Brittani’s Video Party: “Gold Stars” are the New Black
A new webseries, behind-the-scenes footage from an OITNB photo shoot, the trailer for a moving documentary, and a quick comedy sketch are single and ready to mingle at the pre-V-Day video party.
26 Things Depression Feels Like According To My Diary
“Sad cloud” and “naked Christmas tree” did not make the list. You’re welcome, makers of anti-depressant commercials!
Dear Queer Diary: Date a Girl Who Journals
As you browse through the weighty stack of applications submitted by the many humans hoping to romance you, remember: journaling is hot.
“The Fosters” Episode 115 Recap: Oh My God It’s Like Evil In My Mouth
“The doorbell rings and it’s Emma the Wrestler with noodle kugel! We get a little primer on how Jews respond to funerals. Hint: They bring kugel. Every time they say “kugel,” I hear “kegel” and do 15.”
“Help Us! Great Warrior” Shows Us How To Save The World With A Hard Femme Hair Bow
“Help Us! Great Warrior” combines all of the best parts of Sword and Sorcery with a fierce, femme (yet kind of lazy) and awesome female warrior.
A-Camp May 2014: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!
Read essays from our A-Camp 4.0 campers and find out how to apply for or donate to the Campership Fund for 5.0!
Bikes to Watch Out For: How Not to Die on the Road
Ten tips to make cycling less terrifying!
“Transparent” TV Pilot Features Trans Mom, Queer Women, Additional Delightful Things
“An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out.”
Get Baked: Beet-ing Hearts & Citrus Quinoa Salad for Your Most Colorful Valentine’s Day Ever
What says “I love you” or any other variation of it, more than “I carved these beets into hearts for you”?
VIDEO: Out Olympian Belle Brockhoff Will Say What She Wants To Say
Danielle Warby chats with Belle Brockhoff about coming out on national television, being a gay athlete at the Sochi Olympics, and her crush on Mila Kunis.
VIDEO: “Apocalypse” by DeAnne Smith Will Rip Out Your Heart, Brains, Entrails
God, DeAnne. You just get me.
VIDEO: And Now, A Dramatic Reading of Kristen Stewart’s Poetry
Perhaps you are like me, and spent most of yesterday sobbing gently at the beautiful truths expressed in Kristen Stewart’s recently published poem “My Heart Is A Wiffle Ball/Freedom Pole.”
Also.Also.Also: Pussy Riot’s A Bunch of Man-Hating Lesbian Zombies and They Like It That Way and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Because it wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without zombie lesbian kisses.
10 Procedural TV Characters I’d Like To See In A Sitcom Or Drama Or Something Like That
I wish there was a way to get more Penelope Garcia, H.G. Wells and Olivia Benson into my life with less murder, like if they were all on the same hour-long HBO drama? Just saying.
Rhymes with Witches: Forget Backstabbing, Gilmore Girls’ Paris Geller Fights With Wit And Brains
Though her name is not Gilmore, Paris Geller is the true break out character in this gem of a series, as one of the most heart wrenching and complex portraits of a teenage mean girl.
Liquor In The V-Day: My Bloody Valentine
We present to you a V-Day drink that could be romantic, bro-mantic or no-mantic — either way, it’ll still be delicious.
Intense Lesbian Fanfiction Part Two: Courtney’s In a Coma
“Of course I’ve heard of Smith! Are you fucking kidding me? Every lesbian has heard of Smith. It’s fucking Lesbian Hogwarts. God. They’re all there, with their hair always on point, studying sociology, and the leaves are yellow and filtering sunlight through them because it’s always autumn there because autumn is beautiful and the whole continent has conspired to make that place beautiful and lovely and gay. Gay as fuck.”
Nicaraguan Lesbians Make Visibility Dreams Come True With “Cuando Las Lesbianas Hablamos”
In Nicaragua, homosexuality is decriminalized, but queer people have few legal protections. This project provides a new avenue for people to understand the experiences of Nicaraguan lesbians.
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.
“My Prairie Home” Proves You Can Go Home Again: A Review of Rae Spoon & Chelsea McMullan’s Documentary
“My Prairie Home is more than pretty skies and poetic wheat fields. It’s also about growing up different in a difficult environment and what it means to survive.”