The Comment Awards Are Mulling Over March
Or as John Travolta would call them, the Kamt Uzeems!
“Divergent” Star Shailene Woodley Is A Queerish Hippie Who Believes In Trees
“I fall in love with human beings based on who they are, not based on what they do or what sex they are.”
Dear Queer Diary: Ol’ Book O’ Feelings Playlist
We open with two of the greatest lesbian musical acts of the last two generations and close with three songs clearly selected only because their titles contain the word “diary.” In between, there are some (mostly depressing, strangely folk-y) songs that I like.
This Is Because I’m A Woman: How Sexual Harassment Invaded My Life (And Some Ways to Respond To It)
“I once had a life where I could go blocks, miles, months without a stranger standing in my way, saying, ‘Hey girl, where you goin’ in such a hurry?’ I want to take my personal space bubble to the shop and have it re-inflated to its original size, but that chapter of my life seems to be done.”
Equaldex: Exploring the New Virtual Information-Sharing Network for Global LGBT Rights
Equaldex is giving LGBT folks around the world the ability to define and explain their own movements for the rest of us. And it’s helping us all to learn from one another in our parallel movements for equality.
We Need Help: Seeking New Food and DIY Writers
Are you a total boss at making/doing/crafting/cooking things? TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
Comedy Crush: Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer
This comedy crush has survived years and is still going strong. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, creators and stars of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” are this week’s crushes.
“The Fosters” Episode 118 Recap: Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Lying Foster Brother
This makes no sense. You would hand out a letter to each person as they arrive, starting with the first. Brandon arrived last which means he should have been left with the last “S.” YOU CANNOT JUST HAND OUT LETTERS RANDOMLY!
Party of Five: Pizza Feminism Creator, Autostraddle’s Own Intern Liz
If you want to learn from the biggest brain living at the intersections of pizza and feminism, know this: she works here. Duh.
Dreams Really Do Come True: “The Legend of Bold Riley” Delivers a Queer Folk Heroine of Color
If you love folklore, but you’ve always wanted more queer women of color as the heroes, make sure you check out Leia Weathington’s “The Legend of Bold Riley.”
This Lindsay Lohan Show Extended Trailer That We Have to Talk About
“Wow that show looks intense.”
Bisexual Health Is The Worst Of the LGBQ Community and This Month We Need To Talk About It
Oh hey, the Bisexual Resource Center wants to talk to you about issues affecting the bisexual community and how you can get involved.
Everybody F*cking Hates Tinder And We Are All Going To Die Alone
I can’t say any of us were thrilled to sign up, but we knew what we had to do: we had to sign up for a dating app and prepare to meet a lot of ladies… for science.
Top Five Fifty-First States That Never Were
Let me disrupt your fifty state narrative.
Also.Also.Also: Saudi Women Are Over Paula Deen, Perez Hilton, and the Patriarchy and Other Stories We Missed This Week
This week, I learned that Kanye had written a proverb when he instructed folks to “shut the fuck up ‘fore I embarrass you.”
DNC Gives Lesbians Their Very Own Leadership Council
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, announced the creation of a Lesbian Leadership Council that would focus on cultivating lesbian participation in the Democratic party, which has had a broader LGBT leadership council since 2000.
Top Five Tasks I Wanted a Personal Assistant to Perform Circa 2011
According to this unpublished blog post I found in 2014. Still applicable though.
Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Keila Trent Is Queer, Is Thus Crowned Queen Of Our Hearts
“There is really no way for people to know that I disagree with their views or, even moreso, to know that they are talking about me, unless I actually open my mouth and say it.”
That Time I Got Paid $50 To Make Out With My Girlfriend For A Protest Video
“After three hours of waiting, the director sits us on the couch amongst three or four other couples. We stare deeply into the camera. I hype myself up. Look into the camera like it is a lover, NO, a hamburger! Look at the camera like it is a hamburger.”
Style is Style: How to Overhaul Your Look in 4 Easy Steps
As a fellow queerdo and style oriented lady, I’d love to talk to you (yes, you) about developing your personal style.