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Literature

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.

Riese April 6, 2012 17 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

Jezebel April 6, 2012 9 Comments
Straddleverse

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.

Laura April 6, 2012 14 Comments
Money + Work

Working It: Lesbian Professionals Out On The Job

Overwhelming evidence that shows that diverse workplaces are more innovative than their heterogenous counterparts!

Laura April 6, 2012 35 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Trans Miss Universe Contestant And Other Stories We Missed This Week

Donald Trump does something not-awful for once, Bully gets a PG-13, Alaska votes against being nice to gay people, and other stories we missed this week.

Riese April 5, 2012 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

DOMA Faces Challenge to its Constitutionality, Appears Increasingly Unpopular

A federal appeals court in Boston is considering whether it’s constitutional to deny same-sex married couples equal rights under the law.

Rachel April 5, 2012 2 Comments
The Scene

Brittani Does Dinah Shore 2012, Remembers Some Of It

I went to Dinah Shore 2012. I hope you will still take me seriously as a person.

Brittani April 5, 2012 31 Comments
Politics + Activism

Military “Investigates” Gay Pride Flag Raising in Afghanistan, Surely Has Something Better To Do

Because supporting gay pride is very much like burning the Koran, somehow?

Jamie J. Hagen April 5, 2012 38 Comments
Playlists Theater

Playlist: Broadway Breaks Your Heart

I dreamed a dream in time gone by…

Riese April 5, 2012 38 Comments
First Person Issues

Here/Queer: Two Years as a Lesbian Expat in South Korea

“Within the violence of invisibility there was also a sense of liberation and expansiveness, like we could just make everything up as we go along.”

Hallie April 5, 2012 90 Comments
School

VIDEO: Texas High School’s Anti-Bullying Lip Dub Video Goes Viral, Is Super-Cute

The cuties at Cypress Ranch High School made the best anti-bullying video of all time!

Riese April 4, 2012 50 Comments
Queer Fashion

Neon Looks Awesome, Won’t Make You Cry

Oh, I’m sorry, did you think neon went out with the 80s? You’d be wrong.

Lizz April 4, 2012 37 Comments
Book Features

Looking into Writers’ Bedrooms, Personal Style, Lives

Carolyn’s Team Pick: Flannery O’Connor’s looks like it would be good for napping.

Ryan Yates April 4, 2012 27 Comments
TV Lists

Top Ten Fictional Female Crime-Fighters

“I am addicted to any television show, movie franchise or book series that features a gun-toting badge flashing power suit-wearing female crime-fighter who hunts down baddies for a living.”

Crystal April 4, 2012 185 Comments
First Person Issues

Queer Harlem: From LGBT Icons of the Harlem Renaissance to Invisible Me

Even when someone doesn’t know the range of the artistic revolution that was the Harlem Renaissance, they know the name. They know writers like Claude Mckay or singers like Ethel Waters but they may not know them as Queer Black Americans. Why is this?

Cairo Amani April 4, 2012 39 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Tofu, Mango and Eggplant Satay

They say a colorful plate is a healthy plate.

Laura April 4, 2012 28 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Everyone Should Bind Their Own Books, I’m Serious

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: The other kind of binding.

Intern Grace April 4, 2012 20 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

The Award For Most Male Nominees Goes to The National Magazine Awards

The NMA nominees for Reporting, Features, Profile, Essays or Columns are ALL MEN! Every single one of them! Let’s investigate.

Riese April 3, 2012 36 Comments
Health

New Studies Say LGBTs Suffer Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Abuse, Oh My

Studies reveal that queer people spend a lot of time experiencing “intense anxiety” and abusing substances.

Rachel April 3, 2012 73 Comments
Geekery

Dinosaur News! Were Your Favorite Prehistoric Beasts Actually Aquatic?

Lizz’s Team Pick: What if dinosaurs all lived in the water? WHAT IF?!

Lizz April 3, 2012 35 Comments
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