gulf of mexico

Safe sex and natural resources policy converged this past Saturday at the Twin Cities Pride festival, where the Minnesota chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans distributed condoms in wrappers emblazoned with the phrase “Drill, baby, drill!!” in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The text on the condom wrapper added the warning “Just don’t spill” to the slogan “Drill, baby, drill,” first invoked at the 2008 Republican convention by former Maryland lieutenant governor and current Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele.

Out singer-songwriter Erin McKeown just released her seventh album, Manifestra, on her own TVP records. On her latest effort, McKeown enlists the vocal talents of actor Sean Hayes, vocalist Anais Mitchell, and Mexo-Americana indie band David Wax Museum.

Lucy Lawless is a warrior in more ways than one. The 43-year-old Spartacus and Xena Warrior Princess star has moved into the venue of eco-warrior with reports that she has boarded a Shell contracted oil drillship in order to prevent it from leaving Auckland, New Zealand for U.S. waters off the shore of Alaska, according to a release from Greenpeace.

Susan Mikula is having a vagabond week - on the eve of her first show in San Francisco, she's picking up partner Rachel Maddow from the airport. Mikula's exhibition, American Device: Recent Photographs, which captures American industry at the edges of the country, will be on display at the George Lawson Gallery, Feb. 25 to March 27.

Shocking, revealing, and kinky photos have leaked from Lady Gaga’s Vogue Hommes Japan photo shoot styled by Nicola Formichetti.

Women still face many of the same barriers they did over 100 years ago, when the observance was established.