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.
Flowers In The Attic Movie Recap: What the F*ck
I need a sanitizing hand wipe for my soul, you guys.
“Every/Body” Shows Over 40 Different Perspectives on Gender and Bodies
Exploring 40 different artist’s feelings and experiences about their bodies and gender, the zine “Every/Body” has stories and comics ranging from the touching and tragic, to the inspiring and uplifting.
“The Fosters” Episode 112 Recap: Callie Takes An R Family Vacation
“Mariana sits at a table alone and takes her fancy plastic lunch container out of dumb paper bag. Why doesn’t she have a reusable lunch bag? What kind of family are these lesbians running?”
The Second to Last Woman I Loved
“The truth is always messy. I told myself I could be gay and I wouldn’t ever be hurt again. I needed to never be hurt again.”
Also.Also.Also: LGBT Americans Love to Smoke, Supermodels Love to #Fork, and Other Stories We Missed This Week
From Russia to Pennsylvania, we’re all just trying to spoon.
We Need To Talk About Colonialism Before We Criticize International Anti-LGBTQ Legislation
It is important to defend human rights and to speak out against human rights violations around the world. However, to talk about anti-gay legislation internationally, we need to talk about a history of white supremacy that brought homophobia and anti-LGBTQ legislation to various countries.
Get Baked: Chocolate Avocado Pudding
I will be eating it for dessert tonight and also probably breakfast tomorrow.
Go Ask Alice: Smoking With The L Word
I’ve compiled a list of your favorite L Word characters and the strains I think they would smoke. See if any of these apply to you; who knows, you could be smoking very Shane today.
What Do You Do With A Problem Like Romi Klinger: On Bisexuality, Biphobia and Media Representation
Recently, GO Magazine published an interview with Romi Klinger of The Real L Word regarding the current state of her relationships, her career, and the controversy surrounding her sexuality. What does one complicated public figure representing bisexuality mean for the rest of us?
Listling Without Commentary: Conversations I Had While Watching the L Word for the First Time
Carmen: i lost my life
Carmen: i’ve lost my life
Lost Girl Episode 402: This Not So Amazing Race
This episode is all over the place, but Betty from Bomb Girls tries to cop a feel. So there’s that.
Celebrate National Tea Month by Pouring Yourself a Cuppa
Who’s short, stout and delicious?
Rhymes With Witches: Making Frenemies With Pretty Persuasion’s Kimberly Joyce
Come take a walk on the wild side (switchblade not included) to explore the evil anti-heroine from Pretty Persuasion and why I love her.
Schecter 3:16 (Or How Jenny Schecter Saved My Life)
“I was angry. Really fucking angry. Angry because Jenny Schecter was right.”
Star Trek N00b, Episode 7: Mudd’s Women (That Horrible Human Trafficking Episode)
Wow, Star Trek, you really know how to tackle those hard issues. Unfortunately, I think the show creators handled the issue of mail-order brides and human trafficking with ZERO TACT.
New York Can Pass Same-Sex Marriage But Not Trans* Protections: How GENDA Died
“After DOMA, one would think this would be the best time for activists to shine a light on other issues, such as hate crimes against LGBT people. But that hasn’t proven to be the case, at least in New York.”
Captain’s Log: The Girls of Winter
Generally speaking, I only compile new music for you every month or so, but this week I unexpectedly became aware of an unusually large amount of excellent new songs that washed ashore with messages and/or tiny ships cleverly jammed inside.
Listling With Minimal Commentary: How We Watched The L Word In Secret
Turns out that when you create the first ever show with a cast of almost all queer women, and do it on a cable channel that allows multiple scenes of what just barely misses qualifying as porn in every episode, we gays get resourceful.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Never Wearing Pants Again
BDSM is super hot, drive, how sex makes you smarter, being a sex researcher and more.