Ambush Magazine

The Official Gay Magazine of the Gulf South™

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Critical Thinking and Democracy

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Many moons ago, when I worked in academia, I taught freshman composition.  Because it was a required course among all undergraduates, every professor in the English Department taught at least one composition class.  Most professors hated teaching the course.  They preferred to teach literature or linguistics to juniors and seniors.  They viewed the … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking and Democracy

$750.00 Per Day

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George Washington commandeered airports, probably in order to protect his troops from cancer causing windmills on all the farms they would have had to march through without airplanes.  The moon is a part of Mars.  Cofveve. Unlettered, unread, stupid Presidents are nothing new.  Neither are corrupt Presidents.  Ditto for incompetent Presidents.  We’ve … [Read more...] about $750.00 Per Day

Guns and Toxic Masculinity

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Readers outside New Orleans may not be aware that at the start of the recent New Orleans Pride Parade, a young man was arrested near the parade route for carrying a handgun and an assault rifle.  The man’s intentions remain unclear but many on social media speculated he intended to shoot up the parade.  Others insist that is not the case, citing he had the guns … [Read more...] about Guns and Toxic Masculinity

Fuck Pride

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Pride season has arrived yet again. Pride parades will roll all over the country throughout the month, and as its 50th Anniversary approaches, Stonewall memes will undoubtedly flood social media. That’s all good and well; however, not everyone in our community is feeling the pride. In fact, some folks are not proud of Pride at all—at least not what it has become. This … [Read more...] about Fuck Pride

From Russia with Oil

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Donald Trump, Jr., after lying for months, recently admitted that last year he met with a Russian official who claimed to have information on Hillary Clinton that would aid his father’s presidential campaign. Trump Jr. enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity to obtain dirt on his father’s opponent. The fact that receiving aid from a foreign power, especially an avowed enemy … [Read more...] about From Russia with Oil

The Problem With Republicans

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Trump has been in office almost a year now and in that short time, he has managed to confirm his critics’ worst fears. His greed and corruption, his racism and bigotry, his incompetence and ignorance, and his pride and ego are greater than even his harshest critics could have imagined. Many of his voters have seen through his demagoguery and abandoned him. Nevertheless, he … [Read more...] about The Problem With Republicans

Fighting Trump and the Alt-Right: Queer Lessons from the 90s

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Fighting Trump and the Alt-Right: Queer Lessons from the 90s The Newcomb College Institute at Tulane University will host a panel discussion on Friday, March 2, entitled “Fighting Trump and the Alt-Right: Queer Lessons from the 90s.” Billed as “an intersectional, intergenerational activist conversation about resistance and building community with LGBTQ activists,” the event … [Read more...] about Fighting Trump and the Alt-Right: Queer Lessons from the 90s

Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing

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Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing It has been four months since Circo, a popular gay bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was firebombed in what was apparently a vicious hate crime.  No arrests have been made and the investigation appears to be at a standstill. On Saturday, October 28, 2017, a group of masked persons dressed in all black attacked the gay club by throwing … [Read more...] about Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing

Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost

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Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost When candidate Trump first proposed building a wall along the Mexican border, the old English Professor in me immediately thought of Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall.”  Then the old political observer in me thought of Ronald Reagan’s famous line at the Berlin Wall: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Frost opens his poem with … [Read more...] about Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost