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Author: louie

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

olivia, i honestly love you. i remember the stereo with the big knob and bright neon dial. every morning i…
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Posted on: August 8, 2022 Last updated on: August 9, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Kevin Aviance

Kevin Aviance’s “Cunty” Remains a Legendary & Impactful Song

standing at over six feet tall, kevin aviance annihilated social expectations of gender expression all while conquering ballroom and dance…
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Posted on: July 30, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
disability pride month

Mark | Atlanta, GA

July is #DisabilityPride month, and I wanted to share these scars because I got them due to surgery to help improve my…
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Posted on: July 30, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

SAM HARRIS

decades before american idol opened the floodgates for the talent show genre of reality tv, there was the ultimate variety…
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Posted on: July 30, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Moi Renee

Remembering Moi Renee and the House Music classic “Miss Honey”

jamaica born and new york raised moi renee studied at alvin ailey before becoming a fixture in the new york…
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Posted on: July 30, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Abraham | Philadelphia, PA

I was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Atlanta city and then to Philadelphia. I was married before, I…
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Posted on: July 7, 2022 Last updated on: July 7, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

OUR BONES GLOW IN THE DARK: THIS SATURDAY IN NEW YORK

Join us Saturday, July 9th for Our Bones Glow in the Dark, the final screening event of BROADCAST. BROADCAST, a…
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Posted on: July 7, 2022 Last updated on: July 7, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Songs That Soundtracked The AIDS Crisis: City High’s “What Would You Do?”

What would you do, if you knew that many of the songs that captivated older millennials and Gen Yers were…
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Posted on: June 30, 2022 Last updated on: June 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

UNCANNY ALLIANCE

in the early 1990s, there was no shortage of dance groups from new york garnering national notoriety at both the…
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Posted on: June 30, 2022 Last updated on: June 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

For My Mother: “A Day In My Life (Without You)”

I remember the night in the summer of 1991 as I sat on the steps with my two-speaker double cassette…
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Posted on: June 22, 2022 Last updated on: June 22, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” Does

Ten House Tracks From the 90s that Will Lift Your Spirits the way Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Does

if you are up at this time like i am it is probably because you have been dancing in the…
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Posted on: June 21, 2022 Last updated on: July 30, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

One Book, One Philadelphia: A Library of Us

To celebrate a season of “My Broken Language, join us ONLINE at 5:30PM EST. for a conversation with featured author…
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Posted on: June 14, 2022 Last updated on: June 14, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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