Articles

2014

A Foster Teen’s Holiday – New York Times, Dec. 28, 2014

How the Cucalorus Film Festival Survived 20 Years – Indiewire, Nov. 19, 2014

App Raises Money for Animal Shelters – Affect Magazine, Oct. 30, 2014

The Home for Hollywood Dreamers & Dropouts – Narratively, Oct. 17, 2014

Punk Rocker Teams Up With Big Names to Keep Kids Away From Drugs – Affect Magazine, Oct. 15, 2014

An Interview with Vulvatron – Dame Magazine, Oct. 15, 2104

I Didn’t Just Fall Down the Stairs – Dame Magazine Sept. 10; Salon.com Sept. 11

Hoosier Mike Hatton Hits Big Screen – Indianapolis Star, Aug. 19, 2014

Working With Adult Film Stars, Emergency Casting and the Comedy of Live Nude Girls - Indiewire, Aug. 18, 2014

My Last $100 – The Billfold, July 21, 2014

An Interview with Director Dito Montiel — Indiewire, July 11, 2014

Dogs Mourning Humans — cesarsway.com, May 21, 2014

Raising Wolf Dogs – cesarsway.com, May 14, 2014

Dogs Mourning Dogs —  cesarsway.com, May 9, 2014

I Asked a Bunch of Porn Stars What They’re Reading — xojane, April 2014

Pussy Riot Was Wrong — xojane, March 2014

The Case of the Missing Orgasm — Playboy, Jan. 2014

The Rumpus Interview with Scot Sothern — The Rumpus, Jan. 2014

2013

The Rumpus Interview with April Flores & Carlos Batts — The Rumpus, Aug. 2013

The Rumpus Interview with Roger Gastman — The Rumpus website, Feb. 2013

2012

Kasandra Perkins Deserves Better — Ms. Magazine blog, Dec. 4, 2012

Dwarf book review — The Rumpus, Nov. 27, 2012

10 Perspectives on Today’s Yoga — mindbodygreen, Nov. 19, 2012

The Return of the Headless Woman — Ms. Magazine blog, Oct. 1, 2012

Getting Puggy With It: Pug Nation LA — Cesar’s Way, August 20, 2012

Full Disclosure: The Modern Sex Worker Memoir — Creative Nonfiction, issue 45, summer 2012

Refuge for Survivors in Argentina — Cesar’s Way, August 7, 2012

Island Life (dog rescue story) — Cesar’s Way, July 24, 2012

People for the Ethical Treatment of Anyone but Women — Ms. Magazine blog, Feb. 28, 2012

2011

Lick it Up: an interview with Cherry Vanilla — Bust Magazine, Feb. 2011

Sister Spit/Michelle Tea interview — Indianapolis Metromix, April 6, 2011

2010

When Domestic Violence Enters Cyberspace — Ms. Magazine, Oct. 29, 2010

Franklin, Indiana’s B-Movie Festival — Indystar.com, Sept. 24, 2010

Star Wars Celebration V: the Droids You’ve Been Looking For — Seenallover.com, Aug. 17, 2010

The Evens — Seenallover.com, August 3, 2010

Chamberlain Back on Tour — Indianapolis Star, July 22, 2010

“Co-Operatives: A Business Model With Heart”–Young Money Magazine, Jan. 18, 2010

2009

“Revolution from Within: Middle Eastern Women in Media” –Girl With Pen, Dec. 16, 2009

“How to Write a Business Proposal” –Young Money Magazine, Oct. 2009

“The Girls Come Marching Home” –Girl With Pen, July 17, 2009

“Dharma Punk: Punk fashionista Heidi Minx transforms anger into action for refugees” –BustedHalo.com, July 5, ’09

“A Few Words With John Waters“– outimpact.com, March 17, 2009

“Wilmington Artist’s Dream Stays Afloat at the Cameron” – Star News (Wilmington, NC), January 28, 2009

2008

“Anarchy in the USA” — Swindle Magazine, Issue 18

“Local makes finals for Martha Stewart award” — Star News (Wilmington, NC), October 9, 2008

“Singer-actress Shanti helps keep Warped Tour true to indie” – Indianapolis Star, July 30, 2008

“Mixed martial arts back in NC, and Wilmington” — Star News (Wilmington, NC), July 18, 2008

2007

“John Waters — Star News (Wilmington, NC), October 25, 2007

“Decoration Day: A Southern tradition of celebrating the dead strengthens the bonds among the living,” Winner of 2007’s Best Stringer Award — Star News (Wilmington, NC), October 21, 2007

Star Stuff, Common Ties, 2007

“Busted: Brad Warner: A conversation with the author of Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, and Death…” — Busted Halo, August 24, 2007

“Blitzkrieg bluegrass: Former Ramone takes new direction with Uncle Monk” — Star News (Wilmington, NC), May 3, 2007

“Heidi Minx: Great Rock-n-Roll Swindler” — Herbivore Magazine, May 2007

2006 and earlier

“Southern(dis)Comfort: New Twists on America’s Oldest Food” (may take a few moments to load) — Swindle Magazine Issue #9

“Sepultura still screaming despite recent band turnover” — Star News (Wilmington, NC), December 7, 2006

“The Faithful Departed: CBGBs Obituary (1973-2006)” — Busted Halo, December 5, 2006

“You can’t take the D.C. hardcore sound out of the L.A. power trio Retisonic” — Star News, August 31, 2006

“Ghost Busting After Hurricane Katrina” — WHQR radio, Southeastern NC, August 27, 2006

“Michelle Tea” — Swindle Magazine, icons issue #1

“Trolls” — Swindle Magazine Issue 8

“Hollywood Boulevard Superheroes” — Swindle Magazine Issue 2

“Return of the Roller Derby” — Swindle Magazine Issue 2