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Things I Read That I Love #60: Skate Like A Girl
Topics include the horrors of high school, lady skateboarders, Marquee, older parenthood, wine, emotional men, Lindsay Lohan, sexual violence in Vietnam and more!
Ban Lifted On Women Getting Credit For Combat Work They Already Do
“Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance.”
A Prairie Homo Companion: Edmonton Basketballers Didn’t Play By Women’s Rules
A prairie homo herstory lesson! The Edmonton Grads revolutionized the sports’ world by demonstrating that women, just like men, could be athletic champions.
Queer Latina Punk Artist Cristy C. Road: The Interview
On art, politics, and the complexities of the closet: “The general idea of being in the closet is what urged me to find an alternative world.”
New App Helps Overthinkers Get A Date
Four questions. You can handle four questions. Especially when one of them is, “What’s your name?”
Liquor in the Wine Cellar: Learning Words for Wine
Here are some basic words we can use while we’re discussing wine.
American Horror Story’s Lesbian Is The Last Man Standing When Madness Ends (Which Is Awesome)
In which “American Horror Story” and the intrepid lesbian Lana Winters end with a bang.
Get Baked: The Easiest Most Impressive Roast Beef Ever
My roommate pronounced this “better-than-sex roast beef” so I feel like it’s safe to say you’re gonna love it. But also it’s a recipe for roast beef, so if you don’t eat meat I think you should skip this one.
Lez Liberty Lit #12: I Owe Everything To Being Queer
This week in literature: reading writers you hate, choosing your own adventure, evolving libraries, an interview with Eileen Myles, Gertrude Stein and more.
Brittani’s Video Party: Kid Appreciation Edition
Teenager comes out to high school class, Boston teens of color stand up to homophobia, 11-year-old girl writes to Obama about trans exclusion and more. By more I mean one other video about kids.
Hear Tegan & Sara’s New Album, ‘Heartthrob’ In Its Entirety
I know, I know, I know.
The Style Manual: Fashion Council On Call
Who do you turn to when you know everything there is to possibly know about shirts but STILL can’t find one to fit you? How about the editor of Qwear, two writers from DapperQ and a chick with a fashion degree?
Playlist: The Most Beautiful Song in the World
“I just want to know the song that made you say ‘Holy shit… I could die to this.'”
Things We Like: Customized Journaling with ‘Bound For Anything’
A travel journal, recipe journal, design journal, whatever you want journal cause you can customize the interior pages journal and I love it.
“We Support At-Risk LGBT Youth” Deemed “Offensive Language” By Youth Festival
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
Going Down (South): Profiles In Southern Queerness
Being queer is a lot like being Southern. Both identities refuse to be contained by border or stereotype.
Also.Also.Also: Tegan & Sara Hit Magazine Stands While Clea Duvall Hits That And Other Stories We Missed This Week
Karl Lagerfeld says it’s official – we are so in right now!
Here Are Some Cute Grandmas Showcasing Their Favourite Foods
Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti carried out my dream job before I even managed to dream it: he travelled around the world visiting cute grandmas and asked them to make him their favourite foods.
The Style Manual: The Dress Shirt
Darts and plackets and yokes? You can’t get what you want if you don’t know how to ask for it! We’ve got everything you need to get yourself looking dashing.