If you sit in the first few rows of a stand-up comedy show, you might end up the butt of a joke. Or you might have a funny and profound interaction with the comic. All photos by Kat Valdez unless otherwise noted. by Kat Valdez/The Defiant Curtsy My friend Basil and I attended a show at The Comedy Fort, and since we arrived at 6:30 … Continue reading Close Encounters with Comedian Ali Sultan
The band promoted inclusion, belonging, and community at their sole 2025 Denver concert date.
The first time I listened to Coldplay’s new album “Moon Music,” I was driving from Fort Collins to Denver International Airport, in the early morning hours before sunrise.
It was peaceful. Magical. An epic journey.
It was exactly how you want to experience this album on the first listen: in the dark before the world wakes up.
…A couple months later, I realized another truth: the other “best” way to experience this album? At Empower Field at Mile High, with 76,124 other cheering Coldplay fans. Continue reading The Speed of Love*: Coldplay on June 10 at Empower Field at Mile High
One anecdote focused on grapefruit and how people eat them.
(See my one-minute video on how Dr. Cori Wong strongly recommends and encourages everyone to eat grapefruit.) Continue reading For the Love of Grapefruit
I haven’t watched reality TV since the early-2000s, when Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother and others were new and at the height of their popularity. (Paradise Hotel was a short-lived favorite.)
So when two friends ─ let’s call them Alice and Betty ─ invited me to indulge in their secret, guilty pleasure, Vanderpump Rules, I jumped at the chance to see what’s changed in “unscripted” entertainment, to use the industry term, over the past two decades. Continue reading VANDERPUMP RULES: Drama, Drama, Drama!
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Welcome, dear reader, to this website dedicated to exploring pop culture through an equity and inclusion lens…
I hope you’ll find a home here. I hope you feel like you belong. Continue reading Welcome to The Defiant Curtsy
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