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    Jean-Michel Frank: Modernism, Minimalism, and Luxury

    Jean-Michel Frank: Modernism, Minimalism, and Luxury

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Ilsa Lund and Rick Blaine may have planned to take flight from Paris to Marseilles just ahead of Germany’s invasion of the city in June 1940,…

    The POUNCE! Project: Raising Awareness for Women’s Rights and Supporting Kamala Harris’ Campaign for President

    The POUNCE! Project: Raising Awareness for Women’s Rights and Supporting Kamala Harris’ Campaign for President

    To raise awareness for women’s rights, Margot Duane—an internationally published photographer—has launched The POUNCE! Project, a documentary portrait series that celebrates the agency and diversity of the Cat Lady movement.…

    Calling All Cat Ladies for ‘Midnight Magic’ on Halloween Night at The Academy SF!

    Margot Duane, the creator of The POUNCE! Project supporting women’s rights and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, will be at The Academy SF on Halloween Night, October 31, 2024,…

    A Tale as Old as Time: Misogyny and the ‘Cat Lady’ Trope

    The historic roots of insulting certain women as being “cat ladies,” or better yet, crazy and/or childless cat ladies, go back to at least ancient Egypt and perhaps even before…

    Foster Fail

    Foster Fail

    By Dr. Tim Seelig– Foster fail may be a new phrase for you. It has everything to do with foster and really nothing to do with fail. How could it…

    New Doc Recounts a Disturbing True Crime Tale Involving Tegan and Sara

    New Doc Recounts a Disturbing True Crime Tale Involving Tegan and Sara

    By Gray M. Kramer– The queer musical twins Tegan and Sara have developed an intense and loyal fanbase since they started performing as teenagers in the mid-1990s. They even had…

    Frightening and Funny Films for Halloween Season Viewing

    Frightening and Funny Films for Halloween Season Viewing

    By Jan Wahl– This time of year, we think of movies that scare us. Naturally, I go in another direction. I think of films set with witches, warlocks, monsters, and…

    Panel Discussion on the Book When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    Panel Discussion on the Book When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    The James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the San Francisco Library welcomed guests on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, for a panel discussion onthe new book When the Band Played On:…

    Top of Your Stack: 10.17.24

    Playground (fiction – hardcover) by Richard Powers Richard Powers’ new novel interweaves the lives of four individuals drawn together on a remote island, where a decision about humanity’s next frontier—floating…

    Lit Snax: 10.17.24

    Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Written in 1872, decades before Dracula, this novel features castles, nightmares, and a crypto-lesbionic vampire! Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years by Christopher Frayling Your coffee table…