Head on over to the Atlanta History Center and take a look at The Atlanta Barb, an Atlanta, Ga., Newspaper from the ’70s whcih covered the LGBTQ community from 1974-1977.
The Barb contained articles on a variety of subjects for its Atlanta LGBTQ audience. Subjects included arts and entertainment, health, politics, social events, and the LGBTQ community. Most articles focused on Atlanta, but some extended to the south or the rest of the United States.
… regular columns included movie and theater reviews, updates on local drag shows and competitions, classified and personals, and health and sex advice. Issues also contain advertisements and announcements from local businesses, particularly bars and restaurants
“Joe Biden may not be the president we want, but in 2020 he is the president we desperately need. He will be a president to bring people together and right the ship of state.”
“Donald Trump is a bully and a bigot. He is symptomatic of a widening partisan divide in the country. We recommend voting for him anyway … ”
Editorial voices from New Hampshire and Oregon
Personally, I do not believe in Newspaper endorsements. I recall that I once wrote an editorial explaining why my Newspaper was not going to endorse any local candidates.
The White House Gift Shop is selling some bizarre coins that commemorate significant events of the DJT presidency.
Including this one where he’s celebrating being acquitted of the crimes that triggered his impeachment. Squint and you’ll recognize he’s smirking while holding The New York Times.
Jezebel.com has a great headline for the article excerpting this book about how New Yorkers boosted Newspapers with Personals.
Those of us old enough to remember “our” version of Newspaper Personals, that started roughly in the last ’70s … and died out when Classifieds bit the dust.
From 1866 onward, as the number of subscribers to the New York Herald topped 80,000, personal ads started to be printed on its front page, where they remained until the 20th century. As it was the most widely read newspaper in the nation, the impact on the American cultural consciousness was significant.
And speaking of Newspapers and Personals, here’s probably the only hit song about a Newspaper Personals ad: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
I was tired of my lady, we’d been together too long Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed And in the personals column, there was this letter I read
“If you like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain If you’re not into yoga, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape I’m the love that you’ve looked for, write to me, and escape”
I didn’t think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad And though I’m nobody’s poet, I thought it wasn’t half bad
“Yes, I like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape At a bar called O’Malley’s, where we’ll plan our escape”
So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face It was my own lovely lady, and she said, “Oh, it’s you” And we laughed for a moment, and I said, “I never knew”
“That you liked Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape You’re the love that I’ve looked for, come with me, and escape”
“If you like Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain If you’re not into yoga, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape I’m the love that you’ve looked for, come with me, and escape
Writer/s: Rupert Holmes Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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