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April 20, 2012
Your Guide To Susan G. Komen's Newest PR Headache, Which Involves The Daughter of an Uzbek Dictator
Islam Karimov is the president of Uzbekistan; he's also widely known as a brutal dictator accused of the systematic use of torture. His regime is charged with things like boiling political dissidents to death and forcibly sterilizing women. Now one of his daughters, who's well-disliked in her own ri ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
Ben & Jerry's Scoops Free Ice Cream Today to Benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation
Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day was scheduled for April 3, but tornadoes forced some local shops to play a make-up game, and that making up goes down today. Three local shops are partaking in the festivities: Plano, McKinney and the Shops of Highland Village. The Plano store has lined up some ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
The Strange Tale of Tucker Max and His Failed $500,000 Planned Parenthood Donation
For the past few days, several corners of the Internet have been all a-flutter over a recent piece on Forbes.com by a man named Ryan Holiday, who describes himself as a "strategist for big authors and big brands." Holiday apparently had tried to arrange a donation of $500,000 from one of his clien ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
The Sights and (Awful) Sounds of the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon
I've had a bone to pick with the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon, and not because it blocks off streets in my neighborhood or benefits Susan G. Komen. It's because, unlike other marathons that happen throughout the year, there are awful cover bands playing at full volume on a fucking Sunday morning in my nei ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
The News Buries the Lede in the Komen Story
Just want to make sure you know what you're getting into if you count on The Dallas Morning News to tell you what's up. It's not that they won't. But you do have to deal with the social local filter. The New York Times this morning carries a story by Times staffer Natasha Singer under a headline, " ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
Planned Parenthood Director Turned Pro-Life Superstar Is Suing PP For Alleged Medicaid Fraud
As long as we're on the general theme of "unpleasant events that are somehow related to the Medicaid Women's Health Program," let's throw this one in there too: Abby Johnson, who was until a couple of years ago the director of a clinic that was part of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast, is now su ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Maybe It's Time for Komen to Change Those Pink Ribbons to GOP Red
We still have to read between the lines to glimpse the bottom line on the Komen Foundation's attack on Planned Parenthood, but the slowly emerging truth of the matter doesn't bode well. Karen Handel, the Komen executive who resigned yesterday, has a weird talent for letting the cat out of the bag e ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Hours Before Protest Planned in Front of Susan G. Komen HQ on LBJ, Karen Handel Resigns
For days now Nancy Brinker has said, over and over, that Karen Handel -- the one-time gubernatorial candidate from Georgia and Palin pal -- had nothing to do with Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut its funding to Planned Parenthood. Handel, who's Komen's senior vice-president for publi ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
A MoveOn Petition, And a Really Tiny Protest, Outside Komen's LBJ Headquarters Today
It probably hasn't escaped the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's notice that an awful lot of people are very, very unhappy with the organization lately. Just to drive the point home a little further, reps from MoveOn.org, CREDO Action and UltraViolet announced they'd be hand-delivering a Move ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Film Critical of Komen, Pink Ribbons, Inc., Opens in Canada Today. No U.S. Date Set Yet.
Amidst all the ruckus, resignations and double-talking over Susan G. Komen for the Cure's politically charged move to pull its breast-cancer screening funding from Planned Parenthood, you should also be aware: Dallas-based Komen's actually the subject of a documentary that opens in Canada today t ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
As Brinker Tries to Explain Komen's Split From Planned Parenthood, an Inside Account
As you know by now, locally based Susan G. Komen for the Cure has cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood, meaning it'll no longer help pay for mammograms for women who can't afford them; why, there's Nancy Brinker herself above, attempting to explain Komen's "new granting strategies" concerning i ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
A Stink About Pink: Better Alternatives Than Giving to Right-Leaning Komen
Some good may come out of the Komen Foundation's hard right turn on abortion this week. It was about time, anyway, for a fundamental re-examination of Komen by people committed to the cause of cancer research. You'll find a good summary of reasons to be worried about giving to Komen, even before th ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
How One Man's Witch Hunt Made Komen Decide to Cut Off Grants to Planned Parenthood
Perhaps you've heard by now: The Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation (don't bother clicking the link; the site's not loading) will no longer be giving grant money to Planned Parenthood, a move Planned Parenthood of North Texas says comes after "anti-women's health groups have repeate ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Pound Pavement for a Cure
Perhaps you've heard by now: The Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation (don't bother clicking the link; the site's not loading) will no longer be giving grant money to Planned Parenthood, a move Planned Parenthood of North Texas says comes after "anti-women's health groups have repeate ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Cooking for a Cure
Perhaps you've heard by now: The Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation (don't bother clicking the link; the site's not loading) will no longer be giving grant money to Planned Parenthood, a move Planned Parenthood of North Texas says comes after "anti-women's health groups have repeate ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
It's A Benefit In Bloom
Perhaps you've heard by now: The Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation (don't bother clicking the link; the site's not loading) will no longer be giving grant money to Planned Parenthood, a move Planned Parenthood of North Texas says comes after "anti-women's health groups have repeate ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Good Eating: Charitable Events at Restaurants This Week
Restaurant bent on doing good could just donate food to local non-profits. But what's the fun in that? Various Dallas eateries have dreamed up more creative ways to help their community: Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings.
