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The biggest gay rights fight right now is in Maine, where marriage is getting an up/down vote in just over a month. Help PinkoPaul – and other dedicated volunteers – take off the next month and win this critical fight.

In the latest story of  journalists self-inflicting hardship so  as to make some sort of living in the world of journalism (what I like to call the Spurlock Effect) Colin Beavan brings us No Impact Man , wherein he (and by proxy his family) try to live a “zero net impact” life for one year, in [...]

Not to be a clearinghouse for The New Yorker, but read these two articles:
First, Elizabeth Kolbert, in “Green Like Me” absolutely ripped “no impact man” (who lived for a year trying to make zero environmental impact) a new one, along with the entire “eco-stunt” genre. Whether you agree with her or not, as book reviews [...]

Abi had a job. Now Abi has to fill 40 hours a week with something. Here are 15 things she did this week. Plus, a Pinko bonus: Some non-profit job resources Abi has scoured and found so far fruitless.

“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,” – Ted Kennedy

Pinkos! I’m off to the beach tonight, this beach specifically. Come visit! Bring beer! Actually bring Rosé! After weeks of freaking out about healthcare, my next seven days are going to include: 

Sitting on a porch drinking the Rosé that you’re bringing me and reading Fordlandia, which I’m really, REALLY excited about. 
Sitting on the beach drinking the [...]

What is the best way to handle the recently off-the-rails crazy train that is the current health care debate? Well, here is Rep. Barney Frank, Representative from Massachusetts’ 4th congressional district, showing us how it is done.

via gawker.

Is Bill GAY!? Is he gay with Adam Lambert? What about the stalker, the barfight, the “rock hard / fuck safe” t-shirt, Andrea Merkel, German universal health care and Liz Phair? Most important, when does the new album come out? It’s Pinko’s Q & A check in with our loyal and awesome fans who are also fans of Tokio Hotel.

“Officially” in fact. At least, that’s what we read in the invitation to tonight’s Fashion Meets Finance – The Recession Is Over! happy hour and complimentary vodka tasting. The purpose of the event is to match up the overpaid, soulless men of finance with the apparently whorish, gold digging tramps of fashion.