infomercial, taking notes and thinking "I love how this totally queer woman is giving money advice to straight married women. That's who should be giving them advice." Because her queerness gives her such a different perspective on financial stability and smarts. Glad to know my gay-dar is working.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88390">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Oh Nina! Really neat article. I love both Suze and Susie, of course! I sat in a Berkeley Apartment in June watching a Suze infomercial, taking notes and thinking “I love how this totally queer woman is giving money advice to straight married women. That’s who should be giving them advice.” Because her queerness gives her such a different perspective on financial stability and smarts. Glad to know my gay-dar is working.

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]]> By: eme http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88288 eme Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:51:24 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88288 Realizing, of course, that my comments may or may not be considered off-point, I'm going to make them. "In lesbian culture, there’s no currency in being sexually virtuous. No one cares if you have slept with 'X' number of women before you sleep with them— not because they’re so open-minded, but because there’s no economic basis. There’s no 'finding out whose baby this is.'" On what planet, gay, straight or bi, do women not care about how many people you've slept with. I've met women who've slept with 20 women and I've met women who've slept with over 100. I'll give you one guess which I think is gross. Of course, I can't say that everyone in the world feels that way, but neither can you say it's some patriarchal hoo-hah that only applies to traditional heterosexual relationships. It may not have to do with virtue or lack of it, but I think most people, if pressed, have a number that beyond which they would think is nasty. And then, what the heck from Suze Orman?: "I’m still a 55-year-old virgin." I certainly hope she was joking. Maybe 100 years ago, virgin meant never having a penis in your vagina, but how can a lesbian say that in 2007? The slippery slope: I haven't had sex with a man. > I'm a virgin. > Lesbians don't have sex/intercourse. How are we ever going to gain full acceptance if we don't ourselves accept who we are and what we do? I'm a lesbian, and I'm sure as hell not a virgin (although, it's been a modest number, I assure you!)! Plus, for people who aren't exposed (at least knowingly) to gays and lesbians, that's just confusing. Now they have to accept us and understand that a lesbian is a virgin? Again, I hope she was joking, but it sounds more like she's got issues.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88288">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Realizing, of course, that my comments may or may not be considered off-point, I’m going to make them.

“In lesbian culture, there’s no currency in being sexually virtuous. No one cares if you have slept with ‘X’ number of women before you sleep with them— not because they’re so open-minded, but because there’s no economic basis. There’s no ‘finding out whose baby this is.’”

On what planet, gay, straight or bi, do women not care about how many people you’ve slept with. I’ve met women who’ve slept with 20 women and I’ve met women who’ve slept with over 100. I’ll give you one guess which I think is gross. Of course, I can’t say that everyone in the world feels that way, but neither can you say it’s some patriarchal hoo-hah that only applies to traditional heterosexual relationships. It may not have to do with virtue or lack of it, but I think most people, if pressed, have a number that beyond which they would think is nasty.

And then, what the heck from Suze Orman?:
“I’m still a 55-year-old virgin.”

I certainly hope she was joking. Maybe 100 years ago, virgin meant never having a penis in your vagina, but how can a lesbian say that in 2007? The slippery slope: I haven’t had sex with a man. > I’m a virgin. > Lesbians don’t have sex/intercourse.

How are we ever going to gain full acceptance if we don’t ourselves accept who we are and what we do? I’m a lesbian, and I’m sure as hell not a virgin (although, it’s been a modest number, I assure you!)! Plus, for people who aren’t exposed (at least knowingly) to gays and lesbians, that’s just confusing. Now they have to accept us and understand that a lesbian is a virgin? Again, I hope she was joking, but it sounds more like she’s got issues.

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]]> By: links for 2007-12-14 | Flamingo House Happenings http://queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-88273 links for 2007-12-14 | Flamingo House Happenings Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:38:35 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2007/12/13/susie-bright-on-suze-orman-the-lesbian-approach-to-getting-rich/#comment-88273 [...] Queercents » Blog Archive » Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich Go on, Suze, dare to offend someone other than a consumer debt-holder! Question the dominant paradigm, girlfriend! I don’t need any warm fuzzies about “balance, courage, serenity.” I need a “bad girl,” with a big, thick portfolio, who tells it l (tags: susiebright suzeorman ninasmith queercents money dykes lesbians womenand financialadvice) [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-88273">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] Queercents » Blog Archive » Susie Bright on Suze Orman: The Lesbian Approach to Getting Rich Go on, Suze, dare to offend someone other than a consumer debt-holder! Question the dominant paradigm, girlfriend! I don’t need any warm fuzzies about “balance, courage, serenity.” I need a “bad girl,” with a big, thick portfolio, who tells it l (tags: susiebright suzeorman ninasmith queercents money dykes lesbians womenand financialadvice) [...]

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