Steven Pfau’s expansive memoir, Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship, tells layered stories from his life and pays homage to his singular uncle Bruce, while also offering something more wide-ranging and complex: a theoretical meditation on the mentorship of uncles in the gay community.  Pfau’s prose is characterized by acute self-awareness and a
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Matthew Perry’s former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday, in the final sentencing in the two-and-a-half-year investigation and prosecution following the death of the actor. Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, was sentenced in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, who has sentenced four of his co-defendants in
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The Cramps formally ended in 2009 following the sudden death of their co-founder Lux Interior. Ever since, there’s been no new music, reissues, or archival releases from the band, not even after Jenna Ortega’s viral dance to “Goo Goo Muck” in Wednesday caused a surge of interest. That changes today with Gravest Gravy, a lost
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A fertility health charity has begun the process of a managed closure and has ceased its direct support services. Fertility Network UK, which provides support and advice for patients facing fertility challenges, said it was in the process of winding down. The charity’s direct support services ceased last week and FNUK said its focus was
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Options traders are convinced the “SaaS-pocalypse” is over. Whether that’s true will likely depend on the market’s reaction to Salesforce earnings after the bell Wednesday. Volume ratios in options trading on the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) have been increasingly bullish throughout this month, including on Tuesday — when more than twice as many
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View gallery Image Credit: Godong/Universal Images Group vi Marc Johnson, the legendary Bay Area, California, skateboarder, died at the age of 49, his friend and fellow skater Louie Barletta announced in an emotional tribute. As colleagues and fans mourn the loss, many are also wondering what his cause of death was, since Johnson had no
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The yen gained on Wednesday following a rally in Japan’s equities and bets on more fiscally responsible policies after Prime Minister Takaichi’s election win. Yevgen Romanenko | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s largest banks posted record annual profits in their latest financial results, but earnings growth could slow as credit costs rise and geopolitical risks
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