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Outspoken #45: Resolution Hangover
As we enter 2012, host Ebone Bell stops by the Sunday Brunch at Level One to find out what resolutions people are keeping (or breaking)...
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Top Gear
If you've picked up the scent of leather, it's not coming from the reins of a horse-drawn carriage – at least not till D.C. gets...
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The Great Hall
The Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend's Exhibit Hall is a beast all its own. It's where the leather and kink diehards cross paths with the weekend's spectators....
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Mr. MAL 2011’s Three D’s
What a year it's been, and Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2011 Doug ''D'' Pamplin couldn't be happier. From his base in Pittsburgh, Pamplin has taken the...
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Exercising Judgment
We're often told to judge not, lest we be judged by others. Perhaps it's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. In this...
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Leather Heart, Warm Heart
As the director of development for Charlie's Place at St. Margaret's, local folk-singer favorite Tom Goss has to keep his eye on the dollars that...
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Puppy Play
The heyday of biker gangs and leather daddies is so 1970s. While leather, boots and a jockstrap used to be de rigueur attire for Mid-Atlantic...
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Sexy Edge
You might say dance-music singer Ultra Naté proposed to Quentin Harris. ''We went into the studio and started working at first was going...
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Leather Nights
It's not just your imagination – there is more leather and fetish nightlife during this year's Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend than ever before. ''Years ago, MAL...
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Friendly Fire
''Some of my best friends are '' is deservedly one of the most mocked phrases in the English language, given that it...
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Leather in the Lead
There's an axiom of which I never grow tired: Perspective is everything. I think I'm an ethical person; others would cast me into the pits...
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Grading Mayor Gray
It's been a rough year for Mayor Vincent Gray. One year into his first term, he's been plagued by negative headlines. Members of his administration...
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Review: Time Stands Still
''Happy trails.'' ''Be careful!'' Two ways to say goodbye to someone – one playful and lighthearted, the other cautionary and concerned. Those are also the...
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Review: The Religion Thing
Theater J's The Religion Thing centers on two couples. But, as that bland title suggests, the show's primary focus is on faith. Is faith the...
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Booze Cruise
''Last year, people showed up in tennis shoes,'' chuckles Angie Fox. ''They really took it seriously.'' Fox is talking about the first annual 1K Wine...
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Artful Porn
When is porn art? When is an art gallery a back room? The answer to both questions is now – at least as conceived by...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: What's that up ahead? The big, suddenly noticeable thing you've never seen before in your life? Isn't it funny how one second you're...
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Review: Corman's World
If Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese trash a director's films, saying that ''nobody was trying to make them good,'' or that ''taste was out of...
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News Analysis: The Nitty-Gritty of Obama’s (Possible) Path to Supporting Marriage Equality
In today’s Metro Weekly, I lay out a path forward in “Absent Update” for President Obama’s stalled evolution on marriage equality. Definitely go read that...
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Women of “The View” dismissive of Pope’s anti-gay marriage stance [video]
The Pope’s anti-gay marriage statements made it to the set of ABC’s The View on Tuesday. Despite their mixed bag of terminology and examples, they...
