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To Make a Long Story Short ... Oprah does Middlesex, gay ad spend, and more!

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Brian Juergens

  • Oprah has chosen Jeffrey Eugenides's 2002 Pulitzer-winning (and pretty darn interesting) gender-switch novel Middlesex as her next book club read. May the transgender talkshow PR train roll on!
  • Ad spending in the gay and lesbian press broke all records in 2006 -- over $223 million -- and has grown on average three times faster than general consumer magazines. I guess my cut of that must be in the mail or something.
  • Kissing cousin John Polly over at NewNowNext interviewed gay BFF Cyndi Lauper on her True Colors Tour and gay rights advocacy efforts. Could she BE any cooler?!
  • Weinermobiles + gay characters + a former football player with history of steroid-induced rage = comedy gold.
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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Tue, 2007-06-05 16:28.
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    Jonathan's picture

    Queerty doesn't appear to

    Submitted by
    Jonathan (915 points) (191 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-06-05 18:57.
    Queerty doesn't appear to have been updated since May 25 and the link just takes one to the front page with nary a mention of weinermobiles, gay characters or former footbal players with histories of steroid induced rage.
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    Michael Jensen's picture

    They've got some sort of glitch going on

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    Michael Jensen (2510 points) (7117 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-06-05 19:16.
    and I just emailed Andrew over there about it!
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    Jonathan's picture

    And it's back up. Thank you.

    Submitted by
    Jonathan (915 points) (191 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-06-05 21:14.
    And it's back up. Thank you.
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    Don R's picture

    Loved Middlesex!

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    Don R (200 points) (39 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-06-05 20:02.
    This is the best book I have read this year, maybe longer. It is funny and touching and tells an amazing multi-generation story. Everyone should read it.
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