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September 9, 2010
Rub Me the Right Way
Restaurant bent on doing good could just donate food to local non-profits. But what's the fun in that? Various Dallas eateries have dreamed up more creative ways to help their community: Read on for details of this week's charitable happenings.
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September 1, 2010
Whaddya Know, A Breast Cancer Campaign That's About Lives, Not Boobs
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
From the Ground Up
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Michael Manos Was Living the Same Lie in Dallas That He Peddled Across the Country. Only Here, the Truth Caught Up with Him.
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
What A Buncha Boobs
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
3-Days' Grace
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Put Your Breast Foot Forward
It's hard to say if anyone anywhere really gets to have his or her cake and eat it too, but it's especially frustrating to me when women are asked to support good causes that also ask them to get behind demeaning stereotypes and objectification. (Looking at you, PETA.) This often happens in conju ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Bowling for Dollars
Just two doors down from where I took this picture back in January, I discovered this commode -- a neighbor's art installation that's doubling as fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Apparently, you pay so much to have it removed permanently, or a slightly smaller amount to k ... More >>
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May 8, 2008
A Big and Busy Week for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Just two doors down from where I took this picture back in January, I discovered this commode -- a neighbor's art installation that's doubling as fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Apparently, you pay so much to have it removed permanently, or a slightly smaller amount to k ... More >>
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April 17, 2008
Driving For Boobies
Komen-deer BMWs for cancer research
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March 13, 2008
Three-Day Drink-On
Komen-deer BMWs for cancer research
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December 18, 2007
Why You'd Want Want Of These, We Have No Idea
Komen-deer BMWs for cancer research
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August 28, 2007
Pretty in Pink
Komen-deer BMWs for cancer research
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June 19, 2007
Nancy Brinker Gets 21 News Jobs, Rolled into One Very Fancy Title
Komen-deer BMWs for cancer research
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October 19, 2006
Pepto-Bismol
Firehouse hosts an evening of pink
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September 21, 2006
Filling the Charity Cups
Firehouse hosts an evening of pink
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October 13, 2005
To the Moon
Firehouse hosts an evening of pink
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June 2, 2005
Yard of Dreams
Firehouse hosts an evening of pink
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June 2, 2005
Clean Sweep
Take Back Your Saturday Morning at ZaSpa
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March 24, 2005
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
Take Back Your Saturday Morning at ZaSpa
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March 10, 2005
Step Up
Best foot forward
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October 14, 2004
Seasonal Changes
Best foot forward
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May 6, 2004
Driven
Speed for a Cure
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November 27, 2003
Born to Run
Lace up, Gramps
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October 16, 2003
Venetian Finds
Lazarus returns home with more than postcards
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October 16, 2003
Everyone's Welcome
But this race is for the ladies
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February 28, 2002
Small Screen, Big Step
DEJ Productions tries to give "direct-to-video" a good name
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October 4, 2001
Various Artists
Brand New Boots and Panties (Gold Circle Records) / Listen to What the Man Said (Oglio Records)
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February 29, 1996
Just don't call them nelly guys
In a town that knows cheerleading, folks are flipping for a relentlessly upbeat gay squad

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