WELL HELLO THERE I’m sitting in a house with most of the other editors, minus Heather, plus Carol the dog, and they’re all watching Are You the One and yelling at the TV and it’s all just so pure and gay. Wish u were here.
Queer as in F*ck You
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Honest mistake, come on, it’s not like she got a “magic cake”.
What a coincidence. Was listing to NPR this morning and they have a recurring segment called American anthem song, and today it was about Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. It reminded me that there is a lot of Republicans who like that song and don’t realize the criticism of men and capitalism in that song.
I get the Moana/Marijuana part but why is there a stoned and tattooed My Little Pony in that cake?
As a recently-indoctrinated Soccer Gay, that Bitch Magazine article about queer women in soccer speaks to me. I love how many out women there are in the sport, and that they run the gamut from butch to very femme.
That marijuana cake story was on Buzzfeed, right? I saw another story also on Buzzfeed about a woman who has a daughter named Lizard, anyway, ‘Happy Birthday Loser was written on the cake instead of ‘Lizard’.
Cassandra Walker, the employee who made that cake, was fired by Dairy Queen
The urge to make a pun using in some way uncoolness is strong, but I cannot jest about someone’s livelihood.
I had an entire therapy session about Megan Rapinoe today. Just felt like I needed to share. That is all.