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Recipes

Wilder Hungers: Long Lost Friends and Pomegranate-Glazed Eggplant

Yes, there is a recipe in here that has nothing to do with anything other than the fact that I found myself with too much Japanese eggplant one day.

Gabriella January 24, 2014 4 Comments
TV Feature

#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Emotionally Unstable Right Now

This week on The Real World: Ex-Plosion, Ari made you all fall deeply, deeply in love with her.

Carmen January 24, 2014 3 Comments
The L Word

The L Word Episode 112 Recap: Looking Back By Recapping “Looking Back”

Let’s take a little trip down memory lane by retro-recapping the Dinah Shore episode, in which the lesbians also take a trip down memory lane, which makes this recap very meta.

Riese January 24, 2014 20 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are (Still) Talking Laughing Loving Breathing

Are Diva Cups the new Swiss Army knife?

carrie January 24, 2014 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

This Media Campaign Is As Awesome As Trans-Exclusionary Medicaid Regulations Are Terrible

I hope in a couple generations, kids look at us like we are insane when we tell them about the current state of health care in this country. For trans people, especially trans women of color, the picture is particularly dire.

Adrian January 24, 2014 7 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #38: My Handwriting Is Worse Than Yours

Maps, lesbian steampunk recommendations, today’s reason you’ll want to propose to Mallory Ortberg, reading women writers and more.

Ryan Yates January 24, 2014 5 Comments
Politics + Activism

Six Couples Sue For Right to Marry In Florida, Joining Dozens of Lawsuits for Marriage Equality

On Tuesday morning, six same sex couples and LGBT civil rights group Equality Florida filed a lawsuit in pursuit of marriage equality in the Sunshine State.

Laura Mandanas January 24, 2014 1 Comment
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #111: But If I Was Holding A Coconut

Topics include fundamentalist Christian homeschooling, V.C. Andrews, BUST Magazine, the Backstreet Boys, the House of Prayer, ghostwriting, The Greyhound and more!

Riese January 24, 2014 17 Comments
The L Word

More Than L-Words: Top 10 Fake L-Word Episodes I Just Made Up

There are so many great L-words they didn’t get to use.

Cara January 24, 2014 47 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars Episode 416 Recap: Closeted Encounters

This one’s for all the Emily/Ali fans out there. Here’s some fuel for your fanfics.

Hansen January 24, 2014 6 Comments
Music

Tegan and Sara Premiere Lego Masterpiece “Everything Is Awesome,” Are Playing Dinah Shore

Today, the internet gifted us with “Everything is Awesome,” a demented video game synthesizer explosion performed by Canadian wonder-twins Tegan and Sara and their partner in lesbian haircuts, Andy Samberg of the Lonely Island.

Stef January 23, 2014 22 Comments
Health

Top 10 Things I’d Rather Do With a Diva Cup Than Put It Inside Me

Stop trying to make diva cups happen for me, it’s not gonna happen.

Riese January 23, 2014 114 Comments
Health

Top 10 Things I’d Rather Do With Tampons Than Put Them Inside Me

I dare you to walk into a Build-A-Bear with two large cartons of tampons.

A.E. Osworth January 23, 2014 64 Comments
Food and Drink The L Word

Liquor In the L Word: A Cocktail Recipe Round-Up

I couldn’t find a drink called “The Power Suit” and I kind of want to invent that now?

A.E. Osworth January 23, 2014 17 Comments
Politics + Activism

UK LGBT Politics Crash Course: What Austerity and the Far Right Mean For Queers

With austerity here to stay and far-right parties on the rise, it is time now more than ever to recognise that queer liberation cannot be disentangled from economic justice.

Fikri January 23, 2014 9 Comments
Comedy

DeAnne Smith and The Life of Luxury

As an internationally-acclaimed, world traveling comedian (borderline unemployed vagrant), I know a thing or two about how to live the sweet life on a budget.

DeAnne January 23, 2014 13 Comments
House & Garden

Dear Queer Diary: I Shall Not Dwell Upon This Miserable Wintry Weather

Five journaling ideas to warm the cockles of your frozen heart.

Maggie January 23, 2014 4 Comments
TV Feature

Comedy Crush: ‘Orange is the New Black’ Writer Lauren Morelli

“There were all these different bodies and shapes and colors that came in to audition, women who had gone to Juilliard or been on Broadway, but no one wants to put them on TV because they don’t necessarily fit into a TV executive’s idea of what’s beautiful.”

Brittani January 23, 2014 15 Comments
Playlists The L Word

Playlist: Jenny Schecter

When I think about Jenny Schecter, those thoughts are a little dark and a little sad. She is dead now, after all. Therefore this music is a little dark and sad too.

Crystal January 22, 2014 18 Comments
Movie Reviews

Flowers In The Attic Movie Recap: What the F*ck

I need a sanitizing hand wipe for my soul, you guys.

Chelsea January 22, 2014 47 Comments
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