Author Archives: Nina
Spending Money on Same-Sex Anniversary Gifts
'œTrue love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.' '“ Erich Segal Jeanine and I celebrated our fifth anniversary last Thursday. We…
Do You Want to Date a Gay Millionaire?
"Money will buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail" -- Richard Friedman If you poke around the website of the Gay Millionaires Club,…
Queercents bids farewell for now.
After drawing million page views with nearly 2,500 posts from over 50 contributors; Queercents is taking a time out. More precisely, its leader needed a break. Since 2006, Queercents has…
Eight ways money can buy happiness
Awhile back, Gretchen Rubin, projector of all things happy, listed 8 tips for how money can buy happiness. The entire list is a worthy read, but I wanted to emphasize…
Monetizing the Hate: queer sites should mimic this mommy blogger
I'm a mommy and while I don't read any mommy blogs, one of my mommy friends pointed me to this post by Heather Armstrong, the famous mommy blogger. She recently…
Finance “advocate” in The Advocate
My latest column for The Advocate appears in the Oct Issue. You can also check out the articles online: 1. Yours, Mine, and Ours: Avoid relationship penalties by creating both…
Queercents on Marketplace Money
On Friday's Marketplace Money, Host Tess Vigeland and Economics Editor Chris Farrell answer questions about how same-sex couples should handle assets and protect retirement money from over-taxation. Farrell points the…
Step aside housing crash, cupcakery is the next bubble
Daniel Gross at Slate magazine writes that the current recession (starting in late 2007) fueled the cupcake boom in America. He's predicting the bubble is about to burst: The cupcakeries…
Why do people spend money to store their stuff?
'œYou can't take it with you but you can certainly find a place to stash it away.' '“ Tom Vanderbilt I'm captivated by the self-storage industry. More notably, my business…
Queerfiction giveaway from Queercents
From time to time, Kensington Books provides us with free titles from its Gay and Lesbian section to give away to our readers and contributors. Each book is a gay-themed…