Want Gender Justice in the Media? WAM! It Yourself Already
“Power and privilege is about who gets to speak and who is listened to.”
Queer Girl City Guide: Manhattan is The New Manhattan
Manhattan is a very good place to be a girl who likes girls.
Playlist: Jolene
I had to have this talk with you/my happiness depends on you.
The Newtown Girls Episode 5: Juicy
The one where Scarlet and Alex go to the lesbian book club.
On Camp: 10 Super-Cool Movies About Summer Camp
“Well guys, we’ve made it to the end of the summer in one piece, except for a few campers who are lepers.”
That’s Not Who I Am: Calling Out and Challenging Stereotypes of Asian Americans
Asian stereotypes are everywhere. Let’s talk about them, yell about them and do something about them.
8 Kickass Crowd Songs From Movies & TV: From “Almost Famous” to “Skins”
You know what you need today? You need a stirring musical number from a popular film! There are eight videos inside this post. EIGHT!
Get Baked: Cucumber Tomato Salad
Today in easy things that taste more impressive than they are: this salad.
Gay Families Attend White House Easter Egg Roll Hoping for Eggs, Workplace Protection Executive Order
“My message – and the message of my family – echoes President Obama’s campaign slogan: We can’t wait. It’s time for President Obama to sign this executive order.”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Thinks You Look Good in Those Underpants
This week on NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: feminist porn, knife play, kissing girls, why queer porn is better than other kinds of porn and “Curvy Girls”
Sinclair Sexsmith on “Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica”: The Autostraddle Interview
“The questions quickly became, what is BDSM? And what is lesbian? I’m not sure I know the answer in general, but I figured out a context for this anthology to be born into, some parameters about kinks and fetishes and gender.”
On 20/20, Trans Beauty Queen Jenna Talackova Enlightens Barbara Walters, Your Family
In which Barbara Walters thinks it’s okay to ask, “so if I saw you undressed you would look like a woman to me, totally? Yes?”
Sunday Funday is Definitely Thinking About Bunnies Today
Happy Easter! Happy Passover! I’m having a lot of positive feelings.
Queer Girl City Guide: Boston, MA
From “Boston Marriages” to Second Saturdays at Machine, the Boston area has always been kind to the Sapphicly inclined.
Playlist: Yer Listening to Wizard Rock, Harry
Music to write fan fiction by!
Coffee Cake In A Mug Is The Best Thing To Happen To Mugs Since Coffee
Laura’s Team Pick: I think we all can agree that the best part of waking up is coffee cake in your cup.
A Love Letter To Savannah’s Past, Present and Future
Cities wanna be her.
Things I Read That I Love #20: Happy Birds
Topics include “a Web Site named Livejournal”, Münchausen by internet, the publishing, industry risky writing, teaching film in prison and Angry Birds.
Meet the Woman Who’s Poised to Become America’s First Openly Gay Senator
To me, there is something quintessentially Midwestern about her: She’s polite, she’s reasonable, she’s serious, and she’s incredibly hardworking.
April Showers Bring Whiskey Sours (For All The Comment Award Winners)
Runner-ups for rhymes include: graham flours, kilometers per hours, artificial flowers, ivory towers and nuclear powers.