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10 Places to Meet Lesbians in History
10 Great Places to Meet Lesbians If You Have a Time Machine
Posted 16 hours ago

If you're really sick of the lesbian scene where you live, why not build a time machine and go back to when everyone hated us? Here are some excellent places…

America's Most Lesbionic Cities
The 21 Most Lesbianish Cities in the US: The Autostraddle Guide
Posted 3 days ago

We did our own highly scientific research to determine where in the country you're most likely to meet other queer ladies, hang out with other queer ladies and admit that…

8 Queer Short Story Books
8 Queerish Short Story Books
Posted 4 days ago

So many short story books have at least a little touch of queer -- like these from Dorothy Allison, Mary Gaitskill, Thisbe Nissen, Amy Bloom and more!

Having Fun at a Gay Bar 101
Having Fun at a Gay Bar 101: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Posted 6 days ago

At some point, between the night where my friend walked to her ex's house with my keys, phone and money in her boot, the night where I sobbed to strangers…

10 Underrated Candy Bars
Top 10 Best Candy Situations You Can Buy at a Gas Station
Posted 6 days ago

Actually, this post contains Top 10 Candy Situations You Can Buy at a Drugstore and 6 Underrated Candy Situations, so the headline doesn't even approach the amazingness of this post.

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commenter-friday-7230911 January 27, 2012

The Comment Awards Are All About The Numbers

2, 4, 6, 8, your comments we appreciate!

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Laura
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VIDEO: L.A. Premiere of "Love Is All You Need?"

Wingspan Pictures’ “Love Is All You Need?” tackles xenophobia and bullying with adorable child actors and big feelings!

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Sarah Croce
pants January 27, 2012

Top Ten Things You Can Carry In Cargo Pants Pockets

As if you need an excuse to wear cargo pants.

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Intern Grace
rhs January 26, 2012

Spike Lee Goes Off at Sundance

“They know nothing about black people…and they’re going to give me notes about what a 13 year-old boy and girl are doing in Red Hook? Fuck no!”

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Brittani
cat_newspaper January 26, 2012

Arkansas Newspaper Rejects Gay Engagement Annoucement For Dumb Reason

An Arkansas newspaper refuses to run a gay couple’s engagement announcement because the two can’t legally marry. This is obnoxious and ass backwards.

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Lizz
microphones January 26, 2012

Five Political Podcasts to Make You Smarter

News, commentary, interviews and activism! Being smarter is how you make new friends and have the shiniest hair.

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Jamie
michael in space January 26, 2012

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Crystal
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Jeanne Baret Did It Like a Dude

Laura’s Team Pick: How the first woman to sail around the world did it as a man.

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Laura
LISTEN KID, YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS OVER BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE EMILY'S HAVE BARELY STARTED. January 26, 2012

Pretty Little Liars Fashioncap Plus 217: The Gay Blonde Leading the Color Blind

Toby fell off a wall and Emily wore a military style vest. All in all a pretty good episode.

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Lizz
tonight-3 January 25, 2012

Your State May or May Not Be Binge Drinking By Your Side

Binge drinking is kind of an American pastime right now, according to the Center for Disease Control, and they’ve got state-by-state data that reveals a “binge drinking belt.”

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Carmen
SHILOH January 25, 2012

Shiloh Panic! Life & Style Rehashes Fears About Shiloh's Haircut, Pants, Dinosaur Toy

Once again, Life & Style is freaking out about Shiloh’s deviant “shorter-than-ever” haircut and Angelina’s secret plan to “turn Shiloh into a boy.”

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riese
obamaflag January 25, 2012

The State of the Union: Obama Shares Feelings and John Boehner Claps Reluctantly

“I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules.”

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Rachel
bomb-girls January 25, 2012

In Canadian TV Show "Bomb Girls," It's Women and Lesbians First

Who’s in the mood for a show about girls working in World War II bomb-making factories and sometimes making eyes at each other? YOU ARE.

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riese
cauliflower January 25, 2012

Get Baked: Indian Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes

When a cauliflower and some cumin love each other very much.

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Rachel
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Women On the Cups of Change in Saudi Arabia

Not all feminists burn bras; some sell them.

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Laura
girls walking January 24, 2012

Mini Coachella: All the Pretty Girls

Is this just a half-hearted excuse to talk about cute musicians? Isn’t everything?

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Laneia
oscars_feature January 24, 2012

84th Academy Awards Nominees or 'All the Movies We Didn't See'

The nominees for the 2012 Oscars were announced! Do you have feelings about any of them? I have a few!

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Lizz
lovers January 24, 2012

Building the Master's House: How the Construction of Heterosexuality Happened

“Just because something is constructed as a social category, doesn’t mean that it’s not enormously meaningful. It doesn’t mean that we haven’t built a whole damn civilization on it.”

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Rachel
desert-girls January 24, 2012

Also.Also.Also: From Minnesota to New Jersey, This Land Was Made For the Gays

Lots of stuff happened to gay people this week! Mostly good, some bad! It’s only Tuesday, but so far, the future is bright.

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Carolyn
Simone de Beauvoir January 24, 2012

Who Runs the Literary World? These Girls!

Rachel’s Team Pick: Trying to make a list of only 10 badass women writers is really hard.

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Rachel
tina_typewriter January 23, 2012

"How to Write Like a Funny Woman" Says Be Present, Make Strong Choices

Lizz’s Team Pick: Tip #2: Play to the top of your intelligence. “I am trying to write a book. The book begins with me as a college student, a nineteen-year-old girl. I did a lot of dumb shit at that age.”

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Lizz
Two bride figurines are seen during a rally in response to the California Supreme Court's ruling regarding Proposition 8 in Hollywood January 23, 2012

Washington Has Enough Votes For Gay Marriage Bill to Pass, We May Win A Thing

“What we’re asking you to do is vote in favor of civil rights. Not what your district says,”

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Rachel
muji cover January 23, 2012

Muji: Look at This F*cking Notebook

Go ahead girl, put yo poetry in it.

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katrina