When the word Viking is mentioned, the vast majority of us immediately conjure up images of Hagar the Horrible comic strips or a professional football team that consistently chokes in the playoffs. At...

This year the Walker Art Center marks the 10th anniversary of its "Women With Vision" film festival. This year's theme, "On the Move," highlights issues of migration and movement of people not just today,...

In the pantheon of American movie directors, Gus Van Sant stands out as one of the brightest stars to have emerged in the past twenty years. From his edgy indie pictures to an Academy Award-nominated blockbuster,...

Almost every single piece of press devoted to t.A.T.u. heralds them as America's first mainstream dyke pop artists. Did I miss something here? Where exactly does that put lesbian music pioneers such as...

Of all the millions of subgenres of pop music that exist today, one of the most fascinating to follow is sexually-explicit music that is in no way, shape or form erotic to anybody save the creators themselves....

The Grammys have never been cool. Although it always seems to try its fuddy-duddy best, the Recording Academy has made more than its share of snubs and outright hilarious flubs. How can we forget when...