Articles by: Lorraine Devon Wilke
Writer, photographer, rock & roll vet, Lorraine Devon Wilke, has built her eclectic career along many avenues of the creative arts. Along with her column here at Addicting Info, she is a regular columnist at the Huffington Post, writes a monthly column at the award-winning "brick & mortar" newspaper, The Ferndale Enterprise, and can be found dispensing "sass and sensibility" at her personal blog, Rock+Paper+Music. She also writes and consults with a variety of entertainment and media companies and provides content for web designers and online magazines. Beyond her editorial work is her creative writing: with one screenplay produced earlier in her career (To Cross the Rubicon), and two others awarded (most recently as a finalist in the 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest), she continues in that arena writing and developing projects, as well as providing story consulting and script doctoring. Most recently she completed her first novel, After the Sucker Punch, bringing her into the adventures of traditional vs. self publishing... more to come on that! Then there's music and pictures: A long-time singer/songwriter, music remains a big part of her life. Her original CD, Somewhere On The Way, can be found at CDBaby.com and iTunes. As for her fine art photographs, her images are featured on the walls and websites of many, with galleries and prints that can be viewed and purchased at her site Fine Art America. Visit her site at www.lorrainedevonwilke.com and be sure to follow her on Twitter and Facebook. And thanks for reading!

Guess Who’s ‘Most Controversial’ On U.S. Wikipedia? Answer Might Surprise You

When the “most controversial” Wikipedia topics worldwide were put into an SEO cloud, the words that jumped out told the story. @TahaAsseri.WordPress

What do Jesus, homosexuality, Hitler, George Bush and Scientology all have in common? They’re amongst the ‘most controversial’ topics on Wikipedia.

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Dark Side Of America: Cheerios Ad With Biracial Family Sets Off Online Spew Of Racism (VIDEO)

See this cute little girl? She’s the face of the new Cheerios ad. Controversy? She’s depicted with a white mother and a black father… dear God, mother, call out the dogs!!! @Gawker

We want to believe the best of ourselves, but when even a sweet Cheerios ad inspires the worst of us to spew hate online, it’s clear we’ve got a ways to go.

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Florida Police Slam Black Teen To Ground In Chokehold For Giving Them ‘Dehumanizing Stare’ (VIDEO)

14-year-old Tremaine McMillian tells his side of the story… not surprisingly, it’s a bit different than the one the police reported.

A day in the life of a black teen: Memorial Day, new puppy, friends and mom on the beach, horseplay… cops who intervene and it gets ugly from there.

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Gap Joins Walmart, Refuses To Sign Protection Pact For Factory Workers They Employ

Bloodied T-shirts with the names of the dead from recent Bangladesh factory disasters were displayed at a recent Gap shareholder meeting in protest of the company's refusal to sign pact to protect garment factory workers. (Anirvan / Flickr / Creative Commons); image@InTheseTimes

It doesn’t take much to tumble a high-profile brand into the cauldron of global animosity. Just ask Papa John’s and Walmart. But does the Gap surprise us?

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Father Puts 6-Week-Old Daughter In Freezer; Meanwhile, Catholics Say Gays Can’t Parent (VIDEO)

Tyler Deutsch on the day of his daughter's birth… six weeks later he tried to kill her@KOMONews

A father puts his baby in a freezer, proving good parenting isn’t exclusively the realm of heterosexuals. Can fundamentalists now readjust their thinking?

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Author Suggests Rape Like ‘Leaving A Laptop In A Car,’ Blames Victims For Provocative Behaviors

Is provocative dancing, a sexy outfit, a few too many drinks any kind of excuse for rape? Photo by Anna-Marie Perry @Pitch

In the myriad of reasons why men rape, can there ever really be a justification for blaming the victim? Author Nick Ross seems to think at least a little.

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Salute-Gate: President Obama Forgets To Salute Marine And Media Jumps To ‘Big Gaffe’ (VIDEO)

President Obama goes back to shake hand of Marine he forgot to salute; image@HotGistsHotNews

With a cultural appetite for scandal so insatiable, even the President forgetting to salute a Marine can call out the dogs. Let’s nip that in the bud.

