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These Hips Don’t Lie: But what are they saying?
By Emily Olson Beginning belly dancers at The Rhody Center I’ve wanted to take a belly dancing class for years, but always found a reason not to — lack of time, lack of confidence, lack of the ability...
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In Providence: Flames
By Kevin Broccoli “He brought Flames to the party. The boy ain’t playin’ around none, is he?” She told me to bring chicken if I was going to bring anything, and she said to make sure it was spicy. I...
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Let Justice Roll: Stages of Freedom programming illuminated Benefit Street
By Elizabeth Keiser There are many things that people don’t know about the country’s smallest state. There is one area code. It’s called Rhode Island, but there are 30 islands in the state. There were...
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In Providence: Design for Life
By Kevin Broccoli “He was in a cop movie I think. I don’t know. I don’t watch cop movies. But it was a cop movie I think. He was a cool guy.” They want to crash a nearby gala. It might be something to...
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Doing It!: CSPH executive director Alicia Gauvin reflects on 10 years of sex...
By Motif Contributor Alicia Gauvin Violet Vanderslice: Tell me a little about the Center for Sexual Pleasure Health’s upcoming 10 year anniversary event, “Curiosities.” Alicia Gauvin: We wanted to do...
View ArticleDeal Breakers?: Dealing with body hair and disclosing STDs
By Spyce Dear Spyce, So I recently met this man who’s pretty wonderful. We have so much in common, share the same goals, and I even like his friends. The sex is amazing and I am attracted to him but …...
View ArticleShifty Seasons: Seasonal time shifts are ridiculous and dangerous
By Amadeus Finlay Spring forward, fall back. This notion was standardized when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, and it makes as little sense now as it did then. The...
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By Amadeus Finlay As St. Patty’s, er — Paddy’s — Day approaches, we’ve created this handy guide to Irishisms so you at least can sound Irish while doing decidedly unIrish things, like drinking green...
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Gang de Filles: A celebration of bad-ass womxn
By Caitlin Howle Don’t even worry, your Saturday plans are booked and they are awesome. With International Women’s Day coming up (it’s Sunday) PVDLive and La Boheme Noir et. Co, an organization...
View ArticleAdvice with Spyce: Sex frequency and sober dating
By Spyce Dear Spyce, My partner and I have been together about a year now, and it’s become apparent we have an addiction: We have to have sex every day, sometimes two or three times a day. No matter...
View ArticleWrite This Way: Readers, writers, story-lovers — you’ve come to the right place
By Caitlin Howle I think the assumption is that to make it as a writer, you have to live in New York or Los Angeles or some old Victorian mansion in Maine where you write about killer clowns. You don’t...
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In Providence: A Paper Elephant
By Kevin Broccoli “Nobody can ever find the house. Back in the days before cell phones, I’d have to be on the landline for half the night talking to people calling in from pay phones. ‘No, you missed...
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Sham-Rocks, Plastic Paddies and Bar Brawls: Challenging the populist status quo
By Amadeus Finlay In 2019, “Saturday Night Live” aired a skit about an Irish date show that portrayed contestants as inbred knuckleheads with a reduced worldview and a propensity toward marrying their...
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Reminiscences on Winning a Pub in Ireland: A conversation with Trevor O’Driscoll
By Sean Carlson The view down William Street in Listowel, County Kerry; photo credit: Sean Carlson While we greet St. Patrick’s Day in Rhode Island this year with parades cancelled, restaurants and...
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The Intelligent Treatment of Clothing: Reed McLaren on the sustainable wardrobe
By Amanda Grafe Reed McLaren has spent time researching how to make timeless clothing pieces last. Initially helpful in the curation of her exquisite natural material vintage collection, The House of...
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In Providence: Checking In
By Kevin Broccoli “I have a lot of folks I check on. I just go by and knock on their door, and because now, we gotta think about not causing trouble for each other, I just let them yell from the other...
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In Providence: Small Doses
By Kevin Broccoli “If we didn’t pick rooms, we were headed for divorce.” I’ll admit that it’s a little strange writing a Man About Town column when nobody is allowed out on the town, but luckily for...
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In Providence: Lava
By Kevin Broccoli If you happened to be near Angell Street on Saturday night, you might have heard the sound of an active volcano covering a house in lava. “The minute we agreed to do it, I knew it was...
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Here’s What You’re Missing!: Local podcast explores cultural blindspots
By Mark Fogarty Nothing missing with Tony (left) and Matt (right) behind the mic I sat down with Tony Pacitti and Matt Ferrara at the What Cheer Writer’s Club podcasting studio, right before they were...
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Get Crafty!: How to make a mask
By Alex Wills Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, head of the RI Department of Health, today recommended that everyone wear cloth masks when in public. But it isn’t easy to find one. No problem! Keep it calm...
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