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Named for a song in the 1960s musical "Hair," Starshine is a Santa Barbara-based columnist, magazine writer, journalism teacher
and overwhelmed
mother of two.

Skirting the Issues Column

Sex, politics, fashion and everything else a gen-X everygal loves to dish about.


December 2008

  • Fellas, Please! Don't Go!
    Genital shrinkage? Starshine ponders news that the male gender is, well, dwindling.
  • Embers to Ashes
    Saving your ash: Starshine asks evacuees what they took with them when they fled the flames.

November 2008


October 2008

  • Halloween for the Slutty Sort
    The Slutty Mechanic? Starshine peeked at this year's Halloween costumes. And she's frightened.
  • Watch Her Strut
    Starshine steps into the debate on whether a woman's walk can sum up her sexual history.

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