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The Sky Is Falling: Top 10 Right Wing Responses To Boy Scout Policy Change On Gay Scouts

From the NOH8 campaign; image@TheBlueStreetJournal FB page

The Boy Scouts accept gay youth, sparking a predictable litany of right wing blather, some worse than others… wanna know their new definition of ‘BSA”?

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Watch CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Awkwardly Encounter The Growing Reality Of Atheism In America (VIDEO)

"Never ask a question presuming the answer..." Screenshot

In a country where 6% of the population now identifies as ‘atheist,’ one cannot presume on those “thank God’ questions. Just ask Wolf Blitzer.

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Dems Throw Minorities Under The Bus By Supporting Racially Unjust GOP Amendment (VIDEO)

Blacks are disproportionately imprisoned for crimes; image@WBUR

Dismissing the inequities of a justice system that is not color blind, a new law creates food stamp restrictions that are inherently biased against blacks.

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As Shocked Tourists Watch, French Activist Protesting Marriage Equality Shoots Himself In Notre Dame

Suicide at the Notre Dame; image@IBTimes

French anti-equality activist, Dominque Venner, made his way to the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, pulled out a pistol and shot himself through the mouth.

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French Filmmaker: Americans Too Stupid To Realize Women Fantasize About Being Prostitutes

I’m sure this DOES look like loads of fun for most women; image@PimpHop

Is it a man thing or something endemically French to think ALL women fantasize about being prostitutes? At least the clever ones who aren’t American.

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Conservatives Hate Conservation: Studies Prove They’ll Reject Products Labeled As ‘Energy-Efficient’

How to get a conservative to buy green? Don’t tell them it’s green; image@FactsCoExist

You’d think anyone would lean toward energy-efficient products but studies say that’s not so; they won’t buy ‘green’ if they don’t buy climate change.

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Top 10 Things Gun Lovers DON’T Need To Fear

Gun love

What you define as ‘creeping government’ is the action of a society doing what it can to protect the greater good of its citizens. Gun lovers don’t seem to understand that.

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Out Of The Ashes: Two Surprising Companies Top List Of ‘Hottest Internet Companies Of The Year’

Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer; image @DoomsDaddy

Being cool, being relevant, just got more unpredictable after two very familiar, and very unexpected, internet companies top the list of ‘hottest.’

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Fox News Does What Florida Refused To Do: Give Allen West A Job

Allen West seeing the light at the end of his retirement tunnel; image@HuffingtonPost

It would be funny if it wasn’t a waste of media airwaves. And problem is, the people who watch Fox News really believe the kind of things he says!

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Psychotic Voicemail From Losing Dallas Candidate To Reporter Goes Viral (NSFW VIDEO)

Screenshot of Richard Sheridan clearly in action with a characteristic NSFW diatribe.

Meet Richard Sheridan. He takes the role of ‘sore loser’ and raises it up a notch to spittle-flying, foul-mouthed, bat-shit crazy maniac.

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NOW YOU TELL US: Two Justices Involved In Bush Vs. Gore Decision Admit It Was Flawed

Justice John Paul Stevens; photo by Todd Heisler@The New York Times

The 2000 Presidential election, decided by the Supreme Court, changed history. Are we vindicated or angry to learn Justices involved say decision is flawed?

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Another Obama ‘Scandal’? Nope… GOP Rep Claims Responsibility For AP Surveillance (VIDEO)

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC); image@PoorRichard’sNews

‘They are doing what we asked them to do, investigate the leak.’ – Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) on DoJ surveillance of Associated Press.

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Criminal Charges Considered After Construction Company Bulldozes 2,300-Year-Old Mayan Pyramids (VIDEO)

Bulldozing history, Mayan ruins; image by Julie Vasquez/Past Horizons @RedOrbit

Great antiquities have been lost to time, war, erosion and rebuilding. But to destroy 2,300 years of Mayan history for road fill is, indeed, ‘horrendous.’

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