Movie Review: The Hot Flashes

I’ve been waiting to see “The Hot Flashes” since summer when I read a recap/preview on the Bitch Media blog.  Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah, Wanda Sykes, Camryn Manheim and Virginia Madsen …. playing basketball. And with the Bitch seal of approval, I knew it wasn’t going to be too schlocky. The setup is fairly conventional stuff – Beth’s […]

The Artist Bitch Brings BEACH to Pgh for One Night Only

Friday evening, Pittsburgh native Karen Mould known professionally as Bitch will perform one show only at Club Cafe, fronting her new concept BEACH. You can buy tickets for the 7 PM performance of her show (doors at 6) online. When Opus One Productions first hinted that Bitch was bringing a new concept to Pittsburgh, I […]

Book report: “True Selves” revisited

(I posted a version of this message in a forum maintained by Helen Boyd, author of “My Husband Betty” and “She’s Not the Man I Married.” Helen asked if she could share it on her blog, enGender. I said sure … as long as I could share it with you! —Trish) — When people are […]

Giveaway: Pair of Tickets to See Chris Pureka at Club Cafe

Singer-songwriter Chris Pureka is coming to Pittsburgh on Sunday August 25 and you can win a pair of tickets right here. Pureka has been compared to everyone from Ani DeFranco to Mary Gauthier to Neil Young and beyond. Pureka identifies as genderqueer. “I feel like I’m definitely a more butch lesbian, and that’s not very common in […]

Am I an Influenster? Mouthwash

So I decided to see how Influenster worked. The website is a bit overwhelming and its easy to get lost leaving reviews, but somehow I ended up reviewing Colgate Advance Pro-Shield Peppermint Blast mouthwash. I was just at the dentist in April and he told me that mouthwash is not effective, it just feels effective […]

Product Review: ClimbOn Skin Care Products

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We’ve been samping ClimbOn Skin Care products for over a year – since we received our first sample.  ClimbOn is a regular fixture at the I Made It Market! events – their products are touted as chemical-free and all natural. ClimbOn is now part of a larger company with similar values, SkinNourishment. The same team […]

Review: The Jill (Sobule) and Julia (Sweeney) Show at Club Cafe

Jill Sobule

Early in July, The Jill and Julia Show came to town for one-performance only at Club Cafe on the South Side. Sobule and Sweeney are long tme friends who fuse musical interludes with storytelling and audience engagement for an entertaining, somewhat nostalgic show. Sobule, an openly bisexual woman, has a whole array of post-“I Kissed […]

Win Tickets to See Jill Sobule Live at Club Cafe on July 6

Jill Sobule is coming to Pittsburgh! She’s performing on Saturday July 6 at Club Cafe with her sometimes partner in crime, Julia Sweeney (yep, that Julia Sweeney) and it promises to be a terrific show.  Jill is described on the website: Jill Sobule is a Denver-born singer, songwriter, storyteller, guitarist and gypsy. Over seven albums […]