Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel December 29, 1989 Street Talk ‘Send In the Lions’ By Doris Fish I considered going to Mass on Christmas. My boyfriend and I spent the holidays with his family. I just couldn’t do it. My youthful animosity towards the Church of Rome has…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel January 5, 1990 Bay City Beat ‘She Who Would Be Empress’ By Doris Fish Of all the many ridiculous ways to waste time, running for Empress ranks up there with housework. Although I’m no expert on housework, I’m pretty proficient at ridiculous time-wasting projects so I…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel Theatre January 11, 1990 Men, Lesbians and Transsexuals By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer Joke about AIDS will never be a real trend, but I hope the nineties will bring some humor to our dastardly situation. We loved and laughed at “Terms of Endearment”…
San Francisco Sentinel January 19, 1990 ‘I’m Serious About My Career’ By Doris Fish Many years ago, I told myself, “When I hit thirty, I’ll give up show business.” Now I say, “I’ll get serious about this showbiz stuff when I hit forty.” I’m close enough to start thinking about a career again. …
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel January 26, 1990 Street Talk Fish on a Soapbox By Doris Fish Arts Writer “Save the Pigs!” was the headline for a discarded column I started some weeks back. It was not very amusing, with long turgid ramblings about the shocking cruelties inflicted on…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel Arts February 9, 1990 Chaos at Court By Doris Fish Sentinel Arts Writer Imperial politics imperil the Empress! Or rather the most vocal candidate, Vinnie. It seems she has been aggressively courting the friends and followers of rejected candidates Ggreg (“2 ‘g’s like Lloyd)…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel February 2, 1990 Street Talk Dear Doris… By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer The letters have been piling up and it’s time to air them out before they get too passé. Manny, a native of West Germany now in town, writes, “What…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel February 16, 1990 Street Talk Meanwhile, on the Other Side of the Planet By Doris Fish In the land of Oz, in sunny Sydney, it’s Mardi Gras time. Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, that is. The whole city goes almost gay for a…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel February 23, 1990 Street Talk And the Nominees Are By Doris Fish Bet you thought I meant the Oscars. No, it’s our own Outstanding Cable Car Awards! You can imagine my excitement, when for ten years I’ve been totally ignored, and now I…
Doris Fish’s San Francisco Sentinel Columns San Francisco Sentinel March 1, 1990 Street Talk Catholic Kids By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer When Catholics go “bad” they go whole hog. At a recent photo session for West Graphics, it came out that we’d all been Catholic children and hellcats ever since. Billi…