Listling With Brief Commentary: 53 Fried Foods I Didn’t Eat At The Texas State Fair
I went to the Texas State Fair and all I got was a lousy turkey leg.
The Poet and the Scientist: Deep In My Heart, In Texas
After our little trip to the big easy, we were ready to relax, get back on budget, and try some real Texas barbeque!
Straddler On The Street: Jill/Gilles
Jill/Gilles is a Professional Queer if I ever met one and strives “to bring trans*, female-bodies, queer representation to a community that needs it.”
Make Pie Crust That Will Be Center of Attention At The Holidays (So You Don’t Have To Be)
I should really just call this Lessons I’ve Learned While Watching My Girlfriend Make Pies.
American Horror Story 302 Recap: Boy Parts
“Snakes hatch from eggs and crawl on them. They stab each other in the chest with needles. You know, typical married sex.”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes When You Leave Marks
This week on NSFW Sunday: what counts as sex, the history of orgies, online dating, how to have anal and more.
Sunday Funday’s Going to Gay Weddings All Around the World, Like La La La La
I’ve got so much good gay news for you that the only correct way to celebrate would be making a huge unicorn cake filled with rainbows. OH WAIT.
Things I Read That I Love #97: I Lost My Way, Looking For A Flashlight
Topics include Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Cinnabons, mugshots online, young women in porn, Norman Rockwell, Nina Simone, “white girls” and so much more!
Once Upon A Time Recap, Just The Queer Parts: Mulan Is in Love With Sleeping Beauty and It’s Awesome
Are you interested in seeing this, but don’t really want to sift through 50+ episodes just to find the cute bits? You’re in luck! I mined this series and all its queer gold and put the shiniest pieces in this post.
CERN After Dark: Where Particle Physics and Comedy Collide
Enjoy three and a half hours of scientists and professional comedians alike being nerd funny.
We Get to Keep a Thing We Won! New Jersey Will Start Marrying Same-Sex Couples On Monday
Couples across the state prepare to marry after the state’s highest court orders same-sex ruling must stand.
The Comment Awards Want To Go Apple Picking With You
That post A-camp glow
Queered Science Interview: Dr. Donna Riley and Engineering Social Justice
“I came out in my academic writing explicitly in 2003 because I knew that situating myself relative to relations of power in engineering, in academia […] was essential to the project of introducing critical pedagogies in my engineering classes. “
Everyone is Tired of White People on TV
There is now data that suggests viewers are more likely to watch shows with racially diverse casts and writing staffs. Imagine that.
Do Your Part: Carly and Robin as Gomez and Morticia Addams, Halloween 2013
“I can’t believe Carly and Robin haven’t done that already.” (There’s a change.org petition we need you to sign. This is important business.)
Does The Gay Agenda Have Room For Transgender Rights?
As victories are being won in the specific arena of LGB rights, trans* rights are still struggling to find a foothold. Due to this upsetting trend, and the historic erasure of trans* people’s contributions to the LGBT movement, many are left wondering if the “T” really belongs with those other letters at all.
“Yes, I Know What A Gigabyte Is”: Let’s Talk About Sexism In The Tech Industry
Following the “Titstare” fiasco at Disrupt, we’re having a greater conversation about sexism in the tech industry. And women who work in tech won’t be the only humans to benefit from the disruption of brogrammer culture.
Lez Liberty Lit #31: Regarding Dinosaur Erotica
This week in lit: YA novels with trans* characters and authors, Canadians winning everything, grammar games, dinosaur erotica and more.
Wilder Hungers: Grey Weather and Olive Oil Cakes
The weather needs to get better because I have made a fall to do list that must be accomplished.
A Queer of Various Stripes
Intersex and queer identities sometimes match up in ways that we’re familiar with and that conform to our understanding of how these identities are commonly defined. Other times they don’t.