In honor of MATHEW SHEPARD’s death, 20 years later
A Career Less Ordinary: Pioneering Lesbian Editor Judy Wieder Tells Her Tale
The Advocate’s first female editor-in-chief, Judy Wieder, chronicles her fascinating life — which included time as a folk singer, disco songwriter, and hair band journalist — in Random Events Tend to Cluster. BY TRACY E. GILCHRIST With a career that includes gigs and jobs as far-flung as folk singer, gold-record winning songwriter of the disco …
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Trailblazer Honors: Judy Wieder Talks About Her Proudest Moment At “The Advocate”
The former editor-in-chief had a LGBT take on America’s biggest tragedy. See the article
Judy Wins Prestigious Award
NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards and recognizes exemplary work produced in 2017. Judy Wieder will win the Excellence in Book Writing Award, to be presented at the NLGJA convention September 6-9, 2018 in Palm Springs, CA. Visit NLGJA’s website for more info.
Review by Dr. Jayan Marie Landry
Review: Random Events Tend to Cluster: a Memoir Dear Judy, I was excited when my brother gifted me this Christmas with a signed copy of your book “Random Events Tend to Cluster.” In the dark New England winter, I saved it for my summer when I could read it at the beach. Your book became …
Paddling and promoting
Journalism and the price of progress
Introduction: Necessity truly is the mother of invention. This includes the biggest invention of the millennium: the World Wide Web. Slowly revealing itself as a miracle of communication—though one that’s hell-bent on replacing all other communications—the miraculous WWW has many sides, some bright as the sun, others murky as the night. Officially established in the …
Thank you, The Advocate
https://www.advocate.com/books/2017/10/30/career-less-ordinary-pioneering-lesbian-editor-judy-wieder-tells-her-tale
Calling them “monsters” is too easy
What’s wrong with making these people monsters? Harvey Weinstein is the earthquake under the volcano. Bullying women (or anyone) into giving favors—sexual or otherwise—has been going on since the Greeks and Romans—maybe even the cavemen. In this decade alone, alleged sexual predators facing law suits include Bill Cosby, Roger Ailes, Woody Allen, Bill O’Reilly, Casey …
Why I wrote my memoir this way
Why did I write my memoir in this format? Why didn’t I just tell my own story? Why complicate each episode of my life by mixing in the stories of people whose only apparent connection to me is that we’re living in the same timeframe. If I wasn’t consciously connected to them then, why bring …