It did not come as any surprise to me that television producers would create Dexter, the cable-turned-network series of a serial killer living the good life in sunny Miami. The only question I had was how and with what literary devices the writers would use to make him sympathetic. The first episode provided the answers, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
It’s really not all that entertaining
Posted in culture, media, violence, tagged Dexter, entertainment, media, serial murder on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Face of a Killer
Posted in family, media, violence, tagged grief, media, serial murder, trauma on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One morning nearly 20 years ago while sipping my morning coffee, I opened my newspaper to a photo of the man who had driven a knife into the heart of my family. I say this not as metaphor nor am I exaggerating for effect: He stabbed my cousin 23 times in the chest, heart included.
I [...]
“There’s a sense of outrage…
Posted in culture, gender, media, queer, tagged hate crimes, homophobia, Lawrence King, murder, overkill, transgender on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With so many positive portrayals of gay men and lesbians on television, it is easy to forget just how dangerous it is to be queer in America. On February 14, a bullet slammed home a reminder, directly into the skull of Lawrence King. “We are all shocked that this would happen here, ” said Jay [...]
Is it sex or is it geography?
Posted in gender, geography, politics, tagged anger, healing, Hillary, humor, idealism, resilience, sexism on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the first wisps of the 2008 presidential campaign began to drift across my landscape, Hillary Clinton became the primary attention-getter in my political consciousness. The senator from New York, cold-eyed power behind the last political leader I made the mistake of believing in, seemed like the de facto choice for a lesbian feminist like [...]
