Edge Magazine (for men)

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MARCH 2011

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he’s with me

BUT NOT LIKE THAT! p11

patheticAESTHETIC can you survive as an artist? p15

DOT DOT DOT

WHAT’S NEW? FIND OUT ! 9 p

BYPASS THE GAS

it’s cheaper, possibly faster, good for your health - so why not? p13

pathetic aesthetic are you up to the challenge of surviving as a professional artist?

Are we (artists) a crazy bunch, or what?

No, we haven’t actually sold

We take some art classes

dollars worth) We don’t have

(maybe even earn an art

any financial resources to

degree or two). We do a

back us up. We haven’t fig-

bunch of paintings (or weav-

ured out how to market our

ings, or photographs, or

work. No gallery contracts.

sculptures, or...). Then one

Business plan? What’s

morning, we wake up and

that?!? But we’re ready to

figure it’s time to support

earn a living from our art.

ourselves with our art.

Geeze louise!

any paintings yet. Well, maybe we’ve sold several (or even several thousand

Yep, now we’d like to earn, say, $40-50,000 a year selling our work.

What the heck are we thinking?!? continued on p. 14

bypass the gas

Living without a car can be pretty tough, especially in the U.S., where public transportation is frequently lacking and where urban planning has caused the average person to live far away from workplaces, schools, and markets. That said, it’s certainly possible, as long as you’re willing to change your lifestyle.

If you live in the USA, check out your address at WalkScore. This website is a great mapping tool for locating the nearest services near almost any location. The higher the score, the easier it will be for you to live without a car.

Determine why you are going car-less. For some people, it’s about social responsibility (i.e. minimizing fossil fuel consumption).

For others, it’s about health or to save money. For still others, it’s because, for whatever reason, they don’t have a driver’s license. And for a few, it’s simply about freedom — not being tied down to the responsibilities of owning and maintaining a car. Your reason behind living without a car will affect how far you’re willing to go with this lifestyle choice. But no matter what your motivation is, one thing’s for sure: there will be tremendous cost savings. continued on p. 42

with me

*

I’m not afraid to admit that I’m a straight guy and I have a gay friend

but not like that !

he’s

Welcome to the flip side of homophobia.

“I’m flattered, and I think it’s hilarious,” Kris Allen told People.com recently, responding to the news that his former roommate and runner-up on “American Idol,” Adam Lambert, had a crush on him.

Mr. Lambert, who favors black eyeliner and leather pants, had told Rolling Stone that Mr. Allen, an aw-shucks Christian from Arkansas, was “the one guy that I found attractive

in the whole group on the show — nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife.” This all went down in the same interview in which Mr. Lambert finally confirmed the long-simmering rumor that, yep, he’s gay.

Mr. Allen’s cool, self-assured response to being the object of his gay roommate’s affection doesn’t exactly qualify him as a civil rights hero, not at a time when straight men march against Proposition 8 in California and the

most anticipated gaythemed film of the year, “Brüno,” is coming from a straight (if highly waxed) comedian.

But do give him credit for overcoming one of the most common deal-killers in friendships between straight and gay men: the awkward crush. continued on p. 25

4 out of 10

respondents had a close friend or family member who was a gay man or a lesbian

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