Shorts Have Men Showing a Little Leg
The New York Times — August 20, 2012
EARLIER this season on the MTV series “Savage U,” Dan Savage, the syndicated sex columnist, was asked if he wears shorts. His response was as immediate as it was dismissive: “No, no. I’m a grown-up.”
Does Mitt Romney Have a Soul?
GQ — August 14, 2012
One guy boarding the bus who is far too handsome and besuited to be a print journalist—broadcast, for sure—turns out to be Ari Shapiro of NPR. Shapiro is rather annoyingly accomplished and perfect. He defies all we hear about the ugliness of radio people. Olive-skinned with eight-inch eyelashes. He does parkour, the European sport of jumping off buildings. He also performs with the band Pink Martini and will be playing Carnegie Hall this year.
Dan Savage Makes Emmy’s Shortlist
Seattle Times — July 19, 2012
Outside the major categories, Seattle writer/personality/provocateur Dan Savage got a nod in the Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program category for his MTV special “It Gets Better.”
Fifteen Weird and Surprising Tidbits from the 2012 Emmy Nominations
NYMag.com — July 19, 2012
12. Dan Savage and MTV’s It Gets Better series was nominated for outstanding children’s nonfiction program. (Its competition: Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger.)
LGBT Faves Dominate Emmy Nominations
Advocate.com — July 19, 2012
Activist-turned-television personality Dan Savage can add Emmy nominee to his list of achievements, as his It Gets Better special has earned a nomination for Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program.
It Gets Better Documentary Team Hits the Campaign Trail
Advocate.com — July 18, 2012
Dan Savage and the producing team behind the It Gets Better documentary specials on MTV and Logo will take their cameras to the campaign trail in a new partnership with the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, the group that supports openly LGBT candidates running for office announced Wednesday.
Dan Savage signs with CAA
Windy City Times — June 5, 2012
Openly gay writer/activist/TV personality Dan Savage has signed with the sports/entertainment agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Savage is best known for co-founding the “It Gets Better” project and writing his sex-advice column “Savage Love,” which is syndicated throughout North America, Europe and Asia. CAA’s clients include Will Smith, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James and Julia Roberts.
Supermom Shannon Allen Talks Motherhood, Facing Unexpected Challenges and Juggling It All With Success
Sportsality.com — May 15, 2012
Shannon Allen, wife of ten-time NBA All-Star and Champion Ray Allen has respectfully earned the title of “Supermom.” Just try walking a day in her shoes as she juggles five children (one with type 1 juvenile diabetes, and another one that she is still nursing), a husband with a demanding NBA schedule, being a private nutritionist to the entire clan, as well as personal nurse, nurturer, teacher and all the other hats a mother generally wears. What’s most impressive is how she manages all of this with ease and modesty. Sportsality recently sat down with this extraordinary mother to hear her story and although Shannon takes no special credit for her role as a mother, we salute her strength. Read on to learn more about this remarkable wife and mother.
Gay activist, sex columnist Dan Savage willing to mix it up with foes
Chicago Tribune — May 9, 2012
Dan Savage is a little worried. “It Gets Better,” the anti-bullying, online video campaign he and husband Terry Miller started, might be making him, in his words, “milquetoast,” or, as he put it at another point, “a kind of touchy-feely, ooey-gooey, Up-with-People guy.” He needn’t fear.
My Day With Dan Savage
Huffington Post MTVU Blog — May 7, 2012
When I met Dan Savage – seeking his help as part of his MTV show on college campuses, “Savage U” – I had this extreme confusion stirring inside of me. I was TERRIFIED.
After a year and a half of a beautiful, roller coaster-like experience of a relationship, I had finally hit my breaking point. I had so much time, energy, love and hate invested in a relationship that just wasn’t working. The only problem was that I was too in love with her to let it go.