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Music

Spice Up Your Life: The Olympics Closing Ceremonies Remind Us Girl Power Is Forever

The closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics happened last night, and all I really really want is to talk about the Spice Girls.

Vanessa August 14, 2012 61 Comments
Sports

2012 London Olympics Round-Up: End of the Gold Brick Road

The USWNT win gold. So do some other people. This might be your last chance to spew Olympics feelings for a while so get it all out.

Brittani August 13, 2012 70 Comments
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It’s Alex’s Mindblowing “Call Your Girlfriend” Dance Video! Also, More Fundraising Updates!

It’s Alex Vega’s “Call Your Girlfriend” Dance Video, as promised, plus heaps of important fundraising campaign updates!

the team August 13, 2012 105 Comments
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A Year of Grieving: 10 Things I’ve Learned

My best friend died one year ago today.

gabby August 13, 2012 96 Comments
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Pretty Little Liars Recap 309: The Lesbian Crying Game

Emily cries in this episode a lot but I promise it’s not your fault.

Lizz August 13, 2012 31 Comments
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Here’s Twenty Five Megan Rapinoe Gifs Because We Love You

Best thing about the Olympics: Megan Rapinoe gifs.

Hansen August 13, 2012 63 Comments
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Paul Ryan: GOP Darling, Romney’s Running Mate, and Terrifying VP Prospect

Mittsy’s new running mate is “thrilling,” “intellectual,” “a firebrand,” and also a regressionist who wants to take America back to 1932.

Laura August 13, 2012 22 Comments
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Get Baked: Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad

King of salads.

Ryan Yates August 13, 2012 14 Comments
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Playlist: Tiny Songs For Your Sleepy Brain

For sipping your coffee and waiting for the sleep cloud to dissipate.

Gabrielle Korn August 13, 2012 21 Comments
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Real L Word 305 Recap: I Wasn’t Expecting This To Be So Bitchy

This week on The Real L Word, everybody went to Dinah Shore and talked about each other to each other!

Riese August 13, 2012 116 Comments
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Breaking: Miley Cyrus Gets Alternative Lifestyle Haircut, is Probably Still Not Gay

MIley Cyrus just joined the alternative lifestyle haircut club.

Lizz August 12, 2012 98 Comments
NSFW Sunday

All NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants is You

This week on NSFW Sunday: race and BDSM, geeks and sexuality, Dita Von Teese, and the key to having sex dreams.

Ryan Yates August 12, 2012 26 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is A Beautiful Day for the First Gay Buddhist Wedding Ever In Taiwan

An incredible amount of good news about gay marriage and then we take a nap.

Carmen August 12, 2012 21 Comments
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Some of My Best Friends Aren’t Gay: Summer 2012 Ally Roundup

When straight people show us love, we show them love back!

Cara August 11, 2012 40 Comments
Book Features

Literary Tumblrs For All You Tumblin’, Book-Lovin’ Queers

Malaika’s Team Pick: Tumblrs about books to read when you don’t feel like a book.

Malaika August 11, 2012 12 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Tearing Up A Bit

The comment awards still have a lot of #soccerfeelings and would just like to make out with Megan Rapinoe already.

Lemon August 10, 2012 6 Comments
TV Feature

VIDEO: Autotstraddle Presents The Whitney Mixter Self-Inquiry Supercut

Does Whitney Mixter of “The Real L Word” ask herself a lot of questions? Yes. Who put all these questions into a video supercut for you, watching all of Seasons One and Two without dying of alcohol poisoning? This guy.

Lemon August 10, 2012 31 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Four Ways To Celebrate National S’mores Day

So. Many. S’mores.

Vanessa August 10, 2012 45 Comments
Book Lists

Read a F*cking Book: 20 Best Young Adult Novels For Queer Girls

NPR’s list of Top 100 Choices For Best Teen Novels lacked proper queeriosity. Thus we present our top 20 picks for Queer Teen Novels For Girls.

Riese August 10, 2012 90 Comments
Movie Reviews

Woven From Me: “Gender, Bespoke” Explores How Identity Creates Style

“For queer women, clothing is about much more than what you’re wearing. Clothing allows us to create an identity for ourselves—and to control how other people view us and consider us.”

A.D. August 10, 2012 65 Comments
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