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Health

Getting Health Insurance: A Thing You Have A Few More Days To Do

“It hadn’t hit me until then how awful it had felt to be without insurance — like my life and health had been worth less than other people in this country. I didn’t even know how much of that I’d internalized until I had the stupid little card in my hand, and when it all went away.”

Rachel March 28, 2014 27 Comments
Food Lists

Top 5 Snacks From My Hometown In South Texas

These snacks are super unusual and will probably gross you out. But oh, they’re magic.

Yvonne March 28, 2014 27 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Would Travel The Globe For You

We’re all over the place this week.

carrie March 28, 2014 4 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #120: Alfred Kinsey’s Report Makes No Mention Of Games Of Spin-The-Bottle

Topics include the Branch Davidian siege, women writing about sex, autism/disney, traveling while black, Cool Girls, endometriosis and more!

Riese March 28, 2014 6 Comments
Food and Drink

Top 5 Amazing Yet Affordable Whiskeys You Probably Haven’t Tried

After some extensive research (i.e. drinking), I’ve come to the conclusion that these are the bourbon whiskies that give you the best bang for your buck. All are under $30 and none are Bulleit, Jack Daniels, or Makers Mark.

Alex March 28, 2014 21 Comments
Movie Features

Rhymes with Witches Double Feature: Marla Sokoloff as Cokie Mason and Lisa

“Unlike the mean girls in other movies who serve as the core of their clique, Lisa and Cokie are on the outskirts looking in. I related to Sokoloff’s characters because they were just like me, dying to be a part of a group that would never accept her.”

Nina March 28, 2014 3 Comments
Love + Sex

Listling Without Commentary: How You Met Your Significant Other(s)

“At a meeting of Xena: Warrior Princess in Brazil”

Riese March 27, 2014 91 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“The Fosters” Episode 121 Recap: 10,000 Chickens Come Home to Roost

“That’s right — the characters on this show abusing their power has become so commonplace that I am now desensitized and can only think of denim.”

Vikki Reich March 27, 2014 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

What The Headlines Missed: Landmark Ruling In Lebanon Advances Trans* Rights Too

A ruling in Lebanon shows that progress for LGB and trans* communities can occur simultaneously instead of hierarchically.

Helen March 27, 2014 3 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: Emma Stone #Hashtags Haviland Stillwell’s “Royals” Parody

Nuns, Spice Girls, Chicago lesbians, and sidekicks throw a party with maximum energy.

Brittani March 27, 2014 7 Comments
TV Feature

OPEN THREAD: Bomb Girls Movie Premieres Tonight!

Tonight at 8 ET/PT on Global, your favorite vintage Canadian patriarchy smashers will be trotting their hat collections out for two hours of what promises to be tear-jerking, scream-inducing, good old fashioned excellence.

Kate March 27, 2014 40 Comments
Breakups

Top Five Ways to Avoid Dealing With Your Ex

So you thought it would be super cute and convenient and special to date your roomie-lover-friend-roommate-teammate-co-worker but now you’re broken up and you can’t get away from each other? Here are some tips to make the whole process easier.

Helen March 27, 2014 35 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee Episode 513 Recap: New Directions For Lesbos!

This week on Glee, everybody graduated and old loves blossomed anew!

Riese March 27, 2014 19 Comments
Food and Drink

Kristen Kish Is Queer: Top Chef Season 10 Winner Has A Girlfriend

Kristen Kish, winner of Top Chef season 10, announced she is dating Jacqueline Westbrook via Instagram today.

Hansen March 27, 2014 7 Comments
Sex

“Porn Studies” Is Fucking Rad

The first academic journal about porn just launched and it’s pretty important.

Ryan Yates March 27, 2014 8 Comments
Visual Art

Dear Queer Diary: A Doodle Is Worth A Thousand Words

Meditations on Poké Balls, mermaid breasts, and a coloring book for grown-ups!

Maggie March 27, 2014 28 Comments
Sex

Top Five Ways To Restrain Your Sex Partner (NSFW)

If you’re into that kind of thing, restraining people is a super-fun sexual activity! Here are five ways to do it.

Ryan Yates March 26, 2014 2 Comments
TV Reviews

I Just Now Saw: Battlestar Galactica

Spaceships! Vipers! Raptors! Starbuck! Athena! Cylons! Confusing beautiful things!

Riese March 26, 2014 57 Comments
Politics + Activism

Also.Also.Also: Uh Huh Her is Googling Stand Your Ground Laws and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Marissa Alexander needs to be free, Google needs to stop blocking the word ‘bisexual,’ and you need to see this cute pic of Shane.

Leo March 26, 2014 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

RAINN’s Recommendations On Protecting College Students from Sexual Assault Fight Violence with Violence

“The report reads like it comes from someone who just recently encountered the idea that sexual assault is a problem on college campuses, and was told to solve it in the most economically efficient way possible… “This is some bullshit,” an advocate told me anonymously.”

Maddie March 26, 2014 24 Comments
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