Yasha Shirakawa — Post 6 Grrrl

[The first time I saw Yasha I immediately had the perfect location for our photo shoot in mind – Silk Waters Mountain in Orelle, one of the few Japanese sims not mutilated by flickering ads and thus the perfect setting for some anime-style pictures. During the whole photo shoot Yasha kept me entertained by joking [...]

Full Story

Trade Unions International Day of Action in SL

by Sigmund Leominster October 7th, 2008, has been designated as a day of action by international trade union organizations. The World Day for Decent Work is billed as “a broad global mobilisation involving a large number of people and a wide range of activities.” The concept of “decent work” was defined by the International Labour [...]

Full Story

Sovereign Regime Invades Seduction and Sin

The Vanguard Armed Forces, Stavka Coalition and Chthonic Syndicate attack Adeptus Minor, but encounter an entirely different defender.by Caine Constantine The forces of the Sovereign Regime military alliance invaded last week the home of Adeptus Minor, Seduction and Sin, and after setting for themselves a time limit of a one-hour attack, the fight soon began. [...]

Full Story

Op/Ed: Sarah Palin: The View From Gor

Gorean slave masters expected to vote for Palin by Jessica Holyoke Now that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is running for Vice President on the Republican ticket, many groups are asking what will this mean for them: the liberals, the feminists, the inside the beltway crowd, and the business as usual oil fat cat crowd.  But [...]

Full Story

Gina Glimmer — Post 6 Grrrl

[I met Gina only once before our photo shoot in world, which was when her 'Japan' exhibition opened. Though there was the typical stress of guests coming and going, she took the time to explain me each of her exhibits in detail and answer my many questions. I was surprised and delighted about her patience. [...]

Full Story

Microsoft’s Mundie: Photosynthetic World OK, User-Created — No Way!

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Speaking at MIT’s Emerging Technology conference, Microsoft egghead Craig Mundie said the 3D spatial web will be photorealistic and made by automatically creating models from pictures taken in the real world — according to Ian Lamont’s report in The Industry Standard. While there are certainly uses for a reality-based [...]

Full Story

Princess of Yaximixche Opens Palace in Google’s Lively

by Idoru Wellman, Inter-world Royal Cultural Affairs desk Reading between the lines of the latest press release from The Royal Press Office at Gukumatz Palace, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Yaximixche may still be suffering from hardware issues that prevent her from visiting her loyal subjects in SL. However, all is not lost, as [...]

Full Story

Ballet Pixelle Special Performance Sunday Morning: Solary and “Shuzenji”

by Idoru Wellman, Arts and Entertainment desk The Second Life Ballet Company – now renamed Ballet Pixelle – presents renowned Japanese singer/songwriter, Solary Clary (Sora Izumikawa in RL) singing to accompany her orchestral score at the Sunday, September 28, 2008 performance of Ballet Pixelle’s current production “Shuzenji”. Curtain time is 7 a.m. SLT. This promises [...]

Full Story

Amaliscious Destiny — Post 6 Grrrl

[It is hard to keep pace with Amaliscious. She's my landlady, she runs Dollz Magazine and Dollz Modeling Agency - two institutions I love to work for - she's my high fashion shopping companion and most of all the most warm-hearted person I have met in SL so far. Her quick changing of plans and [...]

Full Story

Will SexBed Dispute Lead to Nuclear Conflict?

Angry furs plot revenge – Stroker Serpentine ejects all users from SexGen Users Group – a Serpentine alliance with fur leader Nexxus Ambassador? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “Stop freaking out like rats on acid and actually find out what can be done to HELP corsi” – Almira Leopold Harsh words were barked, squeaked, [...]

Full Story