Epinions Recent Reviews for lustylady

Powerful intertwined short story collection about growing up as a butch lesbian in Yukon country

Fri, 7 Sep 2001 15:49:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Ivan Coyote’s debut short story collection is powerful in its imagery of growing up queer and trans in the Yukon. These 13 interrelated stories, which go chronologically from the protagonist’s childhood through age 30, present a deeply vivid and moving...

Moving portraits of songs and daughters of gay, lesbian and transgender parents

Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:04:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Parents (St. Martins Press)

Edited by Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels

review by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Out of the Ordinary is a powerful collection of...

Music that will easily capture your heart

Tue, 15 May 2001 10:39:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I've long been a fan of Elliott Smith, preferring his early work, which was more stripped down, to his more lush arrangements. But Figure 8 completely won me over with the sheer beauty of the music. I had heard him perform "Happiness" in an early...

A very valuable glimpse into the mind of an editor

Tue, 15 May 2001 10:26:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - This easy-to-read advice book by noted editor-turned-agent Betsy Lerner is a very valuable tool for those who want to write, are writers, or want to learn more about the publishing industry. Lerner amply demonstrates her knowledge of the industry and...

Powerful insight into racial issues and a fast moving autobiography

Sun, 6 May 2001 17:58:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I've noticed that a lot of people commenting on this book have found it a bit shallow and whiny, but I was actually quite taken with it. In this book, Rebecca Walker, daughter of noted African-American writer Alice Walker, and white civil rights lawyer...

Why'd I wait so long to read Harry Potter?

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:38:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - For some reason, I waited until only recently to read the Harry Potter books everyone has been raving about - silly me! I'm so glad that I finally caught the Harry Potter bug!

Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone is the first installment in...

Mercy on those who don't get to enjoy these lovely poems!

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:49:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - This is a slim but powerful book of poetry by New York poet Elena Georgiou, who also co-edited the poetry anthology The World In Us: Gay and Lesbian Poets of the Next Wave. The book starts out with two of the most powerful poems, "A Week In The Life...

4 LA families argue, eat and learn about one another

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:26:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - What’s Cooking? is a tale of four Los Angeles Thanksgivings, directed by Gurinder Chadha, which shows the rituals and family dramas involved with four separate families who all happen to live near each other.

Kyra Sedgwick (as Rachel Seelig)...

Brief snapshots of celebrity culture

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 21:51:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I used to read US on occasion, but ever since it went weekly with US Weekly, I've been hooked. I also occasionally read People and often read Entertainment Weekly, and I know that all three magazines often have similar information, but I'll admit that I...

A Fun Lesbian Guide to Pop Culture and Politics

Sat, 9 Dec 2000 21:44:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I've been reading Girlfriends on and off for several years, and have been a subscriber for a little over a year now. I find that it really keeps me up to date on what's happening in the lesbian celebrity world and I just always read little interesting...

A Fun single as the Maniacs strut their stuff

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:09:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - This is a 4 track CD single for the 10,000 Maniacs hit "Candy Everybody Wants." It starts off with the rather upbeat tone of that song, with Natalie Merchant singing "If lust and hate is the candy, and blood and love taste so sweet, then...

Sexy smooth lips are yours with SMOOCH

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 00:29:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I've recently discovered BeneFit products and now wonder why it took me so long. The first time at the counter I was mainly interested in buying makeup, but two of the saleswomen insisted I consider buying this product called SMOOCH. But it cost $16 and...

Google: Google has a cute name and a very powerful search engine

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:41:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I used to use Yahoo as my main search engine, but lately I have been using Google because it finds items that the other search engines just don't find. According to Google, they search more than 1 billion URLs when doing a search. I've found it...

Francesca Lia Block has done it again - sexy short stories!

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:23:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - In Nymph, Francesca Lia Block brings her well-known love for all things beautiful and magical away from the world of teenage girls and into adult relationships. The result is a deliciously sexy and sinfully short collection of stories about characters...

Live nude activists, comedians, strippers and more!

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:19:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Live Nude Girls Unite! is a very personal (but also political) documentary made by Julia Query about her work as a stripper at the Lusty Lady theater in San Francisco and the efforts by the workers there to unionize. Query starts out with a brief...

A dominatrix with a heart, brain and sense of humor!

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:49:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Shawna Kenney's I Was A Teenage Dominatrix is a fun, entertaining tale of how she worked as a dominatrix throughout her college years to earn money. Shawna writes in a very breezy, quick style, and the book is also short (only 122 pages), so it reads...

Salon: A great source of interesting news and opinions

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:26:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Every since I discovered Salon.com a few years ago, I've been a faithful reader. I don't tend to read every article, but I skim the headlines and check out things that look interesting, and there almost always is something. Right now I am especially...

Just A Mom - Betty DeGeneres supports her lesbian daughter

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:19:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Just A Mom, the new book by Betty DeGeneres (mom of Ellen DeGeneres), is a wonderful example of a parent who is not only supportive of her child being a lesbian but who is actively helping to fight for gay and lesbian rights. DeGeneres comes across in...

Go Fish - A different kind of love story

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:07:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Go Fish centers around a group of lesbians living in Chicago, one of whom, Max (played by Guinevere Turner), is looking for a girlfriend. Told in an offbeat way, Go Fish was a big heat on the festival circuit and with lesbians when it came out. It's shot...

A must for anyone looking for humor

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:40:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I must preface this review by saying that I have never seen Kate Clinton perform, but after reading Don't Get Me Started, I will be first in line next time she comes to town.

This is a brilliantly funny book that had me laughing out loud many,...

eGroups: Makes running a mailing list very easy!

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:35:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I run several mailing lists and am a member of lots of different kinds of lists. I've found that egroups is very good because, if you run a list, it takes a lot of the burden of managing a list away. For one of the lists I run that is not on egroups, I...

A wild ride through one girl's adventures and relationships

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:22:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Valencia is Michelle Tea’s chock-full-of-dyke-drama story of life in San Francisco’s Mission district. Told in the same rapidfire, pull-no-punches style as her previous novel/memoir, The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in...

Quirky, funny, entertaining - not to be missed!

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:18:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - I just watched Chasing Amy for perhaps the fifth time over the last few years, and I always get some little piece more out of it.

It centers around Holden (Ben Affleck), who lives in Red Bank, New Jersey, with his comic book drawing partner,...

Truly one of the BEST erotica collections around

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 20:40:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - This exquisite collection features some of the finest erotic writing around, and shows why the series has grown by leaps and bounds since its first edition was published in 1996. Every single story here is top-notch, full of extremely sexy writing that...

A very important book for fat people and everyone else too

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 20:30:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lustylady - Hanne Blank covers a vast amount of territory pertinent to anyone who is fat or loves someone who is. Big Big Love is a fun and informative book that covers everything from dating to clothing, self-esteem to STDs, and everything in between. Blank covers...