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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions About Dogs and Books with Ali Liebgott
This edition is FULL OF TREASURES. Ali and I read two books and asked ten(ish) questions to poet, writer, and die-hard dyke Ali Liebegott for you. Also, many dog photos!
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with Melissa Gira Grant about Cats, Sex Work, and Writing
“Maybe years of blogging ruined me, or maybe they created a productive tension.”
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Idol Worship: Julia Serano Talks To Autostraddle About Fixing Feminism
A lot of my favorite feminists are the feminists who stand up to the movement. Julia Serano is definitely one of them.
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Janet Mock Redefines Realness: The Autostraddle Interview
“I think the biggest thing for me is the plug-in to this amazing trans* and queer community that’s out there that’s been doing this work that’s, I think, at a point where it’s really ready to take the lead from people who live in many multiplicities.”
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Idol Worship: Angela Davis Is My Ultimate Feminist Icon
Angela Davis will never be silenced, and her speaking out means that the rest of us are safely carried on the backs of giants when we do so ourselves.
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Idol Worship: The Holigay 2013 Gift Guide
If you’ve ever read my devotionals and wanted to become hopelessly devoted, I’m here to help.
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Idol Worship: The Women of Woodstock
This week marks the 44th anniversary of Woodstock, the music festival that changed the world.
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Idol Worship: bell hooks Was Right
After the Trayvon Martin verdict, one particular (12-year-old) bell hooks quote blew up the Internet. It’s not the only part of her philosophy that still makes sense.
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Idol Worship: Selena, Queen of Tejano Music
Selena, the Queen of Tejano Music, bidi bidi bom bommed her way to my heart when I was just a kid and my love for her will never die.
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Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper
On flappers, Zelda Fitzgerald, and sleeping around.
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with the Coquette On Getting Your Sh*t Together
“I’ve been doing this shit for half a damn decade, and I honestly couldn’t tell you how any of it happened.”
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Idol Worship: Brenda Howard, Bisexual Curmudgeon and Mother of Pride
“She could be difficult, she could be stubborn, she could be outrageous and she always stood up and spoke out for bisexual people and challenged biphobia even in the most hostile environments. Blessed Be.”
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Idol Worship: Iris Apfel Is My 91-Year-Old Style Icon
“When you don’t dress like everybody else, you don’t have to think like everybody else.”
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Idol Worship: What I’ve Learned From Amelia Earhart
“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried.”
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Idol Worship: Janis Joplin Rocks My World and Record Collection
The first album I came to own on vinyl was “Pearl.”
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Idol Worship: Mabel Hampton Is Gay History
Mabel Hampton preserved our story when it was first starting. Now I wanna tell hers to you.
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with Eileen Myles
“Recently I wrote a poem on the notebook on my iPhone on the subway platform. I like to move around.”
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Idol Worship: Two Idols Are Better Than One, Especially When Those Two Idols Are Together
Valentine’s Day Edition! A collection of lady-loving-ladies I love loving a lady I also love in a somewhat official manner.
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Idol Worship: The Madonna Videos That Definitely Made Me Gay
I was watching a Madonna music video. And I really, really, really wanted to watch it for the rest of all time in complete and total isolation from every other human or sentient being on the planet.
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Idol Worship: Pop-Art Icon Edie Sedgwick
Edie is proof that anyone can be an icon. Just ask Andy Warhol.