Sexuality

Caroline Rhea messes with Texas in 'Sordid Lives' (New York Daily News)

20 Jul 2008

Caroline Rhea will travel for comedy. Especially if it means moving to Louisiana, bad outfits, awkward sex and filling the shoes of Delta Burke. On Wednesday, Rhea bursts out of her double-wide as one of the faded belles in "Sordid Lives: The Series."

It's time to ax 'Don't ask, don't tell,' says poll (New York Daily News)

20 Jul 2008

Many Americans think "don't ask, don't tell" should be a thing of the past, according to a new poll. Three out of four people in a Washington Post-ABC News poll believe openly gay people should be allowed to serve in the military.

Review: The Real World, by Natsuo Kirino (The Tennessean)

20 Jul 2008

Kirino's high-toned crime-fiction is, above all, morbidly fascinating. Her previous work has archly satirized a morally wayward Japan, incisively explored female sexuality and offered eerie, enthralling set-pieces of depraved violence. The Real World, though lacking some of the charisma of her earlier books, is also impressive.