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Los Angeles Times column covers Richard Grayson's political action committee

The Los Angeles Times today (Thursday, May 25, 1995) has a column on page A5 discussing Richard Grayson's political action committee:

WASHINGTON INSIGHT

By ALAN C. MILLER and ELIZABETH SHOGREN



LIFE FORMS: For those who fear American election campaigns boil down to a scramble for the center, there is this bit of proof from Federal Election Commission records that life exists, if only marginally, at the political extremes. On the far right: The political action committee Americans for Fascism filed a statement from its headquarters in Branchville, N.J., reporting income and expenses for the third quarter of 1994 (a grand total of $380). On the far left: Richard Grayson from Gainesville, Fla., filed a statement of candidacy for Congress last year identifying his campaign committee as God Hates Republicans, a title that led inevitably to this question: If that were true, why did Grayson receive just 152votes as a write-in candidate for the seat won by Rep. Michael Bilirakis, a Republican?

Los Angeles Times reports on Richard Grayson's "Twelve Step Barbie"

The Los Angeles Times today (Tuesday, April 6, 1993) has an "Only in L.A." column by Steve Harvey on page B2 that mentions a story by Richard Grayson in Mondo Barbie, edited by Richard Peabody and Lucinda Ebersole (St. Martin's Press):


That girl: The editors of "Mondo Barbie" describe their irreverent anthology of fiction and poetry dealing with the improbably shaped blonde as "the answer to . . . all that misplaced Barbie Angst, all that childhood conditioning, torture and repression."

All in 185 pink pages, none of them, needless to say, authorized by El Segundo-based Mattel.

This is not the blankly smiling Barbie of store shelves. The works carry such titles as "Hells Angel Barbie," "Barbie Meets the Scariest Fatso Yet," "Barbie Comes Out" and "The Barbie Murders."

In one story, Barbie complains of Ken: "Have you ever noticed, he has molded plastic hair. His head and his hair are all one piece. I can't go out with a guy like that."

Then there's Richard Grayson's "Twelve-Step Barbie," which presents an older Barbie, an Alcoholics Anonymous member living alone, resentful of the younger women in workout classes, irritated that the loan officer at the bank doesn't recognize her (she has an asbestos removal business). She finds some satisfaction in giving volunteer health education lectures to teen-agers.

Author Grayson's Ken has changed, too -- "after he disappeared from Barbie's life . . . he became Gender Reassignment Ken and finally Kendra." Upon getting back together, Barbie and Kendra discover "what they liked about each other, what they had missed the first time." They become best girlfriends.

GRAPHIC: Photo, An off-the-wall journal about Barbie reveals that she hates Ken's plastic hair.

PEOPLE Magazine covers Jane Wyman's reaction to being named presidential candidate Richard Grayson's Vice-Presidential running mate

In People magazine this week (January 9, 1984), actress Jane Wyman responds to being named Presidential candidate Richard Grayson's running mate for Vice President.

Richard Grayson's story "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" in BACHY #8 (Fall 1976)

Richard Grayson's story "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" appears in the latest issue, #8 of BACHY, Fall 1976, on pages 23-25.

BACHY is a literary magazine published by Papa Bach Paperbacks, 11217 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, California 90025.



Other writers appearing in this issue are Clarence Major, Lyn Lifshin, D.E. Steward, Christine Zawidiwsky, Peter Nicoletta, Dan Raphael, Patricia Eakins, and Jack Grapes.