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Notions of scarcity: are you hoarding wealth?
Dean Spade, a trans lawyer believes scarcity pushes people to hoard wealth: '¦capitalism is always pushing us toward perfection, creating ideas of the right way to be a man or…
Ask the Readers: Are You Middle Class?
Well, this question was brought on by a convergence of two things: First, was the arrival of Andrew here at Queercents (a big welcome to him!) and second, I was…
The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Last week, Jeanine and I became two of the nearly million people that have viewed Randy Pausch's Last Lecture on YouTube. Pausch was the Carnegie Mellon professor that lost his…
Ask the Readers: Recession Woes Helping Gay Men Place a Higher Value on Love??
The gay dating service issued this press release today: As the nation's economic news worsens, and Valentine's Day approaches, many gay men in America are re-assessing the value of true…
Ask the Readers: If you pay for dinner, should you get sex?
Planet Out has a rather fun writeup on common gay dating myths. My favorite is here: 2. If you pay for dinner, you should get sex. Unless you are dating…
Ask The Readers: Do You Ever Feel Purchasing Peer Pressure?
In this weekend's roundup, I mentioned the temptation to try and keep up with the purchases of those around you. It seems as though peer pressure isn't limited to just…
Ask the Readers: How much time do you spend each year planning for retirement?
'œLast year Americans spent 19 hours planning for their retirement. That's about the same amount of time they spent planning their Thanksgiving dinner.' '“ Allstate advertisement Retirement lasts a lot…
Ask the Readers: Keep Buying Bolthouse?
As you may have remembered from my first ever post way back when, consumer consciousness is an area of interest of mine. There are all sorts of different reasons people…
Ask the Readers: Do you find marketing materials effective?
One day I came home from a long day of work and found a purple Chinese food menu flier attached to the front gate of my apartment building. I saw…
Liposuction: Fat Free at Any Cost?
My friend recently had extensive liposuction done and it's been fascinating to see people's reactions. At first some find it a bit comical, or at the very least, superficial. However…