Back Talk

Me, Myself, and My Clone

by Jennifer Parello

My dream always has been to get a ventriloquist dummy that looks exactly like me. I would call this dummy Little Jen. We would travel the world together, dispensing our own brand of folksy wisdom, and performing card tricks.
None of my friends ever has encouraged this dream. In fact, most characterized my fantasy as “creepy.” […]

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Ms. Behavior®: Love ‘Em Older

by Meryl Cohn

Dear Ms. Behavior:
I am 24, and live in a buzzing queer community. Most of my friends are older gay women, some as many as 30 years older than me. Many of the women seem to like me because I remind them of their own youth, because I bring a new perspective, or because I am […]

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Weighing In on Health Care

by Julie Dafydd

I’m getting really worried. Of the several-dozen health care reform ideas currently floating around Capitol Hill, not one even comes close to making the fundamental change that our nation’s medical system needs.
Trust me. I’ve reviewed all these proposals, and now know more than I care to about soft triggers, hard triggers (I’m thinking there was […]

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