The Ford Presidential Museum, downtown Grand Rapids

Experiencing ArtPrize

When most people think of Grand Rapids, Michigan (if they do at all), they might think of President Gerald Ford, Amway, Ash’s boomstick or the Newsweek article naming it one of America’s Top Ten Dying Cities. However, over the past five years, Grand Rapids has also become internationally known for ArtPrize, an art competition in which public voting determines the winning entry. Continue reading →

Law and Order: SVU Returns and is Crazier Than Ever

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It’s no secret that Law and Order SVU has been going off the rails for years now. Now in it’s—what? 70th?—season, the show’s “writers” (you can’t convince me it’s not a room full of pot-addled monkeys churning this shit out) reach into a grab bag of the nation’s most offensive headlines and do a twisted mashup that’s so confusing, that on many occasions, the end of the episode literally has nothing to do with the beginning.

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Rowen’s Adventures At Kink Camp

campA few weeks ago, after ascertaining if I had a drivers’ license, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go with him to an adult sleep away camp… thing. What’s an adult sleep away camp… thing?

Well, at the time, I didn’t really know. He said it was a part of a group of adults who are pretty much fall into the category of “other.” Poly, bi, trans, gay, etc., and almost all into some form of kink. In fact, later, one of the guys in our car kept referring to it as kink camp, and that seems like the best appellation, so we’ll go with that. Continue reading →