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Double Book/Film Review: "Push" and "Precious"
BOOK REVIEWBY CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ"PUSH"by SapphireThis short but disturbing read will burn a hole through your heart. The poet Sapphire's debut novel has been hailed as a modern day "The Color Purple". This is not just another kid from the ghetto story...
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity
HORROR MOVIE REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezHAPPY HALLOWEEN my fellow Lesbiatopians (and allies & friends of Lesbiatopians)! And HAPPY SAMHAIN to my fellow Wiccan Lesbiatopians! I figure since a lot of Lesbians have a tendency towards paganism beliefs as...
Lesbian Book Review: "When Women Were Warriors" by Catherine Wilson
LESBIAN BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"When Women Were Warriors"Book 1The Warrior's Pathby Catherine WilsonWomen warriors kick ass. And besides, what is hotter than that? Be it the modern day ones, back in the day ones, all of them. The Amazons, the...
Book Review: "Vincent Van Gogh" by Marc Edo Tralbaut
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"VINCENT VAN GOGH"by Marc Edo TralbautYears ago I was inspired to make a mold of my ear and slap it on a piece of cardboard with a splash of red paint. Thus was my first tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. The overall reaction...
Your Friendly, Gayborhood Clinic: The Allentown Women's Center
Your Friendly, Gayborhood Clinic:The Allentown Women's Centerby Cynthia RodriguezIt was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the beginning of 2005 and the worst of it was that the former "King George the Second" was beginning his seco...
Lesbian Book Review: "What Goes Around Comes Back Around" by C.D Kirven
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"WHAT GOES AROUND COMES BACK AROUND"by C.D KirvenGhetto fab. This is one of those books I would describe as such. Where I come from, that's not necessarily a bad thing, although I know a lot of people would take that th...
"Sins Of Our 'Fathers'"
"SINS OF OUR 'FATHERS'"by Cynthia RodriguezIt has been recently brought to my attention, quite a disturbing revelation that I never, truly realized the magnitude of it. The rest of the world pretty much hates us. In "us" I mean the U.S.A. Not that I ...
Book Review: "Say It Like Obama" by Shel Leanne
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"SAY IT LIKE OBAMA"by Shel LeanneI never realized what an excellent orator President Obama was, not until I read the book, "Say it Like Obama". My primary goal for acquiring this book was the simple purpose of improving...
Double review: Film and Bar, Coyote Ugly
Alot of "firsts" this week. This is my first bar review. I figured while I was at it, to throw in a review of the movie that was based on the bar.MOVIE REVIEW"COYOTE UGLY"by Cynthia RodriguezIf you haven't seen this movie yet, you should really have ...
Art Review: Francis Bacon at the Met, NYC
This is my first art review... ART REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezFRANCIS BACON AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYCA Centenary Retrospective May 20, 2009–August 16, 2009 I have discovered a new kindred spirit. Francis Bacon. The painter, that is. Not...
Hotel Review: Carlton Arms, NYC
This is my first ever hotel review. I've never been moved enough to write one, until now...HOTEL REVIEWYE OLDE CARLTON ARMS HOTEL, NYCby Cynthia RodriguezThe ultimate artist's hotel. A mural museum. I first heard about the Carlton Arms about five yea...
Lesbian Book Review: "Made For You" by Geneva St. James
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"MADE FOR YOU"by Geneva St. JamesWow. This lady knows her lezzies. More specifically, lesbian relationships. Another gem from ALPHA WORLD PRESS brings to you, "MADE FOR YOU". It may be one woman's roller coaster ride of...
Double review: Book and Film
This is my first "double review". I thought it would be fun to review both the movie, and the book it was based on. This is also my first movie review, not just at Lesbiatopia, but in general.BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"QUEEN BEES & WANNABES"by R...
The Adventures of a Community Curator
THE ADVENTURES OF A COMMUNITY CURATORby Cynthia Rodriguez" I agree that contemporary art may not be simple to understand, but if it is presented in the right way people can enjoy a lot. "~David ElliottArtists are a pain in the ass. I should know, I A...
"Queer." You've been recruited.
"QUEER."you've been recruited.by Cynthia RodriguezThis year so far has been a good gay year in certain ways. In an enlightening way, almost in a spiritual way, in the gay sense. No, I am not becoming a Scientologist. I already went through my L. Ron ...
