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Wes Carr's Ghost Signs (Fading Ads) Fort Worth, TX

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Dr. Pepper ad in the shadows of a fire escape. See more, click above!

Joni Lashes Out at Catholic Church on "Shine"

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Owl Shop Tobacconists- Worcester, MA

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© Frank H. Jump

Owl Shop Tobacconistsowls, tobacco timeline, tobacco-free kids, and the effects of tobacco.

"Nostalgia Is Corrosive" Gerald Torres on PBS Life (Part Two)

On PBS Channel Thirteen’s Life Part Two, Professor Gerald Torres of The University of Texas (Austin) said “Nostalgia is corrosive.”

Gloria Steinem of Bill Maher’s HBO Real Time

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New Feminism? Check out Bonnie Erbe's To The Contrary

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© Frank H. Jump

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Bonnie Erbe explores the future of feminism in this weeks To The Contrary. Writers Deborah Siegel (Sisterhood Interrupted) and Jessica Valenti (Full Frontal Feminism) are featured. Unfortunately, Erbe’s panel continues to include right-wing Christians and politicians who bash gays and minimize the LGBT struggle.

Doves of Peace – Friday September, 21 is the International Day of Peace

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© Frank H. Jump

Doves of Peace

Vermouth: Budapest, Hungary – Balázs Turay

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© Balázs Turay
© Balázs Turay

Check out Turay’s version of a Pest wall (Grossmann).

MoveOn.org's Latest Propaganda Piece

Lavender Left – Sackett Lake, NY

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© Frank H. Jump

Up at my college friends’ home (Gary & Estelle) near Monticello, NY is some lavender (to the left) in their front yard. Funny, there is hardly any references to the Lavender Left on the Internet, the radical queer group of the early gay rights movement. But in my search I did find this juicy bit of left-wing queer propaganda on gay marriage. I’m quite aware people still feel counter about an issue I never would have pondered in my relationship to Enzo hadn’t Bush opened up his trap (during the State of the Union address) about how “same-sex marriage is a problem.” Tant pis to all of whom my marriage inflames.

Rockaway Pato – Rockaway Beach Fair 2007

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© Frank H. Jump

Pato is Spanish for “duck” & a derogatory slang for “lesbian.”