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NOLA BURLESQUE SHOW DROPS ARTIST BECAUSE OF SIZE
FEB 23 This post on the 21st Century Burlesque blog outlines the story of Ruby Rage, a burlesque dancer in New Orleans who was fired because of her size. Apparently, this one show is drawing the ire of the rest of the community, which was not built on skinny-minnies or body shaming.
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NOT A SURPRISE, BUT STILL A DISAPPOINTMENT
FEB 23 Here's the story in the Advocate we (unfortunately) see annually - the one about the high number of days that Bobby Jindal spends somewhere other than Louisiana. Last year, it was 165. Jindal's single-minded and delusional pursuit of higher office is embarrassing, but surely, this is beyond that. Louisiana deserves better.
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FEB 23 Blogger Tom Aswell digs into some possible conflicts of interest and other shenanigans involving a consulting firm, the state Office of Group Benefits, Newt Gingrich and hundreds of millions of dollars. So this is where all our money has gone? Somebody find Jindal and ask about it. Try New Hampshire.
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WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LEAVE LOUISIANA
FEB 23 Blogger Ian McGibboney offers an amusing examination of one of those clickbait articles, this one about leaving Louisiana. Most of us have experienced at least one of these things - if only while on vacation.
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BRPD APOLOGY TO SCARY GAY MEN DRAWS ATTENTION
FEB 23 Last week the Baton Rouge Police Department apologized to a couple of men arrested because they were violating a medieval (and invalidated) Louisiana law against consensual sex between adults; this post on Mediaite details the development. The funniest part is the differentiation between the Baton Rouge Advocate (an old, conservative paper in an old, conservative town) and The Advocate, an LGBT publication. Giggle.
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FEB 23 This post on The Lens takes a look at a recent series on Sheriff Gusman and some of his more questionable contracts. What's crazier - that the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office contracts an IT agency headed by a convicted felon? Or that the convicted felon is a crony of the Sheriff?
Monday's Blogs from the Bog!
Controversy erupts when a burlesque show fires an artist because of her size. Not cool, guys! Also today in La La Land, Aswell has some stinkiness related to the OGB and Bobby is hardly ever here - but then you knew that, didn't you?