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Posts by Vox Pop

Nov. 4, 2010

Post-Halloween Wrap-Up: Cheers & Jeers

Let’s wrap up October and welcome November here at La Acera with a critical look at the best, and worst, of Halloween. CHEERS:  If you spent at least part of Halloween taking your little sibling around. JEERS: If you spent…

Oct. 7, 2010

Lady Gaga Review

To Becks, the biggest little monster I’ve ever met. And to Guineo Titán, for enabling (or tolerating) the little monster in us all. MONSTER BALL 2010: CREATIVE BLOODY TIE REQUIRED Little Monsters came in many forms to the Wachovia Center. …

Mar. 30, 2010

A Straight Reaction to Ricky Martin and Homophobia in PR

  This is a piece written by a straight man and directed at the straight people of Puerto Rico, especially those who consider themselves friends and supporters of gays and lesbians (as I do).   Ricky Martin came out.  Most…

Mar. 23, 2010

Social Networks and the Amateur Paparazzi

“But this photo of us…It don’t have a price…Ready for those flashing lights…” – Gaga I fondly remember the days when people carried cameras only to family events or on vacations. Film was expensive to buy, develop, print, and copy. …

Mar. 8, 2010

Privacy in the Age of [Digital] Social Networks

We want to see our doctor in his private room. When we try on clothes, we want a private changing room. We put up trees and fences in our yards, so our neighbors cannot see in. We even password-protect our…

Feb. 14, 2010

A Public Service Announcement From Cupid

[Recent e-mail from Cupid] Since you constantly write about relationships here at LaAcera, I thought you had figured it out, but as my fellow demigods remind me, mortals are not quick on the uptake. So now that V-day is here,…