Issue 247
The Indypendent
Issue 247
Jun 1, 2019
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Diaper Change, Climate Change: Reflections on Parenting in an Era of Global Warming
Just as I took off his diaper, my son shit again. It happens. But he focused and pumped out…
After An Uprising: New Exhibition Highlights Queer Art Post-Stonewall
“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” now showing at the Brooklyn Museum, seems like a direct…
The Dark Side of Sunnyside Yard
If a New York City Economic Development Corporation proposal goes through, western Queens would become the site of a…
Gay Old Brooklyn: Hugh Ryan Takes a Look at the Borough’s Queer Past
Hugh Ryan got the idea to write When Brooklyn Was Queer when he held pop-up queer history exhibit parties…
No Cops, No Sponsors: 50 Years After Stonewall, Pride Goes Back to Its Roots
Frustrated that the annual New York City Gay Pride parade has become dominated by corporate floats, a group called…
Fighting Mass Incarceration From Within, Progressive DAs Lead The Way
Tiffany Cabán’s attempt at an upset victory in the Queens District Attorney race comes as voters around the country…
Pride and Courage In The Age of Climate Change
Hi Bill, I was pleased to learn that the Williams Pipeline won’t be pumping fracked gas through New York…
Yemeni Bodega Owners Are Making the ‘Post’ Feel the Pinch
In 2007, the New York Post ran a photograph of Debbie Almontaser on its front cover, describing her as…
You’re Being Zucked: Why You Should Worry About Facebook’s Redesign
Facebook is like a bar that used to be a fun place to hang out with friends until the…
A Poet Recounts Teaching at Men’s Prisons in ‘Hummingbird’
From 1992 to 2008, award-winning poet and playwright Deborah Tobola taught writing to inmates at several men’s prisons in…
America Has a Permanent Temp Worker Problem
In the waiting room of an employment agency in Queens, laborers gather to be dispatched to warehouses and factories…