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'TUTORING' RICH KIDS COST ME MY DREAMS

It took me a while to figure out what my boss already knew: I had been hired to do their work.

NEWSWEEK
Apr 11, 2005 Issue

For three years, I was an academic prostitute. I ruined the curve for the honest and ensured that the wealthiest, and often stupidest, students earned the highest marks. I was a professional paper-writer...

'THE L WORD' REINFORCES NEGATIVE BISEXUAL STEREOTYPES
February 26, 2008

Over the last three of its five seasons, The L Word has sent messages that erode positive representations of bisexuality by creating story lines and characters who reinforce myths that all bisexuals are crazy, in denial about their true sexual orientation, and likely to cheat on their partners for the other gender.

A PAIN IN THE ASS

Ostrich Ink
November 2, 2004

I first noticed the tingle in my ass one afternoon last spring while driving to Thousand Oaks on the 101 on my way to work.

Most people at age 27 would commute halfway to this isolated Mormon breeding-ground for a solid position at a worthwhile company with great health benefits...

PECS VS. SPECS
The geek that got away

GEEK | Issue 5&6 2007

I never regret breaking up with people. I'm a big believer in making a clean split. But I do have one dating regret. I'm still kicking myself for — dumping a good-looking and surprisingly charming, geek.

ARE YOU A GOOD KISSER?

MSN.com
March 10, 2008

My friend Sean thought his date went well—she laughed at his jokes, ordered dessert, and even asked him up to her apartment for a midnight make-out session. But it’s been over a week and she hasn’t returned his calls. Sean’s starting to wonder why. Little does he know, the answer’s in his kiss.

DOES YOUR DATE'S JOB MATTER?

MSN.com
March 3, 2008

I met Non-Profit Guy through a neighbor while we were all seeing a summer blockbuster. He offered me popcorn and mentioned that he’d recently moved to Los Angeles to work for a non-profit. Angeles. My last boyfriend had swapped his hybrid for an SUV, so my interest spiked immediately...

REQUIEM FOR A JOLIE
Oct. 9, 2007

It only took four years and a relationship with of the most attractive male movie stars of our time for Angelina Jolie to go from beloved bi icon — telling Barbara Walters in 2003, "I consider myself a very sexual person who loves who she loves, whatever sex they may be" — to brazen bi gone...

TILA TEQUILA'S SHOT AT STEREOTYPES
Reality dating show with bi-star is more than just trashy fun

Dec. 2007

For those of you who haven’t noticed, we bisexuals finally scored our own show—A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. Unfortunately, it’s a reality program made by a former producer of The Bachelor that places Tequila, an exotic Asian American femme with plenty of tattoos, cleavage, and low-cut halter tops, at the center of a battle between sixteen straight men (who have the maturity of frat boys on Jägermeister) and sixteen trashy lesbians (many of whom resemble strippers much like the woman they’re pursuing)...