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Mommyhood is currency in the straight world.
At Queercents, we have discussed how muscle is currency for gay men, how thin is currency for women (although issues around body image are catching up with men), and how…
Introducing the Queercents Professional Directory (beta launch)
Giveaway Alert: See below for your chance to win an iTunes gift card (value: $50) Queercents is launching its Professional Directory (note the links and details - above left hand…
The shifting views of household luxuries vs. household necessities.
Yesterday on NPR, there was a short segment (less than five minutes) about what household items are now considered to be luxuries vs. necessities (to start, think televisions, landlines and…
Queercents seeks frugal & travel writers
Our resident frugalista has opted to post less frequent at Queercents. This means there's room for another writer to be our homespun voice of thrifty; offering readers prudent and pennywise…
When the economy gets tough, people cook (in rented kitchens).
We've all seen the lists telling us what the Top 25 Careers to pursue in a recession, but here's a new idea. Cook. Bake. Boil. Blend. Mix. Create. The tough…
Did you get a refund? 3 ways to make a windfall pay at tax time.
Year after year, I get a tax refund and year after year, I hear the same thing: I've given the government an interest-free loan with that money. Even Suze Orman's…
Remember Hillary? She still needs your money!
Not too long ago, if you went to , you found the 2008 presidential nomination race in high gear with Clinton winning more primaries and delegates than any other female…
Handsome Men Selling Great Stuff
Bronson Page is a screenwriter, art director, gay rodeo dude and keeper of Last year, I interviewed Bronson and his husband, Sam for our Ten Money Questions series. They're hunky…
Diffusion of responsibility: my accountant will tell me if it’s right or wrong
Yesterday on Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal interviewed Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist and author of Predictably Irrational about why some people are tempted to cheat on their taxes. Ariely pointed out…
$3,000 for every man, woman and child
As usual, politics and the economy became topics of conversation after the family dinner yesterday. One of Jeanine's relatives mentioned that the better stimulus plan would have been to give…