Gays Love a Depression!

“Gays love a recession!” said Robert Cogan, a 27-year-old patron of the brand-new East Village gay bar the Hose on the night of Feb. 7.

It was a Saturday night, and he was checking out the scene in the bar’s “back room,” which was, well, a room in the back. More Read More

Remembering Ellen Willis, Rock ‘n’ Roll Feminist Superhero

When 64-year-old feminist writer Ellen Willis died of lung cancer on Thursday, Nov. 9, she was remembered as a journalist, professor, activist and superhuman.

“Among our circle of friends, she was known as the ‘higher life form,’” said Richard Goldstein, the former editor of The Village Voice.

But to many, she will chiefly be Read More

Remembering Ellen Willis, Rock ’n’ Roll Feminist Superhero

When 64-year-old feminist writer Ellen Willis died of lung cancer on Thursday, Nov. 9, she was remembered as a journalist, professor, activist and superhuman.

“Among our circle of friends, she was known as the ‘higher life form,’” said Richard Goldstein, the former editor of The Village Voice.

But to many, she will chiefly be Read More