Alison Bechdel Talks In Speech Bubbles With The Rumpus
Rachel’s Team Pick: “You look a lot more friendly in person than you do in your comic.”
“A Girl And Her Room” In Four Parts
“This project is about teenage girls and young women at a transitional time of their lives, alone in the privacy of their own personal space and surroundings: their bedroom, a womb within the outside world.”
CeCe McDonald Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for Surviving Transphobic and Racist Attack
CeCe McDonald will go to jail after agreeing to plead guilty to second-degree murder, although she maintains she acted in self-defense.
Playlist: Pretending Not To Be Sick
Just carry a box of tissues, make some tea, put on some upbeat music, and power through it. Your license to be ill has been revoked.
No Man’s Land Episode 5: You Have A Nice Shelf, If You Know What I Mean
Allison Oropallo of HGTV American Handyman fame joins our intrepid DIYers to assist in a shelving situation.
Artist Spotlight: LP
A singer-songwriter-ukulele player who you’ll fall a little in love with.
Get Baked: Summer Turkey Chili
Healthy, inexpensive food for people who can’t cook.
Did “Secret Life Of The American Teenager” Just Pull Off A Decent Gay-Themed Episode?
“The Secret Life of the American Teenager” had an episode in which everyone is on a path that may or may not lead to gay and everybody needs to talk about it a lot.
5 Good and 5 Terrible Book-to-Film Adaptations
The trailer for “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” debuted yesterday, and thinking about it made me think about all the other times a film put my love on the line — what are your favorite (and least favorite) adaptations?
Romney’s Adviser Thinks Women’s Issues Just There To Distract Us From Actual Important Stuff
It turns out that what you thought were women’s issues are actually just “shiny objects!”
“Life In The West” Lets You Sit On Kanye’s Throne, Is My Current Obsession
Carmen’s Team Pick: I wake up in the morning feeling like Kanye West. You should, too.
Girls Kissing On The Teevee And Other Important Stories
Girls kissing on “Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Girls,” Dianna Agron hosting the GLAAD Awards and the scoop on Pretty Little Liars’ next season.
DeAnne Smith and That Pesky Time Thing
Whether it’s self-imposed deadlines, dinner dates or my menstrual cycle, you can count on me to be at least five minutes to weeks late.
Calling Someone Gay Isn’t Defamation, Just Anti-Gay, Rules NY Court
According to a New York mid-level appeals court, it’s not defamation to call someone gay, because being gay isn’t embarrassing.
The MTV Movie Awards Liveblog and Harry Potter/Hunger Games/KStew Feelings Marathon
The MTV Movie Awards are here! You have a lot of feelings, I’m sure. Don’t we all.
Win A Special Edition Of Patti Smith’s New Album, Banga
Patti Smith is releasing a brand-new record and it could be yours!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday is Coming Early
This week on NSFW Sunday: films about sex, articles about sex, lube, orgasms, and a Lip Service sex scene.
Sunday Funday Wants to Be Your Gayfriend
Gay history is having a lucky streak, more companies and good-looking individuals are batting for and cheering for our team, and someone is making Kanye West embroidery.
Artist Spotlight: Heidi Barton Stink
Trans rapper Heidi Barton Stink keeps it real. Like, really, really real.
The Comment Awards Are Going To The Pool
Remember that post of girls in white tank tops? Wasn’t that the best thing ever?