Posts from ‘July, 2009’

One of the best things about us here at Transracial is that we’re urban — and rural. Which is why we’ve gone back to Cali and are spending a week in Yosemite. But don’t despair — we’ll be back with all kinds of Transracial goodness on August 1. In the meantime, kindly send rants, raves [...]

Christian faithful in Syracuse, NY are none too pleased by the statue above now hanging in the Marcellus Free Library depicting the Virgin Mary crafted from a Coke bottle. Indeed, complaints have been lodged and a petition is currently circulating to have the art work taken down from the Library wall. The Library has refused. [...]

A 72-year old Azle, Texas woman is telling local Latins to stay away — and she’s proud of it, despite the uproar it’s causing in her ‘hood. The sign — which has apparently been up for months — was posted because the owner “is upset about them coming over here illegally…We think this is our [...]

Swedish fashion giant H+M is not expected to open its first branch in Israel until 2010 — and already it’s facing its first local lawsuit. Turns out the H+M folk have been agressively recruiting local talent to staff its soon-to-debut stores throughout the country. One such potential staffer was a lady called “L”, who was [...]

Even though it certainly skews dude, this new concept from Hong Kong’s Fleming Hotel sounds kind of Gay to us — not that there’s anything wrong with that. But here goes: This boutique hotel in the central business district of Wan Chai has launched an all-male floor with all-male rooms. Hong Kong’s first, the concept [...]

If you’re travel plans don’t call for a visit to Jerusalem any time soon, but you’re still itching to place a message in the city’s famed Western Wall — don’t despair! A new service has just launched that allows the faithful to — what else — send those notes via Twitter. The service is via [...]

This little random nugget has just come across our desks: Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo is set to have a starring roll in a new movie about a Palestinian kiddie fan who dies tragically in a refugee camp. The two-time World Cup winner will be in the Middle East in September where his club Corinthians will [...]

Back in May at Cannes, perennial bad-boy director Quentin Tarantino’s new film Inglourious Basterds was described as “Kosher Porn” — a reference to its unlikely Jews-Whack-Nazis World War II narrative. While it was director and Tarantino-collaborator Eli Roth who made the porn statement, it will be Tarantino himself — along with perhaps a few of [...]

You know the economy is truly tought when once uber-exclusive — or so they say — dating sites make themselves open to mere single-folk. But such is the case with Babes and Billionaires (B+B), a formerly invitation-only dating site for rich dudes and the ladies that wanna date them. Described by its creators as “where [...]