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The 2025 Political Q&A Series: Kellianne Frketic, Candidate for Allegheny County Council

April 7, 2025 by

My office will prioritize government accountability by increasing transparency in legislative and executive decisions. This includes strengthening ethics oversight, ensuring that government records and processes are accessible to the public, and advocating for independent commissions to prevent partisan gerrymandering or unchecked executive authority.  Meet the Candidate Welcome to the 2025 election season series ‘Political Q&A’ […]

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April Showers Make Way For Much Needed Flowers

April 3, 2025 by

This blog and the work we do is supported by my SSDI check, a few ads, and mostly – you. You subscribe, you share, and you invest. A week ago was my SSDI check date – they divide us by birthrates into the first, second, third, etc week of the month. While watching Rachel Maddow […]

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Review: ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Stellar LGBTQ+ Romcom

March 31, 2025 by
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Spoilerish. Like most of Gen X, I adore a good romcom. It is a pleasure to add a lovely, quality film like ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ to the queer romcom canon, a canon that has often let me down (I’m looking at you, Happiest Christmas) but includes gems such as Fire Island, But I’m a […]

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Which Candidates Have Responded to Our 2025 Political Q&A

March 30, 2025 by

This weekend, we published number 13 in this series (Erika Strassburger) so it is time to update once again. I’ve reached out to over 40 campaigns, 20 have replied requesting a Q&A. So we are waiting on seven to be returned. And keeping open the door to other candidates. There are seven weeks left to […]

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A dangerous moment in my depression requires a response

March 30, 2025 by

Today, I had a disturbing thought, wondering if my friends were tiring of hearing me talk about my current struggle with depression? Revisiting recent conversations, looking for subtext, listening for nuance – all to convince myself that I was indeed disturbing them. And that’s the deadly moment where many of us who won’t want to […]

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