Lesbian Book Review: Mr. Jefferson's Piano and Other Central Harlem Stories by Betty Wilson
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezMr. Jefferson's Piano and Other Central Harlem Storiesby Betty WilsonI was contacted quite some time ago by an author in New York City who told me in her e-mail she was 60 years old and wrote her first book. What intrig...
The Underworld Art Studio: An Urban Legend
THE UNDERWORLD ART STUDIOby Cynthia RodriguezGreetings Lesbiatopians from the bowels of feminism. The artistic-political firepit of Center City, Allentown Pennsylvania known as THE UNDERWORLD. What is this mysterious, deep, dark place? No, it's not m...
Keepin' it Green (Newbies)
"Keepin' it Green" (NEWBIES)by Cynthia Rodriguez"Keepin' it Green" is a very popular phrase among the 12 step meeting community. It is used to recall when you had reached "rock bottom", and first entered the recovery society. The purpose is to gain a...
Book Review: 'Banksy: Wall and Piece'
"BANKSY: WALL AND PIECE"BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezBanksy. I don't even know where to begin. He is truly one of my art heroes, influences, and inspirations. I'm sure you have admired some of his work and didn't know you were looking at a Bansky p...
"Books Through Bars"
"Books Through Bars"by Cynthia RodriguezI had heard of "BOOKS THROUGH BARS" at the A-SPACE Anarchist Community Center through the WOODEN SHOE BOOK AND RECORD STORE(which I wrote about for Lesbiatopia in "Spotlight on Book Stores") but I never gave m...
A Labeling System?
by Cynthia RodriguezThis is a bitch and moan type of rant. I haven't done this in a while, so I'm overdue. This is about the dating scene, the club scene, the bar scene, which for the good, bad, and the ugly, through sickness and through health, I h...
Book Review
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, & Cultural Shifting"edited by Robyn Moreno & Michele Herrera Mulligan Finally, a book by and about Latinas I can relate to. Although, I...
A Valentine's Day Letter
VALENTINE'S DAY LETTERby Cynthia RodriguezDearest forbidden love,Days, hours, minutes stretch into eternity without your presence. At night when I close my eyes, I see you in front of me, knowing you're a million miles away. Even if you're next to me...
Hard Copy Books vs. E-Books.
Hard Copy Books vs. E-booksby Cynthia RodriguezWhich do you prefer? Hard Copy books or E-books? Then there are also "audio-books". Personally, I prefer the old school "dead tree" books as some techies like to call them. Yes, the old fashioned paper ...
Fiction vs. Non-Fiction.
by Cynthia RodriguezWhich do you prefer, fiction or non-fiction? Inquiring minds want to know.For me, I like to mix it up. For years however, I prefered strictly non-fiction. Biographies/autobiographies, how-to/D.I.Y, self help, art, sex education, ...
Book Slut Club
"BOOK SLUT CLUB"by Cynthia RodriguezOver the years, I realized as I got serious about my reading habits, I felt the need to be surrounded by other individuals that share the same passion for books as I do. Being accustomed to belonging to diverse cir...
Lesbian Book Review: "The Trouble with Emily Dickinson" by Lindsey D' Arcangelo
SPECIAL BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezFirst, a shout out to Alpha World Press, and Tracy Vandeveer, for doing an exceptional job in the tough world of lesbian publishing. Take a lookey at the website and you'll see it's all about lesbian books. By a...
Lesbian Book Review: Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Myer
BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezFinally, I got to the last installment of Stephenie Myer's immensely popular vampire series, Twilight. My goal was to finish all four books before the movie came out last year in November. That didn't work out, but hey...
A "Classic" Book Review
CLASSIC BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez Welcome Lesbiatopians to the first "CLASSICS" book review. With this installment I present to you "WUTHERING HEIGHTS". Honestly, the only motivation that led me to this novel was the fact that it was referred ...
Lesbian Book Review: Haunted Hearts & Sapphic Shades
by Cynthia Rodriguez This book was published by an amiable, little, publishing company made by, and for our peeps called LETHE PRESS, who contacted me about reviewing this book. I did a little online research on every single author in the book, and...
